Posted On: November 19, 2024
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Bored? Burned-out? Over-booked? Give yourself a daily BreakAway and try something new TODAY!
These days, there’s always news about BreakAways. Here are a few that have been grabbing some eyeballs of late…
30 Days to…
Posted On: June 6, 2024
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This post features some thunderous rants. But know that there’s usually a rainbow—or two—at the end of the storm.
Apple iPad ad blows it
UNPLUGGING. That’s where it’s at…I write from my MacBook Pro while…
Posted On: October 24, 2022
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“Welcome…We expect you to…We will not tolerate…”
Today’s post dips into many of the topics we’ve been wading in of late: Advertising, wordsmithing, photographic messages, escapism, cultural chaos, and of course, travel. Please dive in…
Posted On: October 11, 2022
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Bye-bye dressy-ness; the post-pandemic workplace dress code has gone decidedly informal.
High heels go the way of the necktie
According to Bloomberg, heading back to the office after the pandy BreakAway has inspired a lot…
Posted On: August 29, 2022
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Magazines, once thriving lifestyle and status tools, are now headed toward extinction.
Welcome to Marketing Monday (MM), our periodic dive into all things design, branding, advertising, wily wordsmithing, and more. Your site host (one Kirk…
Posted On: October 1, 2021
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Nut Goodies have been a coveted, regional treat forever. But as a beer? Did not see that coming!
You’d have to be living under a vineyard to not be aware of the craft beer revolution…
Posted On: August 28, 2020
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Happy Halloween!?!
BreakAways come in all forms. For kids—and for adults who like to don a costume and party—Halloween offers a giddy vakay from Reality for a night that often stretches into all fall.
But…
Posted On: January 15, 2020
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Last month, in Part 1, we dove into our junk piles and bemoaned the detritus that weighs on us, our culture, and our shifting populations. We continue that slog by taking a peek into where our…
Posted On: December 27, 2019
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Christmas means different things to different people, obviously.
As for me, I can’t help but notice that it/sales start earlier every year. And yet…it’s over before it’s over. The parties and gifts: All happen before…
Posted On: December 7, 2019
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Black Friday 2019 enjoyed record sales of $7.4B in digital shopping alone. Cyber Monday: $9.4B, up 19% from 2018. And as for the anticipated shopping total this holiday season? A tidy $740B.
Black Friday—sounds ghoulish,…
