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The productivity of the average worker has skyrocketed thanks to technology, but it comes at the price of a sedentary lifestyle. And mounting research suggests that sitting at your desk for eight hours a day can have a dramatic impact on your health. Don’t get me wrong. I burn plenty of calori…
Ready to get mad? Back by popular demand, our mad new Mad Men® collection, refreshed for spring.
While we can’t show you everything just yet, we can give you a little tease with three looks from the 40-piece county club-inspired collection coming March 1.
On her:
Rose-Print Cardi …
In little over a month, the “Sh*t [People] Say” video meme has gone majorly mainstream, and it already feels like every corner of the human experience has been covered in a YouTube montage. And personally, I can’t get enough of them. And that makes me an incredible loser.
[brightcove video=”1426035658001” /] How much do you know about the NASA space program, Earthling? NASA has launched a multi-player Facebook game to test just that. Space Race Blastoff poses a series of surprisingly tough questions — for example, who launched the first liquid-fueled rocke…
Thanks to the UNWTO for compiling worldwide travel trends of LGBT travelers that will give DMO’s key insight into marketing their destinations to visitors from around the world.
Here is a link directly to the report: http://www.platma.org/index.php/mod.publicaciones/mem.descargar/fichero.publicaciones_UNWTO_GlobalReportOnLGBTTourism_LW_Eng_ad8afc99%232E%23pdf/chk.5320349075c996d5adb6598526c292a3
High of 45 and 40% chance of rain today in DC.
Writing about the Estes/Stewart combo and their Black Pig Bacon had me craving some serious bacon. I went to order some and saw this great video on what goes in to making Black Pig Salami. Great way to know exactly where you food comes from and how it is made.
I am a sucker for chickpeas. I add them to almost everything and even eat them roasted with spices as a snack. Duskie Estes and her husband John Stewart from Bovolo, zazu restaurant + farm and Black Pig Bacon sent out a recent chickpea recipe that sounded so good, I had to share. Excited to make this dish over the Christmas holidays. Seems appropriate with the fireplace roaring, snow falling and kids running around screaming and laughing. Ahhh, the holidays.
Saffron Chickpea Tagine
3 red onion, medium dice
10 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
a good pinch of chili flakes
1/2 cup pure olive oil
1 pinch saffron threads
2 cinnamon sticks
1/2 bottle dry white wine
1 - #10 can san marzano tomatoes
5 cups chickpeas, soaked overnight
1/3 cup julienne preserved lemon
kosher salt
1 bunch cilantro, minced
Saute the onion, garlic, and chili flakes on medium heat in a large, heavy bottomed pot for 8-10 minutes in the olive oil. Add the saffron, cinnamon, wine, tomatoes, chickpeas, and preserved lemon. Top up with 4 inches of water, season with salt and chili flakes. Simmer until chickpeas are very tender, about 2 hrs, you may have to add a little water. (finished tagine should be stew-like and thickened with the bean starches). Season to taste with salt. Stir in the cilantro.
Ad Week just announced their top 10 Best Commericals of 2011. The Adorable Google Chrome spot ‘Dear Sophie’ was ranked #7 overall. In a world with diluted messages and advertising over-stimuli, I have found the Google Chrome ads to trigger all the necessary emotions needed for a great ad. In school you study the whole advertising formula of reach v. frequency to find the sweet spot of your ads. I have seen the ‘Dear Sophie’ ad only once, yet I remembered it clearly, along with the ad for ‘It Gets Better’ that I played and replayed during a Glee episode. In fact, I didn’t delete that Glee episode for over a week just to re watch that video. And who can forget the adorable meat-in-tube-form loving couple from Frank in Austin, TX. My vote for ad(s) of the year go to Google Chrome for their ability to connect with the emotional side of their audience.
A great read on how five very different brands are rocking Instagram to market themselves or their products. Props to Visit Savannah for the #3 spot and leading the way for other tourism brands to jump on board. It always takes one trailblazer to test the waters in every industry and Savannah is definitely the first in the travel world to integrate Instagram into their marketing efforts.
Image from Communications Conversations by Arik Hanson
