Serendipitous Names Boggled to learn the Price Club moniker is not an example of masterful marketing and branding. It’s a family name. The business was founded by Sol Price. Which …
More +January 18, 2015
Ya Gotta Love L.A. Was doing community service with thirty others at a garden that supports a feed-the-needy program. Eyes stung from hot work, back muscles complained, when ears were …
More +January 13, 2015
When You Think You’ve Seen Everything. . . Just passed a storefront sign in that third world universe called Studio City in the San Fernando Valley: Magic NitPick All Natural …
More +January 10, 2015
Giving Too Much Credit Where. . . Despite being on the no-call list, a surprising number of telemarketers call. A couple recent examples: “This is Card Services, and if you …
More +January 3, 2015
Do You Believe? (Update) On October 14, 2014 it was reported in a post that there may be a Pot Fairy haunting my 1928 building – a phantom that made …
More +January 1, 2015
A Snowball’s Chance Where? Spent a week in No Cal during a ferocious cold snap. Highs in the high forties. People in Starbucks in hoodies and board shorts. Or infinity …
More +December 22, 2014
‘Tis The Season Sign in a bakery window in East Los Angeles: NO MORE ORDERS HOLIDAY TAMALES SOLD OUT As bag-carrying patrons exit the shop, they encounter a well-dressed man …
More +December 3, 2014
Where To Next? Notice lately the branding bon mot relies heavily on the scatalogical. Because that’s how clever and advanced and out of the prudish closet we are. Consider the …
More +November 19, 2014
How Not To Be A Smooth Talker So my smart, doctor friend is stopped at a red light in downtown Los Angeles when his cell rings. He answers, tells his …
More +November 11, 2014
Give It To Me Straight For Hire: English to English Interpreter. Me. (Based on recent experience.) We let you know we had the inventory, and it was available to you …
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