As soon as I see her, we start talking about all sorts of things. i.e. Europe3D Event in Turkey, my new found interest in photography and my all time Love -with a capital L- for food. As we babble about everything and anything, she brings up a certain cooking/photography blog... Interesting! I immediately want to see what that's all about ; Dah! As I'm going through her posts and pictures, I'm thinking this is such a great blog! - Right here: http://coffeeandcroissant.blogspot.com/ - And that's precisely when the magic happens or should I say the light bulb started flashing over my head. - Don't lie; You just had the mental image, right?! -
And so, I think to myself: J A C K P O T ! After all this time, contemplating the idea, thinking about what I'd say, saying I could/couldn't do it, promising I would/wouldn't do it, here I am, writing my own blog. Okay, so maybe there are like a trillion or a quadrillion - Is that even a word?! - other ones on the web. And you might be thinking: What makes mine the coolest, funest (sic) and most special one of them all? Let's keep the suspense lasting for now. All I can say is that you'll find out as you read on... Throughout the weeks and months to come. - I haven't quite figured that out just yet - Ah! C'mon! Give the girl a break, the illumination just happened! But whatever it is, you'll be the first to know, that's a promise; pinky swear!
Now that the whole Spotblog - Wait that doesn't sound right... Oh! I mean Blogspot situation is taken care of, you might be thinking: What is the connection with an "international confederation of 14 organisations working with over 3,000 partners in around 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice" a.k.a Oxfam? Well, as I was thinking of the picture/image I wanted to have on my first page, not haven any personal ones that I thought worthy of the front page of my new found hobbyhorse, I decided to call on our dear friend Google and Googled - Ha! It's a verb ladies and gents! I did the impossible: conjugated a noun! Get over it. - the following sequence of words: "Beautiful pictures". How uncreative you want to scream through your screen? Yes, I thought so too. Then, being a complete publicity/ad lover, something else came to mind: Ads of the World.
Scouting through the new, the old and the upcoming ad campaigns, - of-the-world - one ad in particular caught my eye. In a groovy, retro'ish, old 70's typography was written the following: "The lead singer couldn't take his eyes off me." And that was it, Oxfam had me at "lead singer". A few clicks later and the rest was history...
On the UK Oxfam site I found everything I was looking for in a "global movement of people working with others to overcome poverty and suffering" to use there words. Most of all, a perfectly executed Vintage Fashion shopping section chronologically presented and well documented: styles from the 50's, 60's, 70's up until the 80's. Two words: Old-school, classy, equitable and dashing! Was that more than two? Indeed, that makes four. Okay, so I got a little carried away, who doesn't?
After the beautiful and extensive essay I just made about the first ad, why choose another one of the Oxfam UK campaign as my front image you ask? It's pretty plain and simple. Today, as I was sending out resumes for different internships I was interested in undertaking come Spring, I found myself using the expression "The Big Apple". It just felt right!
Then, as I was dissecting Oxfam's series of current ads, I was faced with another dilemma: Big Fruit, Groupie or Monarch; What best describes me? Okay, okay... Settle down peeps; the crown it is! ★
TO BE CONTINUED... Until then, Peace, ♥ & Paris ...
Scouting through the new, the old and the upcoming ad campaigns, - of-the-world - one ad in particular caught my eye. In a groovy, retro'ish, old 70's typography was written the following: "The lead singer couldn't take his eyes off me." And that was it, Oxfam had me at "lead singer". A few clicks later and the rest was history...
On the UK Oxfam site I found everything I was looking for in a "global movement of people working with others to overcome poverty and suffering" to use there words. Most of all, a perfectly executed Vintage Fashion shopping section chronologically presented and well documented: styles from the 50's, 60's, 70's up until the 80's. Two words: Old-school, classy, equitable and dashing! Was that more than two? Indeed, that makes four. Okay, so I got a little carried away, who doesn't?
After the beautiful and extensive essay I just made about the first ad, why choose another one of the Oxfam UK campaign as my front image you ask? It's pretty plain and simple. Today, as I was sending out resumes for different internships I was interested in undertaking come Spring, I found myself using the expression "The Big Apple". It just felt right!
Then, as I was dissecting Oxfam's series of current ads, I was faced with another dilemma: Big Fruit, Groupie or Monarch; What best describes me? Okay, okay... Settle down peeps; the crown it is! ★
TO BE CONTINUED... Until then, Peace, ♥ & Paris ...
1 comment:
I'm happy to see you in the French Blogosphere. I know my english isn't fluent and my level isn't really high but you know... ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS NOT MY BEST FRIEND !
Love
David
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