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- Majestic “mesa” cities and towns around the globe
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Tag Archives: holidays
50+ Favorite Holiday Season Tunes
Film and Television Originals “Where Are You, Christmas?” – Faith Hill from the film Grinch “Christmas Time Is Here” – from A Charlie Brown Christmas TV special “Somewhere in My Memory” – John Williams from the film Home Alone “I Wish … Continue reading
Posted in art, Communications, culture, entertainment, film, fun, history, holiday, movies, music, music reviews, Radio, Television
Tagged Christmas, Holiday Season, holidays, Indiana Christmas, jingles, New Year's, songs, tunes
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Geography/variety of dropped objects on New Year’s Eve
It appears that dropping various objects is the vogue thing to do in the United States for New Year’s Eve. Here’s a list of the variety and geography of the items being dropped for 2018. This list only includes those … Continue reading
Posted in branding, cities, civics, Communications, culture, entertainment, family, fun, geography, history, holiday, placemaking
Tagged fun, geography, holidays, New Year's
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Sharing our Thanksgiving traditions
I am really looking forward to Thanksgiving Day 2014 for several reasons. First and foremost, our families will be sharing and celebrating the holiday together for the first time. The second reason, which is also important, is we have invited … Continue reading
Posted in civics, Cuisine, culture, diversity, family, Food, fun, holiday, humanity, inclusiveness, peace
Tagged family, food, fun, holidays, peace, Thanksgiving, traditions
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Don’t be a slave to greed and materialism
This Thursday, November 27th, is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Until recently, it was a lovely day for families and friends to gather, give thanks, watch parades and football, and share a hearty meal. Yes, some renegade retailers have … Continue reading
Stores where principles and people outweigh greed on Thanksgiving
The following retail stores deserve our praise, thanks, gratitude, and money for not putting greedy materialism ahead of both people and the nation’s most sincere national holiday. THESE are the places to shop this holiday season, not at those retailers … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, Advocacy, civility, consumerism, culture, family, holiday, humanity, Love, peace, Trade
Tagged consumerism, greed, holidays, materialism, money, principles, profits, retailers, shopping, stores, Thanksgiving
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Plaidurday – A celebration of plaid!
On October 7, 2011, the first Plaidurday was celebrated in Lansing, Michigan. In case you have been residing in a cave or castaway on a remote island and have not heard of Plaidurday, here’s the brief history of the event from … Continue reading
Posted in branding, culture, fun, geography, globalization, holiday, inclusiveness, Language, pictures, product design, Social media
Tagged clothing, culture, fashion, fun, geography, holidays, inclusiveness, Lansing, Michigan, plaid, Plaidurday, tartan
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Roadside Americana – Motel memories
I am probably going to date myself yet again with this post, but to this urban planner, one of the most memorable images of the American highway system in the 1960s and 70s was the motel or motor court. Often … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, branding, Cars, commerce, Communications, culture, entertainment, family, Food, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, holiday, land use, logistics, Maps, music, North America, planning, product design, signs, spatial design, sprawl, tourism, transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning, video, zoning
Tagged fun, geography, historic preservation, history, holidays, hotels, inns, lodges, lodging, maps, Memory Motel, motels, motor courts, motor inns, roadside Americana, The Rolling Stones, tourism, travel, vacation
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Clues you might propagate yard blight
Below are a list of clues that indicate you might inflict yard blight on your neighbors, beyond the obvious example of derelict structures and unkempt yards. For this post, “yard blight” is generally defined as: The overuse of, display of, … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, Advocacy, airports, art, Cars, civics, civility, Communications, consumerism, culture, entertainment, fun, holiday, Housing, land use, light pollution, planning, politics, pollution, satire, seasons, signs, technology, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged bad taste, blight, bumper stickers, cars, decorations, eye candy, eye pollution, holidays, junk, PODS, pollution, sarcasm, satire, signs, storage, vehicles, yard blight, yard waste, zoning
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The good guys – stores NOT open on Thanksgiving!
Please consider doing more of your holiday season shopping at the stores listed below or any others that are closed this Thanksgiving Day, as this allows their employees to spend the holiday with their families. Kudos to each one of … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, Advocacy, branding, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, family, history, holiday, humanity, Love, marketing, peace, seasons
Tagged consumerism, family, good guys, Grinch stores, holidays, humanity, love, marketing, peace, retailing, shopping, thankfulness, thanks, Thanksgiving
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The need for greed and more shit
Once again, retailers across the land will be expanding their hours on Thanksgiving Day in order to fill their need for more corporate greed and for the American public to satisfy its gluttonous need to accumulate more shit. How sad … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, charities, civics, civility, commerce, consumerism, culture, diversity, Economy, family, Food, history, holiday, humanity, inclusiveness, Labor, Love, marketing, peace, Religion, seasons
Tagged Chrsitmas, civics, consumerism, culture, economy, family, George Carlin, holidays, labor, love, retailers, shopping, stuff, Thanksgiving
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