. 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 [...]
In the voice of Bono and his U2, this is a song of deep meaning. There are those who start, those who return and those who keep searching. No matter where we are or what the starting point is today, perhaps the [...]
The volcanoes of Guatemala are imposing, spectacular and unmistakable, as has been BBDO in this country, led by Ernesto Villa and Victor Garcia. Their agency has been four years in a row the agency of the year in Antigüa, their creative product [...]
It’s the direction that determines the destination, and that’s why everything points to Lovemarks at Tribu and Saatchi Saatchi. Beyond the flavor of the month or just another fad, filling the world with Lovemarks is the focus of everything we do at [...]
The next Volcán will be open to the participation of all Central America and therefore, it becomes a new regional competitive scenario for advertising creativity from Guatemala to Panama. The vision of a Creative Central America, the strengthening of Fecap, the opportunities [...]
This screen breaker by Saatchi Saatchi New Zealand, shows the perfect application of technological resources to add to a brand’s OneWordEquity: unbreakable. The app uses the Mac’s built-in camera, and delivers a fun experience, as well as a lively talking point. If [...]
When Peru won its first lion at Cannes, it did so with this story and this commercial. At its presentation at the Grand Palais, the statuette was accompanied by a standing ovation that validated its delivery and its human reach in every [...]
