by Minter Dial | Mar 17, 2009 | Marketing
The Paris mayor’s office has seen fit to launch an outdoor ad campaign to keep Paris clean. The image of trash in one or other natural environment is headlined with “unacceptable” or “scandalous” in Paris, too! To the...
by Minter Dial | Feb 13, 2009 | Branding, Travel
Caught sight of this rather cool looking motorcycle. Photo taken with my lowly blackberry. Cool though it may be, the owner felt that they could also invent its parking space — more or less along the black line of a zebra crossing. Anyone know...
by Minter Dial | Feb 11, 2009 | Travel
The wheels are coming off the track for the Vélib bicycle programme in Paris, a subject I have been following since its inception. According to this BBC write-up (taken in turn from Le Parisien), the Parisians seem to have taken a little too much liberty with the vélo...
by Minter Dial | Feb 11, 2009 | Travel
In the realm of other blogs that I have come across, if you are looking for a blog about travelling in Europe (mainly Paris, Rome and Barcelona), try Oh Trip (it’s the travel blog of the European accommodations site, Oh-Holidays). For example, if you want to...
by Minter Dial | Feb 7, 2009 | Entertainment, Environment
No longer acceptable in today’s eco-age, above is an appalling example of waste, right under my nose. This restaurant, COOK, located on our street corner at 27 avenue Niel (Paris 17e), blasts these 4 electric heaters out onto the pavement throughout the colder...