Archive for the ‘Life Break’ Category

• WATCH: Happy Early Mother’s Day

  10 May 2012

  Sunday is Mother’s Day and today is Mexican Mother’s Day. In honor of all mommacitas, I dare you to watch Proctor & Gamble’s beautifully shot, Olympic-themed ad, without tearing up. Feliz Día las Madres Mexicanas! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NScs_qX2Okk

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• The Adorable Genius Next Door

  12 Apr 2012

  Boyle Heights’ little Caine Monroy, and the short film about his arcade, has made him a celebrity overnight–and his college fund about a million dollars richer.  Caine’s Arcade is a short film about the 9-year-old boy’s cardboard arcade he built in his dad’s used auto parts store. Can you imagine what this kid can do with an engineering degree? Grab a box of tissues because the most cynical of hearts are about to get warmed.  

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• The Power of @MauricioUmansky Marketing

  15 Mar 2012

  So yesterday, Curbed LA reported that condos at DTLA’s Ritz-Carlton were selling like hotcakes ever since Beverly Hills Housewives resident pin-up, Mauricio Umansky, took over marketing & selling duties. When I tweeted a congrats to Mauricio, that he replied to and later retweeted to his 75k followers, it literally blew up my blog!

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