. Some nights enter our lives quietly and then stay with us forever—unexpected, unforgettable, and impossible not to smile about when we remember them. In my previous post, I wrote about the launch of The Art of Detachment in Madrid a couple of weeks ago—a magical evening surrounded by extraordinary people, where I had the […]
I’m 63 years old and alive and kicking. I’m in awe and thrilled to bits, currently trying to carry on with my life in the midst of the new normal. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, I’ve been staying at home most of [...]
At that time, San José was home to a living, breathing example of a dream come true. Two inspired youngsters, Jorge Jiménez and Giselle Zamora, ventured off to Italy 43 years ago where they blazed a trail, had a son named Esteban, [...]
A few years ago, when I first wrote this piece in the Costa Rican newspaper La Nación, Apple had just broken ground in an innovative way that had nothing to do with technology, a new device or a new machine. Rather, they’d [...]
It was March 2008 when I programmed the rental car’s GPS to find the closest gas station. I was in Paris and had to fill the tank in order to avoid the steep cost of gas at the rental agency. Since I [...]
When I typed this question into Google, a whopping 241 million results came up. “Holy shit!” I thought to myself. Then, I tweaked my query slightly, swapping the word “world” for “life” and two million more search results were generated. Safe to [...]
My blogging debut was back in 2005 when I first wrote a few lines here, on the Slow Burn blog, named A Fuego Lento in Spanish. Since then, it has certainly lived up to its name; I’ve gone through periods of writing [...]
From Del Campo Nazca Saatchi Saatchi we are used to one idea better than the other, from one Lion to another, from one surprise to another, and with this beautiful campaign for Cadbury’s they achieve the right twist to turn the hidden [...]
I’ve been a fan of Lynette Chiang since she came to Costa Rica many years ago and was Creative Director of our agency. After her time at Tribu Saatchi Saatchi, she moved to Eugene, Oregon and started her work with Bike Friday, [...]
Make sure to save the night of Thursday, November 26th in your agenda, as it will be a gala evening at the National Theater of Costa Rica for creatives, advertising clients, media and everyone in the advertising world. ASCAP will present the [...]
El próximo domingo 16 de agosto podrás vivir la experiencia de North Point en vivo y en línea hasta la pantalla de tu computadora. No te perdás ésta nueva, fresca y emocionante forma de conectar con Dios, porque el mensaje de [...]
I have days of reminding myself of Zanders Rule #6, and because of this I smile, enjoy and enjoy each and every moment of the day in a way that can only be achieved when you decide not to take yourself too [...]
Siempre es un placer compartir con Kevin, CEO Mundial de Saatchi Saatchi, aún a través de un mensaje como éste colocado hoy en su blog. Así introdujo su mensaje en KRConnect: Earlier this week I was filming a commercial for the HSM [...]