Pop Tarts Go Pop Art
BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN – Kellogg’s is doing a bit of Andy Warhol (or Peter Max) with a new Pop Tart promotion. Kellogg’s hired artist Burton Morris... Read more.
Reader’s Digest, the First “2.0” Magazine
PLEASANTVILLE – So I am reading Peter Canning’s biography of Dewitt and Lila Acheson Wallace, American Dreamers, and seeing how the Wallaces affected... Read more.
Rit Dye Keeps Teens Entertained
Last weekend, the teens were in the yard getting ready for church camp. They had to get a LOOK together. And what did they decide to do? Head on over to the store... Read more.
Ten Reasons The Century Plaza in L.A. Can Be Preserved
LOS ANGELES – One of the great modern hotels, The Century Plaza, is potentially going to be demolished. I say potentially because the owner, developer Michael... Read more.
Visit John Deere Headquarters In Moline
Most companies don’t want average people in their headquarters. They say that there are “insurance” reasons they don’t have a display in... Read more.
How to Re-brand Fraternal Groups: Elks Point to New Members
UMATILLA, Florida – Saw it with my own eyes. The Elks, that would be the Benevolent Order of Elks, are recruiting members and advertising themselves with Yahoo... Read more.
National Drive In Revival Begins Here?
GOOCHLAND, VA – There aren’t too many drive-ins left, but some thrive. We can think specifically of Hull’s Drive In of Lexington, Virginia, where... Read more.
BOAC Offices, Glasgow in 1970
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – In the 1970s, BOAC used firms like the architecture firm Gillespie Kidd and Coia to do its regional work. Here, an office in Glasgow. The... Read more.
IHOP and DineEquity Inc. Prove Casual Sector
SARASOTA – Many of us can recall when IHOP wasn’t cool. Somewhere between 1980 and 1990, the chain got into the category of undesirable. It was so much... Read more.
America’s Six Best Inexpensive Pen Brands
Pens are important, and so is penmanship, though I don’t have the handwriting I wish I had and wish I had taken courses with the Marion Richardson series.... Read more.