Posts Tagged ‘Hilton’
Monday, March 1st, 2010
Magazines suck these days, right kids? Oh, wait a sec, maybe not. That’s the message coming out of the ”4A’s [AAAA, the American Association of Advertising Agencies] Leadership / Media Conference“ that kicked off yesterday at the San Francisco Hilton Union Square. Check it:
“The leaders of five major magazine companies—Charles H. Townsend, Condé Nast; Cathie Black, Hearst Magazines; Jack Griffin, Meredith Corporation; Ann Moore, Time Inc.; and Jann Wenner, Wenner Media—today jointly announced the launch of one of the largest print advertising campaigns ever created to promote the vitality of magazines as a medium.”
O.K. then. Here’s the campaign logo – how many fonts from different mags do you recognize? Hint: “Es” is from Esquire (but even I knew that. I got the “M” and the “g” right as well, but everything else…)
Y&R NY made a clever graphic, I’ll give you that. But whenever you hear a Betty harshing on a Veronica, you start to think that the Betty is playing a losing game. For example, how bon are these mots?
“We Surf the Internet. We Swim in Magazines.”
“Will the Internet Kill Magazines? Did Instant Coffee Kill Coffee?”
Oh well. Look forward to seeing this ad in a few months:
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In short, magazines, magazines, magazines!
In short, Magazine Fever – Catch It.
In short, Grawwwwwwwk!!!!! goes the dinosaur.
All the deets, after the jump.
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Tags: 2010, 4a's, aaaa, Advance Publications, Amanda Cortese, American Association of Advertising Agencies, American Baby, Ann Moore, Better Homes and Gardens, cable, campaign, Cathie Black, Charles H. Townsend, Charles Townsend, Condé Nast, Corporation, Dawn Bridges, Debra Shriver, Did Instant Coffee Kill Coffee?, facebook, Family Circle, fitness, google, hearst, Hearst Corporation, Hilton, Howard Polskin, inc, internet, Jack Griffin, Jane Lehman, Jann Wenner, Ladies' Home Journal, LLC, Magazine Publishers of America, magazines, Mark Neschis, Maurie Perl, Men's Journal, Meredith, Meredith Corporation, online, parents, Patrick Taylor, Paul Luthringer, power of print, radio, readers, Rolling Stone, rubican, San Francisco, satellite, Susan Portnoy, television, time, transformation, union square, Us Weekly, We Surf the Internet, We Surf the Internet. We Swim in Magazines, We Swim in Magazines., Wenner Media, Will the Internet Kill Magazines?, Will the Internet Kill Magazines? Did Instant Coffee Kill Coffee?, yahoo, young
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Monday, March 1st, 2010
You know the JetBlue and the Virgin America, right? Let’s review:
“JetBlue Airways is an American low-cost airline…”
“Virgin America, Inc. is a United States-based low-cost airline…”
Well, check out what the suits attending the American Association of Advertising Agencies’ Transformation 2010 convention at the Hilton San Francisco Union Sqaure are paying to fly in from and back to the Big Apple, assuming they’re stuck in the coach section during this Great Recession:
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See that? United, Delta, American and Continental all were quoting airfares less than $300, and the ”low-cost airlines” were the most expensive.
Perhaps sexy new Virgin America and JetBlue should be called premium airlines these days?
Just asking…
Tags: 2010, 333, advertising, agencies, air, airfare, airlines, airport, American, association, City, continental, convention, delta, Hilton, jet blue, jfk, low cost, new york, o'farrell, San Francisco, SFO, street, traditional, transformation, transformation 2010, union square, united, virgin, virgin america
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
This was the scene last night at the Palace of Fine Arts, where Stanfurd freshman and bay area local Crystal Lee was crowned Miss Chinatown USA 2010. It’s international news.
All the pageantry was caught by David Yu of davidyuweb. He always has great photos of whatever’s going on the bay area.
The crowning the School of the Arts alum:
Here are all the contestants: Christine Lim 李汶娸, Kristina Owyoung 歐陽坤怡, Samantha Chin 陳冠曄, Leilani Soon 孫愛蘭, Anna Chiem 詹佩盈, Christina Zhang 張子倩, Crystal Lee 李萬晴, Gloria Mui 梅主恩, Angela Wang 王兆蓬, Chang Liu 劉暢, Li Li 李欣燃, and Tong Qiao 喬彤:
How many peacocks had to die for this outfit? None, I s’pose:
Congratulations:
Crystal Lee
San Francisco, CA
Miss Chinatown U.S.A.
Kristina Owyoung
Lafayette, CA
Miss Chinese Chamber of Commerce/First Princess
Christina Zhang
Pleasanton, CA
Miss San Francisco Chinatown
Li Li
Flushing, NY
2nd Princess
Anna Chiem
Chicago, IL
3rd Princess
Angela Wang
Sugar Land, TX
4th Princess
Anna Chiem
Chicago, IL
Miss TVB Choice Award
And of course our Chinese New Year’s Parade is coming up (rain expected – it’s free to watch of course, or you can pay $30 for reserved seating) on Saturday, February 27th, 2010, right after the Coronation Ball:
Miss Chinatown U.S.A. Coronation Ball
Friday, February 26, 2010
San Francisco Hilton & Towers
333 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco
(415) 982-3000
6:00 pm No Host Cocktails
7:00 pm Dinner and Dancing until midnight
Tickets: $120
The newly selected Miss Chinatown USA and her court will be crowned at the annual Harrah’s Coronation Ball. The black tie dinner/dance, attended by many community leaders, promises to be a highlight of the Lunar New Year festivities.
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Boy oh boy, when you hire PR flack Sam Singer to represent you, as many others have done, he won’t just hide in some office, oh no. What he’ll do is go out in the field and meet your nemesis head on. As here, during yesterday’s big labor rally / march / sit-in in and around Union Square.
With hundreds of unionists assembling behind him on Market Street, Sam sang to the media, complete with Frank Chu watching on.
Sam Singer complaining to KTVU 2 about how Local 2’s Mike Casey left the negotiating table:
AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka on the right, with local labor leaders addressing a huge crowd at 750 Market:
Fire fighters union president John Hanley:
Handshakes are out, terrorist fist jabs are in:
About 800 marched (or 1400+ or 1500 if you’re a partisan with rose-colored glasses) up to the nearby Hilton Hotel, where 100+ got arrested.
On It Goes…
UPDATE: Dan Nguyen-Tan has video of the march right here.
Tags: 2010, afl-cio, associates, boycott, flack, hanley, Hilton, hotel, John, l trumka, Local 2, march, market, Mike Casey, parade, pr, public relations, richard, richard trumka, sam siner, sam singer, San Francisco, singer, street, strike, union, workers
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
The National Minority AIDS Council will soon sponsor the 2009 United States Conference on AIDS in San Francisco. It will run from this Thursday, October, 29th, 2009 through Halloween at the Hilton in Union Square.
You can register tomorrow afternoon. All are welcome.
Read all about it, below
The National Minority AIDS Council, sponsor of the United States Conference on AIDS, is pleased to announce that the largest AIDS Conference will convene in San Francisco, this week, October 29-31, 2009.
The conference is made possible through the support of companies and foundations invested in improving the lives of people with and at risk for HIV infection. The 2009 Presenting Sponsor is Gilead Sciences, a biopharmaceutical company, headquartered in Foster City, CA. Generous support also was provided by Pfizer, Wells-Fargo Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Total Access Group, Merck, Tibotec Therapeutics, American Airlines, POZ Magazine and GlaxoSmithKline.
“The support of these companies has been more important than ever during this difficult economy, ensuring that those on the frontlines of the epidemic can access a diverse and in-depth roster of institutes, seminars, workshops and roundtables,” says Paul A. Kawata, Executive Director of the National Minority AIDS Council.
“Because of their support, USCA participants will leave with new skills, knowledge and inspiration to develop innovative approaches to addressing HIV/AIDS in their communities.”
More details, after the jump.
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Tags: 2009 United States Conference on AIDS, 2009. aids, conference, Hilton, National Minority AIDS Council, San Francisco, union square
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
Well, it had a good run, but the famous San Francisco website AdamBlock.com is no more.
A few death threats and some stalking played a role in that.
The sort of view you used to have:
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Now some might feel that Adam Jackson’s site got hacked, but his Twitter tells the tale:
Read all about it in Adam’s words (AN OPEN APOLOGY TO SAN FRANCISCO, MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND GROUPS WHO THREATENED MY LIFE) after the jump.
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Tags: Adam, adam jackson, adam's block, adamsblock, camera, crime, ellis, glide memorial, Hilton, intersection, jackson, prophet, San Francisco, street, taylor, tenderloin, Video
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Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Adam Jackson, of the famous 24-hour Tenderloin webcam website Adam’sBlock.com, received a death threat this morning. All the attention he’s paid to the intersection at Taylor and Ellis must have rubbed somebody the wrong way. Related via Twitter:
“Just received my first death threat. Time to start rethinking my privacy. Fame sucks” about 4 hours ago from Tweetie
Well that’s too bad. This site is proving popular and it’s getting all kinds of attention. Adam is not correct when he states he lives in the “worst neighborhood in San Francisco” (we know that because you can still get pizza delivery during the day at least). (But it IS home to felony arrests, vanishing construction workers, adventurous 49′ers cheerleaders (sort of), Little Saigon, effective red light cameras, and, of course, concrete and clay and general decay.)
This video shows perfectly how the Critical Mass bike parade generally works.
Adam’s recordings could help crime victims and the wrongfully acused as well, so that’s a good thing.
Let’s be careful out there.
Tags: Adam, adam jackson, adam's block, adamsblock, camera, crime, ellis, glide memorial, Hilton, intersection, jackson, San Francisco, street, taylor, tenderloin, Video
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
Everybody can use a little Fairy Dust, every now and then. And today you could have gotten your fix from Paris Hilton herself at the Union Square Macy’s. Check out what Reyhan Harmanci (Wesleyan ‘01) thought about the whole thing here. (“Sweet” AND “cloying” at the same time? Who’d have thought.)
Now aren’t you happy that American Airlines let Paris on the shuttle from LA to SFO with absolutely no ID this A.M.? San Francisco wouldn’t have been able to bear another celebrity appearance cancelation today.
The deets:
Paris Hilton Fairy Dust Collection: The enchanting new fragrance from Paris Hilton evokes the magical allure of a fairy tale with a sprinkle of Fairy Dust… every girl can believe her dreams will come true.
via Meeho14, click to expand
Bonus: Reviews of this new scent are in.
A bargain at twice the price.
And let’s all try to see Paris as Amber Sweet in the new movie Repo! The Genetic Opera - ’cause it’s “easily one of the worst movies of the year, if not all time.” Srsly, it looks awful.
Which notes can you detect? How did they fit all that smell into one little bottle?
Prisecco Accord, Pink Peony, Orange Blossom, Gardenia, Peach Nectar, Water Litly, Sueded Patchouli, Cashmere Musk, Vanilla Creme
Come back to SF soon, Paris!
Paris Hilton Personal Appearance
It’s your chance to meet Paris Hilton and check out her newest fragrance, Fairy Dust by Paris Hilton.
Be among the first 300 customers to purchase
an exclusive Paris Hilton fragrance collection, including her new fragrance Fairy Dust by Paris Hilton for $135 and you?ll receive an autograph from
Paris and a printed photo of yourself with her.*
You can reserve your purchase by calling 415-296-4231 or by visiting the Paris Hilton fragrance counter now through the day of the event. Pick it up at the event and meet the heiress herself.
Macy’s Union Square
November 10, Noon
Cosmetics, Level 1
*While time permits. No personal items, please. One autograph per customer. Fairy Dust by Paris Hilton purchases must be made through November 10 only at Macy’s Union Square. Our exclusive gift collections are available for the event while supplies last.
The $135 package includes: 1.7 oz Can Can Eau de Parfum Spray, 1.7 oz Fairy Dust Eau de Parfum Spray, 1.7 oz Paris Hilton Eau de Parfum Spray, Retro Bag, Socialite Bag, 1 oz Heiress Eau de Parfum Spray, 1 oz Paris Hilton Men Eau de Parfum Spray and a Tinkerbell plush toy.
Fairy Dust is a registered trademark of Fairy Dust, Ltd., Inc. The name ?Fairy Dust by Paris Hilton? is used with the permission of Fairy Dust Ltd., Inc.
Tags: 2008, film, Genetic Opera, Hilton, macy's fairy dust, movie, paris, perfume, Repo!, Repo! The Genetic Opera, San Francisco, Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset, union square
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
The 1st Amendment has been getting a workout lately in San Francisco.
Round 1
Round 2 plus a partially NSFW photo from this protest here.
Round 3
Yesterday’s “flash raid” at the hotel where a birthday celebration was being held for L. Ron Hubbard had an appearance from L. Ron’s great-grandson, Jamie DeWolf (nee Jamie Kennedy).
Scientology is currently classified as a religion by the I.R.S., so it enjoys the right to “free exercise,” and Anonymous has the right to free speech and to assemble peaceably. Fair enough.
Yesterday’s birthday celebration/protest was ably handled at the sargent level by the SFPD. Hurray for them. Next month will see more protests in front of Scientology HQ at the foot of Columbus Street. When will this end?
A birfday party at the Hilton:
The anime-inspired icon of Chanology:
Lots of CD’s of L.Ron’s words are for sale:
Is this masked individual a menace? Depends on your point of view. So far, everything has been pretty mellow in San Francisco.
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. |
Tags: anonymous, birthday, Chanology, Columbus, enturbulation, Hilton, Hubbard, religion, San Francisco, scientologie, scientology, Washington
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