This Old Spice brings New Spice is a misleading title, but this blog post started out with inspiration from the recent and popular Old Spice commercials. These creative Old Spice ads, similar to the Target ads have helped to change advertising. Honestly, and stands to reason as they are both creations of the advertising juggernaut Wieder + Kennedy firm. Like many Continue Reading
Two Weeks In Tunisia
It's been more than a month since the end of my Tunisia trip and I haven't been able to write about it yet. So many other things to think about.The trip started out badly. I had a 7 hour delay leaving JFK, missed connecting flight to Tunis out of Rome which resulted in an 8 hour wait until the next flight (only two a day). I arrived in Tunis at 10:30 p.m. and Continue Reading
Everything Old Is New Again
Don't throw the pa-ast away You might need it some rainy day Dreams can come true again When everything old is new again Peter Allen wrote the song for "All That Jazz" in 1979. There are a lot of videos of it but I thought you'd like his performance with the Rockettes.https://youtu.be/lM9H1eYz-lc Sister Parish said, "You can never achieve anything in a Continue Reading
Go Fourth, Independently!
This Sunday is the day that only we, as Americans, can celebrate to the fullest, for it is the fourth of July, our Independence Day; the day in 1776 when we declared our independence from Great Britain. It's a day celebrated with parades, fireworks, concerts with patriotic music, displaying the American flag, gatherings to consume a bounty of hot dogs, hamburgers, Continue Reading
One Thing Leads to Another
Funny how one thing leads to another. I saw an article about restoring a ruin in Provence while thumbing through the latest issue of Veranda. The designer is Michel Biehn, a Frenchman who has an antique shop in the picturesque village of Isle-sur-la-Sorgue which has a wonderful market where you can find everything from an armoire to zucchinis.When we were Continue Reading







