by Minter Dial | Jan 29, 2012 | Entertainment, Travel
The underground journey, the curves, the souvenir of the song “Winding my way down on…”, and a little Dial [Digital Marketing] 101. A little too close to home not to post on the blog. Still, I’m not sure why Dial 101 should lead to the...
by Minter Dial | Jan 18, 2011 | Travel
I stopped to take this photograph of the pavement on a street in the 8th arrondissement in Paris today. It seemed like a vivid rorschach test to me. What do you see in it? Let me know if the vision is the same for you (and what does it say about me,...
by Minter Dial | Aug 28, 2010 | Travel
A small crêperie in Ile Bouchard, Loire Valley, with a bilingual menu. Every other line had a typo. Thinking of the Tipp-ex Kids, Jeff Deck and Ben Herson (Independent article 2008) as I post this one. Spot the errors!
by Minter Dial | Aug 28, 2010 | Travel
The media on both sides of the Atlantic have been feeding on two separate, but in my mind, related issues: the building of a mosque right nearby Ground Zero and the expulsion of “Roma” gypsies from France. At the core of both situations is a latent...
by Minter Dial | Jun 12, 2010 | Marketing, Travel
An out of town friend of mine recently told me about this very different kind of boutique hotel in Paris, called Mama Shelter. Isn’t it funny how, sometimes, it takes a tourist to tell you about your own city. First of all, Mama Shelter is a breakthrough name...
by Minter Dial | Dec 4, 2009 | Travel
I had my first ‘motorcycle taxi’ ride last Friday. It turned out to be a classic experience of getting to the airport JIT (just in time). My flight was at 4:15pm and I left my meeting at the MEDA headquarters at 2:30pm. According to the driver, we would arrive within...
How do I delete all my photos from Google Photos (in bulk) without deleting my Google account?
