Archive for September, 2007
After Labor Day, Go Directly to Halloween – New York Times
After Labor Day, Go Directly to HalloweenNew York Times, United States - Sep 16, 2007“Halloween is like Christmas in the sense that people like to start celebrating it very early,†said Jane Chesnutt, editor in chief at Woman’s Day in New …
Sex Harassment Trial PR Disaster for Knicks (FOX 11 Green Bay)
NEW YORK — In a courtroom version of a New York Knicks lowlight reel, NBA icon and head coach Isiah Thomas privately ridicules white season ticket holders. Owner James Dolan obsesses over the skimpy costumes of the team’s dancers. Star guard Stephon Marbury seduces an intern.
After Labor Day, Go Directly to Halloween (New York Times)
Weeks before Halloween marketers, retailers and media companies are busily painting the town orange in order to satisfy consumers who are already in the mood.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Salvation Army (The Baltimore Guide)
by Mary Helen Sprecher newsroom@baltimoreguide.com With the exception of a few overzealous retailers who have started putting up tinsel and lights, the Christmas spirit is about the last thing on anyone’s mind these days. Back to school, yes. Pumpkins and costumes, eventually. But Christmas presents? Not so much. Except, of course, for the Salvation Army, which is asking [...]
Harassment trial a PR nightmare for Knicks (Sports Illustrated)
It’s not a highlight reel New York Knicks fans would cherish.
Yazbeck and O’Bryan Will “Love a Piano” in Toronto White Christmas (Playbill)
Tony Yazbeck, New York City Center’s recent Tulsa in Gypsy , is expected to sing and dance opposite Shannon O’Bryan — in roles respectively created by Danny Kaye and Vera Ellen — in the new Toronto production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Playbill.com has learned.
Christmas Illumination in the Heart of Westminster…. – Londonlaunch
Christmas Illumination in the Heart of Westminster….Londonlaunch, UK - 12 hours agoThe newly refurbished Church House Conference Centre in Deans Yard Westminster is opening the Assembly Hall doors for Christmas parties for the first time. …
Kenya: Kibaki, Like Other Political Bigwigs, Has Changed Parties – AllAfrica.com
Kenya: Kibaki, Like Other Political Bigwigs, Has Changed PartiesAllAfrica.com, Washington - 20 hours agoBut come 1991, on Christmas Day, the Othaya MP caught Kenyans by surprise when he announced his resignation from Kanu, a party he had tirelessly worked for …
Kenya: Kanu – Why We Chose to Support the President – AllAfrica.com
Kenya: Kanu – Why We Chose to Support the PresidentAllAfrica.com, Washington - 19 hours ago… of Parliament and the setting of the election date, which would most probably be before Christmas. The tentative name is Party of National Unity (PNU). …
Book a Christmas Opera Sensation! – Londonlaunch
Book a Christmas Opera Sensation!Londonlaunch, UK - 11 hours agoMake your Christmas party a memorable event by booking Scarlet Divas to add sophistication and festive panache! Clients in 2007 include Canary Wharf, …
Christmas parties come wrapped – in red tape – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldChristmas parties come wrapped – in red tapeSydney Morning Herald, Australia - Sep 16, 2007No place to go … residents of Park Avenue, Oatley, can no longer hold a street Christmas party due to council bureaucracy. …
Council to mull creche (Sonoma Index-Tribune)
The Christmas crèche, one of the most universal Christian symbols of the holiday season, has been absent from the Sonoma Plaza since the early 1990s. Now freshman Councilmember August Sebastiani is exploring the possibility of bringing it back.
Benson: It’s time for fans to stop planning ‘Super’ parties (The Town Talk)
Pathetic. That’s about the only way to describe how the New Orleans Saints have looked this season. The offense, which was so dominating last year, looked nothing short of inept Sunday as Tampa Bay rolled to a 31-14 victory over the Saints. The Saints are 0-2.
End of the line for Translink jollies (Sunday Life)
Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy (below) stepped in last week to slam the brakes on retirement functions for management and senior staff and staff Christmas parties.
Tourism Boosts NJ Farms (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
New Jersey farms don’t just get money from acres of blueberries or cranberries. Indeed, in 2006, they pulled in $57.5 million from visitors who bought produce at farm stands, cut their own Christmas trees or went on haunted hay rides, according to a study released Monday by the state Department of Agriculture.
Kenya: Kibaki, Like Other Political Bigwigs, Has Changed Parties (AllAfrica.com)
President Mwai Kibaki, like other politicians, has been in and out of several parties.
Share the Recipes for Your Favorite Cookies – The Ledger
Share the Recipes for Your Favorite CookiesThe Ledger, FL - Sep 13, 2007We'll review all submissions and pick the top six, which we'll test to make sure they're good enough to be known as the top Christmas-cookie recipes in Polk …
TV Dinners: September 17-23 – Gothamist
GothamistTV Dinners: September 17-23Gothamist, NY - 11 hours agoHe’s also got an upcoming holiday special that features Queens of the Stone Age (wearing Christmas sweaters from QVC, no less). We can’t wait for that one. …
Another group endures six weeks hard labour in "The Ultimate Fighter" – The Canadian Press
Another group endures six weeks hard labour in "The Ultimate Fighter"The Canadian Press - 2 hours agoThey weren't on the show to trade recipes and play cards or anything." When it comes to talking up TUF, White rivals International Olympic Committee …
Be grateful for good memories – Daily O’Collegian
Be grateful for good memoriesDaily O’Collegian, OK - 10 hours agoAll at once I remembered the chilly, late nights my brothers and I would spend out in the yard in our football pads, which doubled as Halloween costumes, …