Weather: Bright
Energy Levels: Stable (Conor's better, now Sam has the sore throat)
Mental State: Read Only
We saw a couple of interesting seminars, including one put on by Leo Burnett and our pals at Contagious Magazine which paraded by a good number of campaigns that in some way explemplified what they called "Human Kind" advertising. Here to more of that kind of thinking...
Come to think of it, that may have been yesterday...these days seem to blur together at this point in the week, thanks in part to a nightly ritual called "the gutter bar." By day it's an unassuming bistro next to the Hotel Martinez; by night 72 La Croisette transforms into a sea of drunken (or hopped up on very expensive Coca-Cola Light) advertising fools. As the bar technically accommodates about 50-75 people, the gutter -- and street, alleyway, median, and the Martinez driveway -- is the only place for its hundreds of patrons to go. And there you have it: agency CEOs, ad students, film producers, digital divas, creative directors, and media sales people literally rubbing shoulders with each other into the morning hours. Even when that evenings' parties disappoint or that one friend keeps flaking on you, there's always the gutter bar.
Conor Brady + Sam Cannon
Strategists & Planners