We write the history of toaster pastries at BrandlandUSA. Or are they tarts? Please take tarts while tarts are passing. Though you can’t take any Toastettes as they aren’t making them any more.MORE HERE

WASHINGTON – The Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office and the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization will work on joint intellectual property issues.  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property David Kappos and Director General of ARIPO Dr. Gift Huggins Sibanda signed an agreement to work togetherMORE HERE

  We do like Holiday Inn at BrandlandUSA.com. BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard. Visit his personal website at GarlandPollard.comMORE HERE

The F.W. Woolworth Company was one of the great icons of United States retailing prowess. While the brand no longer survives in the United States, it has been reborn in the United Kingdom. Interestingly, the successor company to Woolworth, Foot Locker (NYSE: FL), is still around and based in NewMORE HERE

Good branding often means minimalism. It is hard to resist the lure of spending empty space, but that’s sometimes what it takes. Here, genius from a 1984 menu from Royal Air Maroc. Very good. BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard. Visit his personalMORE HERE

Great classic of the mid-century card game. BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard. Visit his personal website at GarlandPollard.comMORE HERE

Stop in for a drink after you leave N.O.B. Norfolk. It’s right near the pier in Ocean View. BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard. Visit his personal website at GarlandPollard.comMORE HERE