Month: August 2012

Above: The top half of the September 2012 cover of “C” Magazine. We understand now. And she is only 33.

The festival began in earnest in 1986 with about ten people on San Francisco’s Baker Beach. The idea was, in part, to […]

We love China and, of course, Chinese culture, one of the oldest in the the world: literature, philosophy, music, visual arts, martial […]

The figure is about $8 billion so far this year, mainly in energy, aviation, and entertainment. The previous “record” for Chinese buying […]

1. Just one (1) is one creature alone. 2. Two (2) means #1 has a Friend or Ally. 3. Three? Three (3) […]

Clients don’t care that you’re smart–or that you’re nice. So if you’re stymied about what Client Service really is, see the Canadian […]

Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Louis-Dreyfus Group, France.

2,075 years of greatest commercial hub in history. Crown Publishers, Inc., New York. 1998. 830 pages.

To celebrate D.C. native Henry Rollins and his 50th birthday last year, Obey–Shepard Fairey’s empire–created and released two Obey-esque limited edition renderings […]

Increasing Complexity, Ambiguity and Multi-Practice Issues: The Need for One “Special Projects Group” in Every Larger Law Firm. No matter what larger […]

It sounds almost American. Go to the reporting at BBC and NBC about ongoing rioting in the northern and racially-mixed city of […]

When did America’s Fourth Estate last use “raucous” in a headline? Ah, but Britain, she really did deliver, didn’t she? See The […]

We’ll call it all three–but it’s certainly leadership. Well done, sir. As my fellow Eagle Scouts debate whether to give up their […]

I hope Hooters, the restaurant chain, makes it. I’ve only been to a Hooters once, and I can’t see its appeal. (Note: […]

At the always-fetching Paris and Beyond, the creation of Genie, an American expat from Alabama, see “Quai aux Fleurs – Autolib“. Genie’s […]

Struck under an African Union mediation, and announced today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the deal reportedly covers transportation, processing and transit of […]

See in Thursday’s New York Times “In Uganda, an AIDS Success Story Comes Undone“. It begins: KAMPALA, Uganda “” Uganda’s sharp reduction […]

Burning Man Festival, September 2, 2011: Black Rock Desert, Nevada (Jim Urquhart/Reuters)

Burning Man Festival, September 2, 2011: Black Rock Desert, Nevada (Jim Urquhart/Reuters)

According to the New York Daily News, and several other sources, the head designer at Chanel doesn’t like Pippa Middleton’s face. See […]