Posts Tagged as ‘London’

November 17, 2009

A week off.

 
Last week I was lucky and got to take a week off to spend with my boyfriend Jon when he came and visited from America. It was very hard to not diligently be on my email all the time, and feeling a bit disconnected from the agency while I was away, but it didn’t take [...]

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 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 [...]

September 22, 2009

London and Learning Curves

This weekend I went to the South Bank of London with Yuki and Teemu. I was thrilled to go outside on a beautiful day, and to do some cliche, but very exciting tourist things. It’s funny. You see iconic images of the world like Big Ben and the Parliament Building your whole life. But actually [...]