Thanksgiving Aloha

Thanksgiving Aloha

Hawaiian Sisters Like any well-planned marketing activity, preparing a holiday meal is quite an undertaking. It requires organization, logistics, supply chain, procurement, finance and a spark of creative juice. In 2012, our family was fortunate to be with...
Splendor in the Lemongrass

Splendor in the Lemongrass

There is a first time for everything. Last night I cooked with lemongrass. Well, my daughter Fanny did and I helped. It was one of our wonderful Dad and daughter dinners that we planned all week. She had come home from Wilmington to hang out with me during...
ExCHANGING

ExCHANGING

The Exchange- A wine marketing conference October 30, 2012I recently had the pleasure of creating and organizing a high-level event for the wine marketing industry. It was a chance to bring together industry professionals, top-notch speakers and to create an...
Raking It In – A Quiet Leaf Blower

Raking It In – A Quiet Leaf Blower

My marketing radar is always on alert for opportunities that blow me away!Recently I was blown away by the alarming noise of the traditional leaf blower. It was during a lovely fall day where in three different settings, I was annoyed, interrupted and distracted by...

A Path to Success

I have no idea if this is true, but it makes for a great metaphor. It is probably just another urban legend. A path to success or an urban legendArchitects, when designing buildings, do not put in the sidewalks. They wait to observe the natural patterns of how...