• C'est moi

    VP of Marketing & Communications for Rackup, but nothing here reflects what my employer or colleagues think. In fact, they probably think it's all cray-cray.

    Jackie Danicki
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Antoine update

He’s still in the hospital, and will be for (we hope) only one more night. They were not able to fit him in today for immediately necessary diagnostic tests - hence another night spent on a ward - so we still don’t even know what we’re dealing with yet.
Antoine, ever his cheerful and […]

On brands, branding, and the internet

The internet’s impact on businesses is akin to removing a roof from a house. Instead of a visitor arriving via the front, being lead down a more or less tidy path to a more or less beautiful façade, everyone can now peer through the top, over the façade, often not even bothering with the door. […]

Cincinnati Photo of the Day

I can’t share it here, as it’s under copyright, but for all you David Beckham fans in Cincinnati, just know that he loves this town, too.

NHS: If only we got what we paid for

Antoine has been at the hospital since this morning, waiting to be admitted for an ailment I won’t disclose, except to say that it is very painful and that the doctors aren’t sure yet exactly what they are dealing with, though it could be something very serious. They want to keep him overnight at least […]

Getting silly is a good thing

I really need to figure out how to make videos on my Nikon before noon tomorrow:
Because the sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati” made Fountain Square and the Tyler Davidson Fountain famous, several city organizations plan to celebrate Tuesday’s national release of the first season of “WKRP in Cincinnati” on DVD. Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall-of-Famer Bootsy Collins […]

MC Rove responds to Laurie David

This is awesome. Money quote:

It’s good to hear that in the last 20 years, celebrities have narrowed their focus from “We are the world” to “We are the American people.”

How to survive a gun-wielding madman

Thanks to Nancy for a pointer to this piece. Like she does, I find the tone refreshing, as I do the fact that the writer does not even bother to question the obvious: Yes, Cho was utterly mad.

Working backwards, in more ways than one

Guy Herbert, general secretary for the splendid No2ID campaign, has a point worth pondering when he states why he is an environmentalist and so, probably, are you. This is important, and goes well with my insistence that those of us who are interested in our living conditions cannot afford to give up our endeavors just […]

Price comparison in healthcare

I told Antoine (who is deputy editor of a weekly pharmaceutical market magazine) about Cincinnati magazine’s cover story this month, which is a guide to 422 of the best doctors in the area (PDF). Man, what a great idea.
ME: I have a feeling it’s not the kind of thing you’d ever see in the […]

Beauty

Hillary and I are updating the beauty blog pretty much every day of late. My most recent post is a somewhat cross response to the Sunday Times Style Beauty Awards. It is mildly amusing to me that the LEAST annoying part of the Sunday Times piece is when they rip off one of our lines […]

Fontova Mexican Restaurant

Fontova Mexican Restaurant

Originally uploaded by dynamist.

I had an incredible meal at a fantastic local restaurant on Friday night. Read about it at Another Food Blog, then just try not popping over to Covington to visit the amazing Pedro Fontova.

Mark Steyn takes my breath away

And I don’t mean that as a compliment. JT’s got the goods here. Try not to puke.

My birthday is coming up

It’s only three short months away! I mention this because I just saw something I really want. Perhaps if you were planning to spend a modest $325 on me for my big 3-0, you might consider this piece of art from Lisa Congdon’s anatomie show.

Mafia or state?

You know, at least the mafia doesn’t make you fill out paperwork.
ChuShinTani in a comment on YouTube