Flying the Friendly Skies Or Not
What does it take to get a seat assignment these days? Booking a flight for my college daughter to return home from the West coast for the holidays on United has been unfriendly to say the least. Now...
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I went to my favorite casino in Atlantic City a few weeks ago and “won” – meaning, I broke even at the Blackjack tables. And I’ve already been invited back to return next month, for free. Do they know...
View ArticleHello Room Service? A bottle of wine and a guitar, please.
Always trend-forward, check out Europe’s first “music hotels” that opened in Germany last month. The unique nhow Berlin is a hip, new hotel where you don’t just get room and board, but truly check in...
View ArticleBe a Big Baby.
I like shopping in Target, not as much as Costco, but more than WalMart. Their stores are easy to shop, with good merchandise at fair prices, and they do a lot of good for the local communities where...
View ArticleHangover Helpers…Wish I’d Thought of It!
Today, every entrepreneur is focused on the latest breakthrough in technology and creating the next Facebook. When I was in college, we had the “pie man” who sold pies to drunken college students at...
View ArticleAn Airline With a Heart.
What a difference 12 minutes can make. 12 minutes is the amount of time a Southwest pilot held a flight so a grieving grandfather could make his connection to see his dying 2-year old grandson in...
View ArticleI Want iPhone!
Finally, the iPhone is coming to Verizon. Along with many other Verizon loyalists, I’m VERY excited about this news. I’m a huge Apple fan, have been wanting an iPhone since they were first introduced...
View ArticleHelp Wanted… No Really.
I’m a HUGE TV fan. But I find it really hard to accept that my most expensive *utility bill* is my cable bill so, I decided to see what other service providers were out there. One of the first sites …...
View ArticleYup, State Farm IS there.
A post about an insurance company? Really? Why? Because I just love advertising that makes me do something (in this case, not only laugh out loud, but remember an age old jingle and hum it later when...
View ArticleA Royal Sweepstakes?
I admit, I am a total groupie for all things British Royal, being introduced to the “repositioned brand” through Princess Diana over the years of her public life. Followed every detail and “scoop” as...
View ArticleHonest Officer, I only had 1 #beieere$!
This one is for anyone who has ever participated in PWI. (Posting While Intoxicated) As the commentator on Tekzilla Daily said,”The best thing about social media is that it has no filters. The worst...
View ArticleA Bank With A Lot of Interest…In It’s Customers!
In a quest to be profitable these days it seems like companies are cutting back on everything from product quality to customer service. Interestingly, a regional bank in the Pacific Northwest, has done...
View ArticleWhen does 1 inch cost $200?
I am all for businesses making fair money. I am even understanding of cost increases that need to be passed along. But this one SO angers me, I am about to support John Madden’s eccentric refusal to...
View ArticleSurprised and Delighted… no really!
I don’t know about you, but I think one of the most over-used and under-delivered terms in our business is “surprise and delight”. Of course who wouldn’t want a kick-butt concept where consumers are...
View ArticleShazam me to Tahiti
OK, usually I tend to lean toward the ‘when is enough is enough’ side of technology taking over living. But this one is just pretty exciting to me, when I think of the amazing things that could be...
View ArticleA Store With No Products Serves Best
I do my fair share of online shopping. But more often I prefer going to the store to actually see what I’m buying. There’s no wrong or right to your shopping preference but, I think we can agree that...
View ArticleWhen Giving Back Falls Apart at the Seams.
What’s all the rage over Tom’s shoes? My daughter and my niece, both in their teens, were coveting Tom’s shoes during our recent back-to-school clothes shopping. Having heard so much about their...
View ArticleDrugs by phone- will they get you hooked?
On the surface, this article touting Walgreens’ success with a *Prescription Ready by Text* SMS program was nothing all that unusual. Cool, but not unusual. You simply sign up to have Walgreens text...
View ArticleNo more getting lost in Aisle 6
I am not big on navigating inside large stores or malls. There are a few Home Depots in my area that I am pretty familiar with, and can find my way through the old fashioned way. But what if you …...
View ArticleDinner and a Movie 2.0
So, this is the season for the Academy Awards and as expected, there are many great movies out there to see. But are we too wedded to being couch potatoes to care? Someone is hoping not. Theaters in...
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