Happy Holidays
As the year once again comes to an end, we wanted to thank all of our clients and wish them and their family happy holidays and a prosperous new year.
Poetic Dogs
They say that people and their pets start to look alike after a while. Italian based photographer and dog lover Dan Bannino is running with the concept in his latest photography series, attempting to bring attention to shelters dogs by pairing dogs and famous writers.
Check out Edgar Allan Poe and Miguel de Cervantes below or visit Dan Bannino’s website for more poetic dogs.
The End is Near
… for the year 2014 that is, and ready or not, Google just launched it’s annual “Year in Rewind” video, celebrating the moments, memes, and people that made 2014. Check it out for yourself:
If You’re Happy
December is in full swing and the holidays are definitely upon us. Which of course means food. Lots and lots of it.
Last week we looked the vast amounts of food we consume on an annual basis for thanksgiving, so its only fitting (pun intended) that Weight Watchers launched a new ad, letting people know they are here to help.
While the video doesn’t focus on holiday eating, but rather the fact that we eat no matter what our emotional state – happy, sad, mad – it once again shows the trend that everything happens earlier these days.
Those ads usually appeared just before new years, tapping into the “resolutionary” crowd.
On the other hand it may just be a gentle reminder not to go overboard in the first place.
Either way – it was well done. Take a look for yourself:
Turkeys by the Boatload
The “First Thanksgiving” was celebrated in 1621 and the infographic below from everything pr tries to put all things Thanksgiving into perspective – showing how it started and just how many boatloads of turkeys (and green beans, pumpkins and sweet potatoes) are consumed these days in comparison.
Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
Shopping (s)Mall
This year there are only 25 shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas, making for a very short holiday season. (Hard to believe with some retailers rolling out Christmas items by the end of August, and Black Friday now actually starting on Thanksgiving.)
As you are plotting how to get a head start on your list, consider forgoing the mall in favor of Small Business Saturday, coming up on November 29. It’s an alternative that seems less hassle and more like a treat – all the while supporting small businesses in your neighborhood. Plus, your purchases have a positive impact, since the money you spend stays in the community.
Image via Small Business Saturday website
Today’s Special
Recently Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane featured an interesting piece about the role of restaurant menus.
Talking to Stanford University linguistic professor Dan Jurafsky, the show examined the language used to describe food and the feelings associated with the sounds they make.
He was joined by Sybil Yang, an assistant professor at San Francisco State University’s department of Hospitality & Tourism Management, who talked about how menu designs can lead customer to choose certain items over others and the psychology behind it.
Listen for yourself:
How do you look at menus? Just something that will get you the food you want or a look at the soul of the restaurant?
Lichtgrenze / Border of Light
This Sunday, November 9th, marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. To celebrate the momentous occasion, a spectacular light installation will follow the route of the former wall.
From November 7th until the 9th approximately 9.5 miles of the former border, that once divided the city of Berlin, will be re-imagined in light with thousands of illuminated balloons.
The idea was conceived by the brothers Christopher and Marc Bauder and was supported by the Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft e.V. and developed with the help of Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH.