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Happy Birthday to me, from Caribou.

ashleyvaness — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:47:16 +0000

The Caribou Coffee birthday email is great. It comes every year on the dot, one week before my birthday. Looking forward to using it this year. I prefer their hot chocolate to Starbucks.

Progress

ashleyvaness — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:42:55 +0000

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

— George Bernard Shaw

Mantra

ashleyvaness — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:21:00 +0000

The world has enough complicators so I try to be a simplifier.

— Charlie Callahan

Love West Elm’s use of symbols.

ashleyvaness — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:52:03 +0000

Not About Kim Kardashian

ashleyvaness — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:14:03 +0000

Ha! Love the subject line.

ashleyvaness — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:11:56 +0000

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

— Elbert Hubbard

Manhattan Mini Storage Ads Flood the City

ashleyvaness — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:53:26 +0000

A collection of Manhattan Mini Storage ads I’ve captured over the past few days. They hysterically capture truths to the NYC lifestyle. Enjoy!

They call it “The Apple” because that’s how big our apartments are.

I can only play one guitar at a time, but I own 13.

NYC: Where people have moe to talk about than their kids.

If you can make it here, you really should.

Google Coffee

ashleyvaness — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:13:27 +0000

I hope Mark Potter gets the girl.

Brain on. Brain off.

ashleyvaness — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:55:33 +0000

“You watch television to turn your brain off and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on.”
– Steve Jobs

Nike’s I Would Run to You

ashleyvaness — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:24:55 +0000

Saw this ad during last night’s series finale of One Tree Hill. It was 2:30 in length. TWO AND A HALF MINUTES! But you know what, I watched the entire thing.

I loved the juxtaposition of the Nike runner vs. the brand-less runner. Naturally, only the Nike runner was able to go the distance. It ended with the perfect tagline: Run stronger. Nike.

So simple, but ingenious.