Ever Heard of Southern Stamps?
CROSS CREEK, FLORIDA – We happened to be in Cross Creek, the home of the noted American writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Just around the corner is an old fish... Read more.
Dubble Bubble, America’s Favorite, Not American!
So why is that everything American has to be made out of the country? Last weekend in White Stone, Virginia, we saw some nieces and nephews having fun with a bag... Read more.
Cool USAirways Backpack for Back-To-School
The airline backpack is a tired old idea that has mostly been forgotten, save those nifty retro backs reintroduced by Pan Am One. USAirways has come up with a new... Read more.
Clever Ways to Brand Your City: Dinner in the Sky
We got a great idea today from Israel tourism. It’s called Dinner in the Sky. The idea is simple. You build a platform, make a crane, serve folks from dinner... Read more.
History of Whiz Hollingshead Wax of Camden
CAMDEN – We love the odd old brands. And one brand that could have been Armor All was Whiz Hollingshead. Whiz Hollingshead made all sorts of waxes and fluids... Read more.
Classic Mattingly & Moore Bourbon
Bourbon is one of the anti-fashion drinks, and Mattingly & Moore is one of those anti-fashion brands. Rarely advertised and founded in 1876, it lives at liquor... Read more.
S&H Green Stamp Machine
Yes, it was for Life’s Extra Pleasures, and if you are of a certain age, you will remember the green machines like this that sat at the end of supermarket... Read more.
The Virtues of Nantucket’s Murray’s Toggery Shop
NANTUCKET – A great regional brand can become a national brand if it does one thing really well. Such is the case of Murray’s Toggery of Nantucket, profiled... Read more.
Briefs: Ruth Madoff in Belgian Shoes, Quincy Jones and Georgette Klinger
Did we see Ruth Madoff in Belgian Shoes? The New York Post ran a photo of the wife of the Ponzi schemer in the NY Subway. They made a joke of that “once-stylish... Read more.
Stupid Idea of the Magazine Publishers of America
Magazine Publishers Need to Encourage Keep-able Magazines As a magazine lover, I want to keep magazines. I hate to throw them away, even when reality hits and I... Read more.