Ten Reasons The Century Plaza in L.A. Can Be Preserved
LOS ANGELES – One of the great modern hotels, The Century Plaza, is potentially going to be demolished. I say potentially because the owner, developer Mic... Read more.
Visit John Deere Headquarters In Moline
Most companies don’t want average people in their headquarters. They say that there are “insurance” reasons they don’t have a display in... Read more.
How to Re-brand Fraternal Groups: Elks Point to New Members
UMATILLA, Florida – Saw it with my own eyes. The Elks, that would be the Benevolent Order of Elks, are recruiting members and advertising themselves with ... Read more.
National Drive In Revival Begins Here?
GOOCHLAND, VA – There aren’t too many drive-ins left, but some thrive. We can think specifically of Hull’s Drive In of Lexington, Virginia, wh... Read more.
BOAC Offices, Glasgow in 1970
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – In the 1970s, BOAC used firms like the architecture firm Gillespie Kidd and Coia to do its regional work. Here, an office in Glasgow. ... Read more.
IHOP and DineEquity Inc. Prove Casual Sector
SARASOTA – Many of us can recall when IHOP wasn’t cool. Somewhere between 1980 and 1990, the chain got into the category of undesirable. It was so m... Read more.
America’s Six Best Inexpensive Pen Brands
Pens are important, and so is penmanship, though I don’t have the handwriting I wish I had and wish I had taken courses with the Marion Richardson series.... Read more.
Hope Springs Motel Resort
PALM SPRINGS – Any person who owns a silly little motel by the side of the road ought to look at Hope Springs Motel Resort in Palm Springs, California. It... Read more.
Headlines: Fortunoff Goes Back to the Family, Gatorade Snaps
After a messy shutdown, the Fortunoff family as re-purchased the name and intellectual property of the Fortunoff jewelry chain. It’s in Newsday. Would tha... Read more.
Invicta Master Mind Game Toy of the 1970s
The Invicta board game Master Mind swept the 1970s; part of the charm of the British-made game was the box. The Invicta game had an Asian woman and a “dis... Read more.