Productivity and the Three-Martini LunchGo back to the age of bottle in the bottom drawer?I don't even keep my scotch in the bottom drawer, most of the time it's just sitting on my desk saying to everyone, I work hard, I drink hard. If anyone has an issue with...
If Kristine Johnson gets fewer than seven hours of sleep at night, she barely makes it through the workday. So when that happens, Johnson, a 33-year-old San Francisco office manager, takes a nap. She’s slept in a lawn chair on the roof of her office, in a locked...
Scott Turow may not be as prolific as some of his competitors, but his legal thrillers have more "meat on the bone" than many. Obvious writing talent aside, that could be because Turow, a former federal prosecutor, can still find his way around...
With the economy teetering on the brink of recession, the days of unlimited expense-account dining have gone the way of the three-martini lunch. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Much of the business world is cutting back on non-essential perks, including lavish business meals, to the chagrin of restaurant operators...
Every campaign, every presidency offers up a few gems to our rich political history of sloganeering. A few of Safire ’ s favorite phrases, dating back to World War II: IN THEIR WORDS G. W. Bush “Axis of evil,” “shock and...
Selling the 60s - How Madison Avenue Dreamed a Decade Sun 9pm BBC4 The BBC is starting to make some adroit drama purchases from the US. Following on from the Glenn Close/Ted Danson legal thriller, Damages, comes the Golden Globe-winning Mad Men, set in a Sixties Madison...
The three-martini lunch, the power lunch and, most recently, the working lunch have each packed restaurants or takeout spots during midday at one time or another. Now, however, operators are increasingly facing a less lucrative trend: the no-lunch lunch. According to The NPD Group, the number of lunch...
We started our careers during the heyday of the three-martini lunch. The women managers just ahead of us were proud that they could drink their male colleagues under the table and still show up for work the next day. A dozen years later, more and more cocktail party attendees were...
The three-martini lunch is passe, but making business deals over meals is as much a staple as peanut butter and jelly. With all of Milwaukee's new restaurants, though, PB&J isn't on the menu. What is can be found at the following five restaurants, where...
Over the years, two comments have continued to delight me about the insurance industry. The first is a definition of insurance that uses an automobile as an analogy for insurance and reinsurance companies. The chief executive officer is steering. The marketing department has its foot on the...
Cable network AMC's new TV series about 1960s Madison Avenue is successfully using a time-honored ad tactic to woo viewers and advertisers: nostalgia. Mad Men, AMC's first original series, began July19 and tells the tales of the ruthless, promiscuous employees of a fictional New York City ad agency....
It is the quintessential cocktail, the centerpiece of the three- martini lunch and the favorite libation of every Bond from Connery to Craig. H.L. Mencken called it the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet, and E.B. White referred to it as "the elixir of...
Byline: ANDREW HAMPP ahampp@adage.com Matt Weiner, creator of AMC's upcoming "Mad Men,'' thinks the show will do for advertising what "The Sopranos'' did for the mob. If by that he means it'll make people think of...
M2 PRESSWIRE-7 March 2007-MarketResearch.com: Shrinking Lunch Break Puts Brakes on U.S. Foodservice Lunch MarketC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06032007 New York - As the traditional all-American three-martini lunch becomes extinct, and the 25-minute lunch break on-the-run or at a desk becomes...
The three-martini lunch has fallen out of favor and a leisurely stroll on the golf course just feels ... lazy. So where do type A bizzers march off to when they're jonesing for that competition fix after a long day of slaughtering the enemy in contract negotiations?...
THIRTY years ago, you could find Bob at the Brass Door every day. He would arrive at 11:30 a.m. and leave around 5 p.m., smashed but, because of the times, not worried about getting pulled over. Today, Bob spends his lunch hour at the gym. ...
THIRTY years ago, you could find Bob at the Brass Door every day. He would arrive at 11:30 a.m. and leave around 5 p.m., smashed but, because of the times, not worried about getting pulled over. Today, Bob spends his lunch hour at the gym. ...
Byline: Brooke Capps filling in for Ken Wheaton ... "Today'' co-host Al Roker introduces the following scenario: You've worked late one night, so you pick up some Pizza Hut on the way home to eat in front of the TV. You...
Byline: NAT IVES There will be an interesting side effect if Time Inc. sells all 18 magazines it put on the block last week: It will give up its long-held ad-page lead and render Conde Nast Publications the country's biggest...
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