Entries from October 2009

October 21, 2009

Whiskey.

Only in London can you draw a picture of a monkey and get a whole bunch of whiskey goodies.

Yep. That’s right. The first week I got here, I was sitting at the Sunday Up market with Zak, waiting for Katie and there were these little cards sitting on our table that said “Draw the money [...]

October 21, 2009

Life’s a beach…well, sort of.

This last weekend we went to Brighton, which was wonderful. It was exactly what I expected of a British beach, a bit chilly and mostly wonderful. People thought I was crazy to want to go to the beach, but I wasn’t expecting malibu. And I’m from Oregon for crying out loud, only the crazy people [...]

October 7, 2009

Strategy with Paul Colman

Yesterday we had an opportunity to meet with Paul Colman, a planner here at WK. The subject of the talk was “What is Strategy”. It was really great to listen to him talk about the way he, and Wieden, approach strategy, see how it gets broken down, explain why it’s important and why it’s good [...]

October 6, 2009

Portobello Road

Last weekend I went to Portobello Road for the first time, and it was a TREASURE HUNTERS DREAM. There are so many interesting stalls with antique telephones, old cameras, sets of china, typecases and wood type, and everything in between. It’s probably one of my favorite markets to walk around in. They also have AMAZING [...]