Category Archives: Deep Thoughts

The United 4 - SXSW Bound No More

A funny thing happened on my way to SXSW. I was at the United Airlines gate at Dulles with a confirmed ticket, waiting for my seat assignment. Everyone in the boarding area was very clearly bound for SXSW. My colleague Rohit boarded with his First Class cohorts and I said I [...]

Can Cupcake WOM Last?

While prowling my new Georgetown neighborhood for fashion finds this past weekend, I stumbled across a darling awning in the distance proclaiming “Georgetown Cupcake“. The cupcake phenomenon that has kept lines formed at Sprinkles in LA and Magnolia in NYC (immortalized in SNL’s Lazy Sunday) has officially reached my new corner of the world.

I [...]

A Valentine From Your Biggest Fan

It is February 14 and time again to honor those that make life sweeter all 365 days of the year.  There is one brand in whom I have always been a fan, but that evangelism has greatly amplified since the last time cupid came to Hallmark
 
Nau fan Chris said “every great brand has a double [...]

Don’t Leave Home Without Them…

Thanks to Jake for tagging me on this particular assignment. It is particularly apropos as I have been commuting back and forth to DC for the last 5 weeks and have become an expert packer. Here are the items that always make the cut:
Cash – I know, I know, its old fashioned, but [...]

The Need to Be Heard

South Carolina has been a hotbed of activity for the last 2 weeks, but the most interesting thing that happened to us yesterday happened on the phone. It wasn’t (just) the push polls and robocalls, it was our Austin friends calling to make sure we had gone to the polls and taken advantage of [...]