January 2012
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I am a lousy copywriter →
British-born David Ogilvy was one of the original, and greatest, “ad men.” In 1948, he started what would eventually be known as Ogilvy & Mather, the Manhattan-based advertising agency that has since been responsible for some of the world’s most iconic ad campaigns, and in 1963 he even wrote Confessions of an Advertising Man, the best-selling book that is still to this day considered...
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Watch“The Last Goodbye” - The Kills, directed by Samantha Morton
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The Way We Eat
AS THE LEGENDARY bon vivant Ludwig Bemelmans once noted of restaurateurs: “The most strenuous customer-versus-proprietor battles occur in the smart restaurants of Paris and New York. This kind of restaurant, as a rule, is small. It is benefited by a certain type of guest and injured by another, and the latter must be discouraged from coming. In a man confronted daily with the task of...
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“Southern food is a celebration of the people within the community, using the...”
– i have thoughts about paula deen and sexism and class and promulgating an irresponsible lifestyle, but this piece by hugh acheson furthers the discussion we should really be having. (via brookehatfield)
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“The United States began pondering the possibility of cat spies during the Cold...”
– Metro history: A D.C. taxicab killed America’s premier CIA-trained cat spy
CAT SPIES.
(via brookehatfield)
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“I don’t believe anything really revolutionary has ever been invented by...”
– Steve Wozniack, Brain Pickings (via nevver)
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“Seriously you guys, thanks for being the best friends ever, I love each and...”
– Review: Octopus Bar | Restaurant Review | Creative Loafing Atlanta (via travisekmark)
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