These are a few photos from a drive out to Dallas at the beginning of November…

Acum incep sa inteleg cum merge treaba.E simplu! Oamenii pe care ii doresti mereu aproape de tine, niciodata nu sunt , dar oamenii la care te astepti cel mai putin te incurajeaza la greu.

E incredibil de frumos sa aflii ca unii oameni tin la tine si sunt alaturi de tine sufleteste chiar daca prezenta lor trupeasca nu exista.Pana la urma asta conteaza: sa fii alaturi de cineva cu sufletul.

Maine e duminica:un alt prilej de a-mi vedea prietenii adevarati care au fost si sunt alaturi de mine cu sufletul. B.D.P: mi-ati ifluentat viata in cel mai frumos mod posibil.Sunteti cu siguranta niste oameni extraordinari si va admir din tot sufletul pentru credinta voastra. Sunteti prietenii langa care stiu cu siguranta ca nu imi va fi greu niciodata.Viata mea s-a schimbat radical datorita voua.E cel mai frumos dar pe care il poate primi un om.

Intr-o lume asa de rea cum a devenit asta ati reusit sa fiti niste oameni minunati.Aveti un har minunat.Dumnezeu sa fie cu voi in tot ceea ce faceti pentru ca meritati tot ce e mai bun.Va multumesc din tot sufletul ca m-ati scos dintr-o viata plina de pacat si mi-ati dat sansa sa Il cunosc pe El!

Robert Schumann’s 129th composition, the Cello Concerto in A minor was completed in only two weeks, a daunting task in any day and time. He never heard it performed publically in his own lifetime. So often a composer’s best work is performed in the years immediately following their death. At twenty five minutes in length, it’s one of the best pieces for solo cello written in the 19th century, until Dvorak comes along (which I may write about soon). What I also like about this piece is the direction for tempo, given in German (not Italian interestingly enough), at the beginning of the cello score. I think it serves as an appropriate metaphor for going through life-sort of a mini sermon: Nicht zu schnell. Not too fast.

There are people in this world who lament over their natal anniversary. For some reason, the arrival of this day causes them grief. I find myself unable to relate to these individuals. Perhaps it is because I am still relatively young. I do not mind getting older. As some say, getting older certainly beats the alternative. I assume this alternative of which they speak is being cryogenically frozen or placed into suspended animation. As both of these alternative options have yet to be entirely mastered by the scientific advancements available to us today, I agree that aging certainly does beat the alternative.

I feel like my birthday is the perfect opportunity to trick strangers into being nice to me. For instance, I firmly believe that people are given more leeway on the day of their births. Feel like going just a little bit too fast while driving on the highway? Do it on your birthday. What kind of police officer would give a speeding ticket to someone on their birthday? A mean police officer. A mean police officer who is actually doing exactly what he or she is supposed to do.

I have yet to understand why I receive gifts on my birthday. Did I do anything spectacular on this day? To be honest, probably. I am a pretty spectacular person and do spectacular things most every day. The odds are in my favour. However, I suspect that it is really my mother who deserves to be celebrated on this day. After all, she is the one who birthed me. I had already over stayed my nine month welcome and, to add insult to injury, I weighed over nine pounds at birth.

My mother often enjoys spending a brief period of time on my birthday reminiscing about my birth. She tells me things, such as how I was actually born on the way to the delivery room because labour was so quick. “You may have been overdue,” she has said, continues to say and will no doubt say again, “but once you decided you were ready to make your entrance you did not waste any time.” This declaration is usually followed up with a joke about how nothing has really changed, but I disagree. A lot has changed. For instance, I now weigh substantially more than nine pounds. I am also much taller than I was at birth. Additionally, I would like to think that my communication skills have improved dramatically.

621 // November 27, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving! It has been a very relaxing and yet eventful past few days. Hubbie and I have escaped the city as of earlier this week, and have enjoyed some fresh mountain air. Along with a couple of personal friends who joined us, we had a huge turkey feast on Thursday with his family and gave thanks to not only each other, but those we could not be with on that day.

I also had some time to shoot some new labels I created for Crooked Keg. Their brand-new Scarecrow II Pumpkin Ale was a huge hit among the guests up here, and was quickly gone before the day was out.

Oh, and I have to mention that the fresh mountain air must be the remedy for the common cold or bronchitis. Mom joked that the ill used to be sent to the mountains for any respiratory illness… and she might be right. For those concerned, I am feeling 100% better than I have been the past two weeks! We went on a short hike today up Mayflower Gulch (12,415 ft) just south of Copper Mountain, and had nothing but clear lungs, blue skies and beautiful weather.

I have so much to be thankful for, and I wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving.

Figures of Speech – Clothing

The words a person uses to express himself can be as defining as the clothes he chooses to wear. When you mash those together, you get some well known idioms that feature articles of clothing. How well will you do?

Would you rather be tone deaf of color blind?

Things. Rocks.

I have just recently come across an art director/graphic designer who has such a wide portfolio of works. Albert Exergian has worked on a number of commissioned corporate designs as well as many different magazines and newspapers.
 
His new series of posters based on TV culture is especially striking.  Even if you are not a fan of minimalist design, you can still appreciate the way in which he captures a particular TV Show.
 
Commenting on his works Albert states, “Minimalism was the main aim here. They are really rather ace.”

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city in Argentina. Often called the "Paris of South America", presented at this mega-city of remarkable architecture and beautiful buildings that seem to be one of the most modern cities in this region.

In addition to the history of this place offers, with a much lighter note, it's fun to have in Buenos Aires. A simple but fun, what could be done to keep one days cycling around the city. Some of the most popular cycling routesforests of Palermo, Alcorta and Avenida Libertador. For those in search of fun with the whole family, head down to the zoo Temaiken, the ideal place for an afternoon with his family in a walk.

Order as the notch having a little fun ', wait until the sun goes down. Buenos Aires is one of the best nightlife scenes in South America. Go club / bar-hopping upside down or in one of the trendiest of the city is Plaza Serrano (in PalermoViejo).

Experience), the scene of live music with many boliches (discos and pubs where you can find different truths of music, from jazz to hip hop, reggae bands to occur towards the Caribbean. Fun lasts almost until dawn in this city, so you can be sure you'll find value throughout the night of memorable characters and great music with drinks and entertainment facilities to be connected.

Last but not least, most of which was a thing to try at least once each, if he came to Buenos Aires,Argentine tango. Also known as the capital of the tango in the world, many said, "If you do not swim, and live tango, you have not visited Buenos Aires.

Try it varies from a tango class for an hour lesson short, some advanced courses before proceeding to the test. Kooka is a very special and memorable as Tango Argentino is described as one of the most exciting racing heart still dances in the worldtoday.

For the timid, there is another alternative. Even if I say that something is missing, if you hate the thought of dancing, check out a tango show and who knows, maybe you change your mind. There are many tango shows, bars and classrooms to those undertaken in large hotels and seating materials. No matter what you go, you will not be disappointed.

A lot has been said, blogged and pictured about the Creative Social in San Francisco, it’s probably the most documented Social of all with all of us snapping typing and tweeting away like crazy.

So of course I am going to add some more. A sketchy account of the three days in SF. A lot is out of context for sure, but hey, here goes, anyway…

I have been extremely privileged to be part of this unique group of amazing individuals for six or seven years now and have taken away a lot of inspiration back into the day to day office life. But what exactly is this thing- Creative Social?

An invite only group therapy session for tired Creative Directors? Check.

A massive piss-up? Check.

A get together of a group of insanely talented and nice people from around the world? Check, check, check.

I think what makes CS so special is that everyone leaves their egos and politics at the door and talks freely and openly about everything. Pitch problems, agency structures – anything and everything. I think this is unique in our industry.

As for San Fran it was special from the word go. Pereira Odell hosted the event and they truly rocked the agenda.

Unfortunately I was late on the Wednesday for the traditional “That’s me that is” (each Social presents one piece of work – warts and all – in max 5 minutes). I stepped into the Barrel House to witness a talk by Brad Bird and Michael Giacchino

Some random quotes that made it into my sketchbook:

“Music is part of the cake not just the icing.” MG
“You can’t get a giant screen at home. You can’t get a giant audience at home.” BB
“Music are dreams shared by audiences.” MG
“Don’t say yes to money, say yes to creativity.” BB
“Everybody has become a mashup maniac and doesn’t come up with something from scratch.” BB
“I want a high tech version of old school.” BB
“You are who you choose to be.” BB

What struck me a bout BB and MG was the ease they talked about each other and with each other. Something you can only do when you work together as closely as they have done in the past. And it’s always good to see people doing their thing and having fun doing so.

Thursday we went to coffee heaven. James Freeman of Blue Bottle Co:
“I will only sell coffee less than 48 hours out of the roaster to my customers, so they may enjoy coffee at its peak of flavor. I will only use the finest organic, and pesticide-free, shade-grown beans. If they can’t come to me, I will drive to their house to give them the freshest coffee they have ever tasted.”

On Saturday Coops and I went to the small stall they have near Hayes Street , of course there was a queue around the block. If your product rocks you don’t need to advertise. People will find you.

Then Pixar.
“Don’t try to please everybody you end up with nothing for everyone.” Ralph Eggelston

Lars has already expertly written about our visit to Pixar. The building is laid out with amenities and lunch and coffee areas in the middle of the building to facilitate accidental collaboration. If your agency is not laid out like that, do it, you will have less scheduled meetings and a better creative product.

Here are the people we met. All amazing people who took a lot of time out of their day to speak to us shallow advertising lot. Thank you guys.

*Ralph Eggelston
Greg Dykstra
Lou Romano
Noah Klocek
Ray Wong
Teddy Newton
Daniel Lopez Munoz
Ronny Del Carmen

According to Klocek, with UP they made a conscious decision to go back to the classic animation approach rather than the other way towards replicating live action like for example the new Christmas Carol film.

He also mentioned these guys as up and coming animators to watch.

Back on the bus and on to St.George Spirits where Lance Winters took us through the creative process of distilling “crazy shit”. “I don’t want to be part of a focus group. I want to have it done my way.”

The absinthe in question tasted awesome. Lance: “It is as good as it is because it didn’t need to succeed.” Their Hangar One Vodka brand is the top seller which allows them to fuck around with ideas. “The Vodka keeps us able to do crazy shit, gives us the freedom.” As with the Blue Bottle coffee, people still queued around the block to buy the Absinthe when it launched. We also tasted coffee spirits and basil Martini. I think.
He also mentioned this book as his inspiration bible.

On Friday we reconggregationalised in the Barrel House again (having stuffed my face with a few of these beauties from a van parked outside) and Tom Wujec, Fellow at AutoDesk started the day with a talk about Design Strategy and designs’ ability to influence the way you run your business. The one chart that stuck in my mind is this one (left page):

It’s the curve of unhappiness. Basically as a project progresses, unhappiness increases and there comes a point when it dips down again. This is how every project pans out. Tom argued the higher you go up the mountain of unhappiness the better your product. And no shortcuts allowed. This really resonated with me. It is so difficult to get a great idea done. Once you have the idea it gets more and more difficult to make it happen, but once you have gone past a certain point things just fall into place. It’s about pushing your idea as far as you can.

Some random quotes that made it into my sketchbook:

“Build a prototype the better the prototype the higher the profit.”
“How you do anything is how you do everything.”
“If you can’t draw it you can’t communicate and act on it.”
“Microsoft is the number 1 flow killer.”

A very charming Erin McKean spoke about words and their meaning. A gentle and quiet talk that got us all listening. I learned two new words Zoogma and Diego Garciccity. I have totally forgotten what they mean though. Help anyone?.

Next up was Saul Griffith’s earth shattering talk about how we are all fucked and his unbelievable dedication to making his personal energy consumption as little as possible. One could be forgiven to think that his life of cycling, one glass of wine a day and no flying is dull, but quite the opposite is the case. He made a point that it’s about quality of what you do, possess and eat where the joy of life lies. So when he eats meat, it is the best meat he can find, when he drinks wine its expensive wine. He also argued that a Rolex and a Mont Blanc fountain pens are far more sustainable than other so called green products. Because, guess what, they last. Being generally a very wasteful and non planet caring person, for the first time I actually gave a shit. I hope it lasts.

Some random quotes that made it into my sketchbook:

“Tesla is not the answer.”
“Video conferencing is the most important sustainable technology.”

Then Mark Dwight talked about Rickshaw Bagworks and gave us all a Zero, which was nice.

Next up Craig Newark from craigsglist, the self declared couch potato, nerd and customer service person. Initially not being quite sure about him I ended up really liking him. Basically he sat down and had a bit of a chat with us. Lovely.

Some random quotes that made it into my sketchbook:

“The internet is good for all those things we’ve always done together.”
“I am constantly listening and then doing something about it and then listening some more and doing something about it.”
“Trust is the new black.”

That’s it.
A bit of a brain dump. Apologies for that.

The one overall takeout for me from the three days is kinda obvious. Still:

All the people amazing people we met from all those different fields do what they love and do it with absolute passion and zero compromise.

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
Confucius.

That quote didn’t make it into my sketchbook.

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It is easy to see why gardens are so popular pergolas. A pergola can be used to break, a large garden or yard, left an area to another, or as a focal point. It can be a structure for growing climbing plants and, perhaps most exciting, it can be an outdoor room for relaxing or entertaining. Who would not like a room in her house?

3 Things To Avoid,

# 1 Build your structure in one part of the garden or courtyard, where water lines, gasPipes or electrical wires. 1-888-258-0808 to find ring to "your state's Call before You Dig" number. They will be put in contact with the relevant utility companies. As a rule, they will come within a week to mark where your underground utilities.

# 2 Construction of a pergola, which is too large or too small. They want the structure of a magnitude not to be disproportionate to the size of the garden. And you want it large enough to fulfill their function. For example, if you are aentertaining space that they must be large enough to accommodate chairs and possibly a table.

# 3 pay too much for your pergola. Kits are very expensive. Pergola Plans Deleted far better value for money. You can always hire someone to build it, if a construction project does not suit pergola.

3 Things To Do

# 1 with your local authorities to ascertain whether any permits or conditions apply for building a pergola in your backyard or garden. The rules vary from region toRange.

# 2 Think carefully about where to find your tree. Away from the house would be better if you want a retreat, closer to the house if you want to use your pergola for dining and entertainment. And take into account the sun and wind direction.

# 3 If you grow the plants on the pergola, choose varieties carefully. If you want to grow the vines to choose varieties that do not attract bees. And when children are likely to play in the vicinity of the structure, it isbest to avoid climbing roses as their spines can cause nasty cuts and scratches.

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