You take a bunch of ads in the usual publications and wait for the people to book.  That’s how Vail Resorts ran its business, until this year, when they pulled 80% of their print budget. Wow. I don’t follow "Ad Age".  And I don’t think any of the people who e-mailed me this video are […]

That was FANTASTIC! Metallica lacked the bottom, that visceral pounding on your chest that you get at a live gig.  They proved conventional wisdom, that rock and roll doesn’t work on TV. I stumbled into last night’s 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert during Paul Simon.  When Crosby & Nash joined him […]

I wanted to buy a Mountain Meal Card. Last year, Vail Resorts decided to drive up volume.  They lowered ticket prices.  Not daily prices, those are still sky high.  But if you were willing to lay down $549 you could ski every day at A-Basin, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Heavenly, Keystone and Vail, all of the […]

Consider this a public service announcement. I broke from this screen to watch the final "Curb Your Enthusiasm".  Talk about being nostalgic… The nineties were a lost decade for me.  My ex moved out in ’89, just when "Seinfeld" began.  I was a comedy nut, I’d seen all the stand-ups on late night TV, even […]