“We’ve got five years, my brain hurts a lot…”

I feel asleep at the switch and never even noticed that this blog hit the five-year mark two weeks ago. Celebrate we must, even if belatedly. I point you to my first post, which references my only piece of legitimate cred: once getting linked by Romenesko. In five years, this blog has never gotten close [...]

Year One: Rising Tide

Wrapping up, here’s one last memory of my first year of blogging. Hurricane Katrina sticks deeply in my mind. I posted about it quite a lot. There were several posts that quoted from the classic Rising Tide, such as this one that gave a historical view and this one that looked at New Orleans’ racial [...]

In the tikitikitikitiki tiki room…

What can I say? I’m a big huge freakin’ Tiki fan. Maybe it’s because my father once managed a Tiki joint back in the Sixties. But love ‘em, I do. Which is why one of my favorite attractions at Disneyland was always the Enchanted Tiki Room. In honor of Disneyland’s 50th Anniversary, Disney has been [...]