I am always overwhelmed at the Louvre. I can’t do what the other tourists do, take in everything in one day and have a sandwich in between halls. For me, the Louvre is best in bite-sized pieces. So yesterday, I went straight to the Egyptian Antiquities section in Sully. Who knew hieroglyphics came in cursive? …
I wrote this poem in 1996, put it up on my old blog, and rereading it now, eyelids heavy with a week’s worth of sleep, I realized it had no title. Who abandons these cars and allows them to live anew: cat motels, dust magnets, flutes when the city’s hot winds go through one cracked …
you’re sideswiped by possibility?
Joni, Jody and I took a cardiovascularly challenging stroll to Musée de la Castre yesterday afternoon, before the Film, Titanium and Integrated Awards night. Nano insisted on the more typical tourist shots, and I obliged. The bar is so high my neck hurts peering up at it. But if there’s one thing Cannes teaches you, …
After overdosing on fresh seafood (escargots rock) at Brun, thanks to Pepito, several of us landed in Le Pink, a couple of doors down. Le Pink is a little bar packed with personality, a lot of it gay. We had rosé and laughter and Herbert’s scarf. Peter and Merlee: Les Young Lions: Noel and Nandy: …
Y&R has a new logo? Where was the memo? Walking to the Y&R party on the Carlton beachfront, I realized the logo on the backdrop of the Y&R-sponsored Rupert Murdoch talk was not a glitch in the matrix. From 100% cyan, it is now white with a thick dark blue outline. It looks like a …
The queue stretched up three stories. No one complained about missing lunch. The show opened with Bob Isherwood apologizing for the delay, but I would have waited for as long as it took. Even the theatrical introduction to the directors’ reel was a grand display of stage technique and how a live performance and video …
Today is the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors’ Showcase at 11:45 in the Grand Audi. I hope I make it in time to snag a seat. It’s easily the most awaited seminar during the Festival. I’m already missing the TBWA one. But work comes in only one flavor, and right now that flavor’s prison guard. …
Congratulations to DM9 for the Bronze Lion in Media! There were four Philippine radio commercials that made it to the shortlist: NU 107 “Are You Ready to Rock,” Prolife Philippines “Regret,” Shell “Are We There Yet” and Vandol “Siren.” The process was well-managed, my co-jurors were more than convivial, and Liz and I were late …
I don’t know what the MTU setting under the Ethernet tab in Network Preferences really does, but setting it to a lower number seems to have worked. A little. It could be pure coincidence, but I am waiting less than an eternity now for pages to load. This can only be a good thing. The …