Tourist Traps
Who learned from who when designing tourist traps? You know, the gift shop at the end of the ride or the tour through the haunted mansion, or even the “not haunted” castle…consider, too the overpriced snacks you MUST have – Read More …
Tag: history
Go Back
Can you actually go back to a place you have never been? If you consider a brand, that has multiple locations, and they all look the same no matter what city or town, then yes. But… that is not exactly Read More …
All About Love
This month, the month of February is all about love. This week starts the countdown to what used to be one of my favorite holidays. Then, it wasn’t. It is high up on the list again though. Today, I share Read More …
Legacy Brands
I’ve written about legacy brands before – the brands we love because our family aspired to own or the ones that they would only buy, no matter what. This is about the products (and sometimes the brands for that product) Read More …
The First Day…
No offense to the designers, the creators and the marketers…but TODAY is the first day of Christmas. So… What does that mean? You can celebrate 12 MORE days of sales and product marketing promotions. Hope it was a great day Read More …
Can You Go Back
Can you go back: To a restaurant you loved on a date or your anniversary? (Ah, that Caesar salad from Lilly’s on the Canal or the French Silk Pie from Magnolia Cafe – alas, the latter is no longer open.) Read More …
Whether Or Not
It all depends on whether or not the weather matters to you – will you postpone events and items to do on your list based on the weather? We used to track the holidays and the weather in our point Read More …
Remember, Remember…
Remember, remember the 5th of November… This has so many meanings today, but has its origins in England 1605. This was the day Guy Fawkes was caught with a ton of gunpowder and recognized as the man behind the plot Read More …
NYC – THE city
I am in NYC today. Yes, on 9/11/14. I am happy to be here today. I was in NY 13 years ago, just not in THE city. My entire family thought I was… thank goodness I wasn’t. Too many were Read More …