September 2009
224 posts
Still true today: “Keep it simple. Do the obvious thing - the common thing - but do it uncommonly well.” -Leo Burnett. Genius Ad Guy
Haha.. Watch out “suits”! RT @adweak: HOT HEADLINE: Agency Replaces Entire Account Services Department With iPhone App.
Wow - a personal record for me.. Haven’t tweeted or been on Faceplace in like 24 hours.. Miss me? (hint: YES!) ;)
Crazy, I fell asleep during a movie last night & didn’t get up til 9 today. Almost 12 hours of sleep - haven’t done that in a l-o-n-g time!
I am so fried - two solid days of shopping is exhausting. And Folsum was, um, interesting as always. No judgements, but wow!
Departing Target, then home, then Folsum St Fair (so not my thing), then Room & Board - my compromise with Ed on going to Folsum..
Picking up where I left off on yesterday’s shopping excursion.. Best Buy & Target. Aside from furniture, this should be it for Sonoma! Whew!
Such a glutton for punishment - Costco, Best Buy & Bed, Bath, Beyond. Safe to assume on a Saturday I’ll be in checkout longer than shopping.
Ok - done for the day. This much shopping is fun only in theory. Didn’t make it to Best Buy, but hit everything else I needed too. Car full!
I am done (in both senses of the word - at Ikea. Got a lot of stuff for $300 bucks.. Even if I can’t pronounce any of it! Gufloôgäflüfas!!
So happy to be home. Missed Ed & Ella - And this view: http://twitpic.com/j7hgd http://twitpic.com/j7hhy http://twitpic.com/j7hjl
Time to do some damage with the credit card for Sonoma house.. Crate & Barrel Outlet, Bed Bath Beyond and Ikea today. We get in Thursday!
Back home in San Francisco! Going to be a busy weekend after a busy week.. Yay home!
Whew! Another summit done.. These trips fly - and are exhausting. Thanks to the whole crew for another great one! Off to O’Hare.. Home soon!
Made it to ORD in nick of time - board in 30 mins - SFO, here I come! Another great agency launch summit, thx to all for our biggest yet!!
Last day in Chicago, which is a good thing, my liver & fat-processing cells couldn’t take another day. Full morning of meetings, then SFO!!
Three solid days of thick cloud cover in Chicago, finally breaking today.. Just in time for us to leave. Doh! http://twitpic.com/j2b5i
Some of the kids didn’t know what my Schoolhouse Rock posts meant - enjoy! http://bit.ly/1aCTYD
Time for bed.. Primo photos (aka blackmail fodder) aplenty from tonight’s outing to karaoke. Think there will be many hoarse voices tomorrow
Long day of back-to-back-to-back meetings. Now at dinner with the crew & pooped out! Early night (this time) for me.
It’s the annual Starcom/Oracle karaoke night at Bluefrog.. Uh, boy.. Trouble on the horizon. Do Re Me Fa So La Ti Do..
Frontera was excellent - Impossible to compare to Fleur de Lys or Botega (totally different foods). Huber Keller still gets my Tops vote ;)
Going to Frontera for lunch - If Bayless can beat Michael Chiarello & Huber Keller on Top Chef Masters, expectations are HIGH, cuz they rock
I totally woke up with Dancing on Sunshine in my head.. Ugh, stupid ūber hetero bar music.. Hope to see my full team alive in an hour!
Mackenzie Phillips on Today show.. Wow - that’s some seriously messed up stuff. Just say no to drugs, kids..
I bowling-pranced past the foul line & flew into the air & then ungracefully onto my ass. Ow.. Bowling sucks hard. http://twitpic.com/iw1tk
Oh dear God save me from this night. Hangge Uppe in Chicago just like I remember from last trip - stale beer and vomit scent in the air..
Interplanet Janet, she’s a galaxy girl, she travels like a rocket with her comet team, and there’s never been a planet Janet hasn’t seen..
I am in Hell. Perhaps only gay man to ever step foot in this bar. Ever. Straightest music on planet on. Should go, but can’t stop staring!
Can’t find a decent Negroni (well can’t find one at all, actually) in Chicago to save my life. What do these people have against Campari?
I knew better, but peer pressure got better of me & I bowled. Crick in neck is now scoliosis & metal knee bent wrong way. Percocet, please!
Collecting my last shreds of self respect and leaving the Hangge Uppe and heading for hotel before “Walking on Sunshine” comes on… Night..
Back at hotel & listening to some Madonna, Kylie & Pet Shop Boys to scrub the sheer straight off of me (shudder..) and then to bed. Night XO
Ok, so reading my recent posts, I sound like a dick, but the heteros rule the one ring & their DJ’s suck ass. All i’m sayin’.. time to taxi
Well every person you can know, & every place that you can go, & anything that you can show, you know they’re nouns. You know they’re nouns.
Great 1st day of meetings. Off to bowling w/team shortly. Not sure it’s my thing (well, I KNOW it’s not) esp. w/metal knee & crick in neck..
Whoa! Just now occurred to me it’s the 23rd - We own a house in Sonoma today!! Minor detail I’m in Chicago & sellers don’t move out til 30th
I’m up, but not awake.. Late night cuz I couldn’t sleep. Bags under eyes have carry-on luggage. COFFEE!! Oh yeah, morning, Chicago :)
Arrived safe and sound into Chicago - take that poopy luck! (although still have a cab ride ahead of me..). Chicago, a heck of a town!
1st time of many stays, disappointed with Hotel Sax. Overbooked so I’m in crummy room w/ tiny bed - prognosis for waking up refreshed = bad
Chicaaago! 70 degrees outside at 9:00 PM, 70ish % humidity. Not bad.. Crick in my neck on the otherhand is :(
Damn what a morning - crick in my neck, the prowler & now call from Resto Hrdwr saying all patio furniture I ordered last week isn’t avail!
So when you’re happy (Hurray!) or sad (Aw!) Or frightened (Eeeeeek!) or mad (Rats!) Or excited (Wow!) or glad (Hey!) An interjection starts.
Would it be rude of me to ask my cab driver to turn the radio to something in English? And not to kill me via his crazy driving? Is that PC?
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly get your adverbs here. Quickly, quickly, quickly get those adverbs here. Slowly, surely, really learn your adverbs here.
Glad I was home this morning, some guy climed our wall & in the backyard. When asked what the f**k he was doing he said “gardening?” 911!!
Then we ran into a bear. He was a hairy bear, he was a scary bear, we beat a hasty retreat from his lair. And described him with adjectives.
Does it get any more gaylicious? Amy Sedaris & Dolly Parton on Backwoods Barbie video http://bit.ly/FgO69
So our anticipated heatwave was more like a whitecap, but still a lovely day in the City by the Bay.
Ha Ha - so true.. RT @marchinko: Why does Kate Gosselin have a talk show? the only thing she’s ever done is have a gross amount of children.