colossal video

One of my favorite blogs is This is Colossal. Are you reading it?  Do it.  It's an art and design blog that keeps me in constant wonder.  I think it's one of the best curated sites out there.  Check out some of their cool recent videos (and click on links for Colossal's full post for more info):

(The Chalk Art of Peter Han directed by Adriel de la Torre)

(The Chandelier Tree of Silver Lake.  Filmmaker: Colin Kennedy)

(Adrift: A Two-Year Odyssey through San Fransisco Fog. Filmmaker: Simon Christen)

cool content: Dark Rye from Whole Foods

 A coworker recently shared Dark Rye with me, an online magazine from Whole Foods and I think it's brilliant.  It's packed with stories centering around food, health, sustainability, design, tech and social enterprise. There's video and graphics and articles and photo essays - it's pretty cool and I suggest you check it out.  In this issue, we take a look inside Detroit.  After spending a little bit of time there myself last year telling some beautiful stories, I started to fall in love with Detroit; I think after skimming through this, you just might, too.

Here was one of my favorite videos about a guy who saw a need for transportation, so he started his own bus company.

Brands Can Make a Difference

I've worked at an agency now for over a year and a half.  One of the reasons I started this job was because I knew brands had an extraordinary power and ability to use their influence to make a difference.  I wanted to bring my passion for storytelling to help make a difference in this way.  More and more brands understand the affect they can have on the world and I love seeing them own this.  American Express just launched the passion project and I love this short film they did on Charity Water.  Check it out:

kick off: summer start

Did you have a good unofficial-summer-kick-off weekend? Summer is my favorite season and it brings me back to fond memories in Maine (as do these images).  I have adventures ahead in the coming weeks - my little brother is graduating high school in Las Vegas, my best friend is getting married in Maui, I have a long trip to visit my father and family in Laguna Beach over 4th of July weekend and plenty of other fun weekends skirting around New England... and hoping to escape to Maine for one or two of those.  Happy summer and happy exploring to you all!

Images courtesy of Bippity Boppity Boo.

for the love of music: the story of Nashville

I am so lucky to know such talented makers.  I just saw a screening of a great film produced by friends and partners over at Make, For the Love of Music: The Story of Nashville.  It's about musicians talking about the town, the people and what it means to them. It's starting its run on the film festival circuit.  Keep an eye out for pieces of the content also on some commercials for the city of Nashville, as well as pieces from the film distributed by the artists via their networks.  It really drew me in, was shot beautifully and told a great story.  Check out the trailer and just try not to fall in love with Nashville:

on the road: Hong Kong

When I posted about Adult Spring Break in SF, I realized I never did a post about Hong Kong!  2013 started off in a blur when I departed for an around-the-world work trip that took me to LA, Hong Kong and London.  I was excited to go to two cities I love and one I had never been to - Hong Kong! And while it was a too short trip (I think we were there 3 nights and two days? I said it was a blur...), it was still fun to be somewhere new and do a little exploring.

 (view from my hotel my first night)

 (view from "The Peak" - a tram takes you up top and you can view the whole city)

 (lunch time noodles - I was in total heaven and I think this lunch for 5 people cost a cool $22)

 (street food)

 (entering Temple Street in Kowloon to visit the night market)

 (new phone covers- mine was named Molang and she was my travel companion; my friends was Ling Ling and yes, maybe there is a facebook album out there called "The Adventures of Molang and Ling Ling"...)

(now departing...)

Next stop - leaving in about three weeks to head to Las Vegas for my little brother's high school graduation, followed by my best friend's wedding in Maui!

did you enjoy your story?

A friend recently shared this video, documented by a couple traveling through Chile and I really loved it so I wanted to share. Enjoy the adventure, story & travel...

a story for tomorrow. from gnarly bay productions, Inc. on Vimeo.