If you believe in fate and or the notion that things don't stay bad forever, (thou they sometimes seem to) you should subscribe to Seth Godin's blog. Today's blog is a simple reminder of how not to let the bus pass you by whilst you stand so patiently at the...
Continue ReadingMeet Mario Alfonso De Armas. Understated. Humble. Brilliant. I met Mario some time ago. I'm sort of surprised I had not met him before as the Crobar Experience launched a host of creative careers. Initially he came to the studio as a "photographer" to shoot a campaign for EXIT 66...
Continue ReadingThank you for all the love and support and prayers. I am home. I am feeling better. I will recover fully. Funny how much you take things for granted until they have almost faded and disappeared. I am grateful for all that have. Especially...
Continue ReadingI am Mister P. Some know me as the mayor of Pug Town. I am sick. I am not ready to die. I have been through two major surgeries in the past 5 days. My stomach has been cut open twice, my intestines have been...
Continue ReadingMy mom told me that it was not polite to stare. In some circles this may be true, in the design circle it could not be more false. Who couldn't stare at this stair? From director Jacques Tati the film Mon Oncle is a designers dream to...
Continue ReadingMy name is not Imago Montoya, thou if "you killed my father you should be prepared to die." The line from the film Princess Bride is one that will never ever leave pop culture and has left a lasting and quotable meaning for so many. Not unlike...
Continue ReadingDidn't we just talk about this on our good ole U.S. of A beer soaked soil? For U.S. economists this is a downturn. For the UK, they call it a tragedy. This could be the greatest tragedy of the recession for the U.K.: Humble British pubs --...
Continue ReadingI have written about this recession and what I think it means for the hospitality, nightclub design and nightlife industry as a whole. I have seen many trends, ups and downs in the economy and general malaise in the nightclub business. We have become a country of need...
Continue ReadingAt a time when I find it so odd and indifferent that Big Brother is no longer a concept, but a harsh reality, I find irony in the news in the New York Times eerily disturbing but not surprising. This excerpt from the Times speaks for itself. "In George Orwell’s...
Continue ReadingThis book is a must read for anyone. Simply, the story line is this: Crew members of the Envoy, the first human attempt to travel to Mars. Their ship survives the trip to Mars, but then ceases transmission, and their fate is unknown for the next 20 years....
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