All natural cleaning products are a great way to go green, and there are many on the market now. Here’s a brand from Connecticut that uses plant and vegetable based ingredients and smartly packages its products in recyclable containers that have been discontinued by other companies to keep landfill waste READ MORE >
In our July edition of the blog we told you about Luke Sullivan’s great book, Hey Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Advertising. We read a lot of marketing books and if you’re taking the time to read our blog, then chances are, you need to read them READ MORE >
Ernie Schenck is one of our favorite contributors to Communication Arts. His Advertising column is a highlight of each issue. Like his pal Luke Sullivan, Ernie penned a must-have book for everyone with a brand story to tell. In The Houdini Solution, Schenck shows you how to use tight budgets READ MORE >
This is a gem of an album. The New York Times called For Emma, Forever Ago “irresistible,” and the reviewers on iTunes are raving about its poetic beauty. Bon Iver (pronounced: bohn eevair; French for “good winter” and spelled wrong on purpose) is basically musician Justin Vernon who recorded this READ MORE >
Usually anything that is “As Seen on TV” is pretty cheesy. But this is pretty cool. Invented by a professional mover, the straps allow you to lift furniture and appliances that you would have no chance of moving on your own. There are a few companies selling straps like this, READ MORE >
This is what we’re spinning at the Boathouse this week and it’s a gem. Ray LaMontagne’s third album Gossip in the Grain “touches upon a range of styles and musical settings– spanning pastoral folk, railroad blues, front porch country, and plangent balladry.” One iTunes reviewer says he “writes like Dylan, READ MORE >
Though it was released in 2006, there isn’t a more relevant movie today than Who Killed the Electric Car? A top screenwriter on his best day couldn’t dream up a story of greed, fear and ineptitude like this one. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll mostly cry. Maybe the heads of READ MORE >
Listen up Rachel Ray. And this goes for you too, Emeril, Giada and Naked Chef. Your cookbooks are fish wrap compared to the culinary wonder that is The Twinkies Cookbook. Any hack can whip up a chicken dish. But could you dream up Twinkie Sushi, Twinkie Burrito, or the unbelievably READ MORE >
Who has time to sit for an oil painting anymore? That’s the question the folks at MyDaVinci.com were answering when they launched this cool site. Just send them a photo and their artists will turn it in anything from pop art or Warhol-style panels, to a sketch or caricatures. There READ MORE >
What better way to teach your kids about the true value of money than with this great Piggy Bank from Toys R Us? This smart little porker has four chambers: Save, Spend, Donate, and Invest. Just the fact that it has Donate makes it a winner with us.