The guys on American Pickers are the kindred spirits to my brother-in-law Randy. He’s turned his two-car garage into a museum of found objects.
Every time my husband and I visit, Randy has added more new treasures—old musical instruments and movie posters are a particular passion, as are motorcycle signage and helmets.
I had the nice—but strange—realization last week that I have a skill I didn’t know I had.
I can speak stock market.
Grocery stores are changing, with limited assortment retailers offering lower prices by reducing the number of items and emphasizing private-label goods. These retailers might consider a custom content strategy to keep customers coming back for more reasons than price alone.
Thank goodness our entries into this custom publishing company blog series on "most admired magazines" isn't "favorite magazines." As a person who happily discovered there were too many flavors in the world to have a favorite food after age 12, I have a varied reading diet in magazines—as well as books and blogs.
With Lady Gaga and Ellen DeGeneres gracing newsstand covers today, we've come a long way, baby, in media targeted at women. Women's Health is a great publication when it comes to representing the demographic today. I cannot argue with the magazine's placement as No. 2 on Adweek's Hot List 2010. And I found the same is true for the magazine's digital site.
Wallace and Gromit are two of my favorite celebrities. If you haven’t seen their new short animated film, A Matter of Loaf and Death, I highly recommend it. The film is nominated for a 2009 Academy Award in the category of Short Film (Animated); if the film wins at the Oscar Ceremony on March 8, it will be the pair’s third Oscar-winning effort.
As an editor at Pace Communications, I proofread for several hours a day. That makes it hard to turn off my internal spell check after hours.
I hope my friends will agree that I keep my mouth shut when we’re at a restaurant offering “salmon stakes” or “lemmon tart.” As long as the food is delicious and the service is effective, I’m happy.
Britta Waller
Editor Britta is a Folio: award winner.
Photo by: Bert VanderVeen