CAKE BY THE OCEAN

WHY am I so obsessed with Instagram? Well... (thanks for asking) ...because it opens up SO MANY new obsessions for me!! Take for example Fat Jew's  IG account I’m beyond obsessed with. He posts that he’s in a video with DNCE (Joe Jonas’ band)... which BAM takes me to his FB page and the video teaser. And now BAM I have a new song to be obsessed with! And BAM now I have a new inspiration for future projects!

#imobsessed #fatjewforever #cakebytheocean #DNCE #turningintoemeril


KALEIDOSCOPE CHOREOGRAPHY

My obsession this week is a Samsung TVC done by R/GA. I thought their use of the “human kaleidoscope” choreography was such a cleaver and unique way to humanize this technological device. I’m a die hard apple brand fan, but a commercial like this makes me stop and obsess over a smart watch I didn’t know I needed!


On a side note, this kind of choreography has a special place in my heart since I saw Daft Punk’s Around the World video in the 80s. Thank you R/GA for giving me something work to obsess about and reminding me how awesome 80s music videos were!

#imobsessed #RGA #hiremeRGA #designenvy #MoreKaleidoscopePlease
 

CARS of CUBA

Traveling to Cuba was a life-changing trip in so many ways. I honestly could fill an entire blog about my adventures there, so I though I’d start with the cars. I traveled under a “People to People” visa with Friendly Planet and would highly recommend it to anyone who really wants to learn about the people, their lives, their history and truly experience Cuba (as it is now).

The people of Cuba are lovely, extremely kind, and are VERY PROUD that they make the most with what they have. The embargo started in 1960 and essentially isolated the island’s economy and with it, their cars. In many ways the cars represent WHO the Cuban people are; a country of MacGyvers proud that they do so much with so little. In their cars you see that they create something beautiful and functional from what we’ve long ago junked. I will be FOREVER be obsessed with Cuba and it’s people­, my only hope is that they don’t change too much as more Americans travel there.

#imobsessed #vivacuba #carsofcuba #havananights #proudofthispassportstamp #friendlyplanet #cantwaittogoback