Seattle. America’s Worst Tailgate City
A report from Tailgating.com came out listing all of the NFL cities and how good they are for tailgating. As no surprise to me Seattle was at the bottom of the list. Of course this does not take into account the Lake Washington tailgating that can be done for Husky games, that would definitely put us higher on the list, if only for how unique and scenic it is.
The raitings were based on going to Qwest, how late the parking lots open, how little parking and room there is for tailgating, and just the overall crowd experience. I will agree with this rating as I have been to many other places, including Corvallis, where the tailgating is much, much better, with far fewer and less rabid fans.
Bumbershoot’s green efforts
I feel that so many companies that are going green today, use it for the PR and not for the actual purpose of going gree. Here’s an example from this weekends Bumbershoot festival in Seattle.
One of Bumbershoot’s largest advertising campaignes this year was how it was going to be such a green event. Here’s one line from their website, that was also plastered on many different posters around town:
We are pleased to announce a series of innovative and interactive strategies to make this year’s Bumbershoot the greenest ever!
Well from the looks and sounds of it, one of those strategies was not allowing water bottles into Memorial Stadium, the large concert stage used during the show. Maybe they’re using some “innovative” strategy here, but from the looks of it, it’s not that green.
[Crapolicious link] via Boing Boing
Another Seattle company getting into book sales…
No, not Amazon. Nope, not Starbucks. Nordstrom has announced that they will be selling and publish a children’s book this Christmas season. You know what? I think it will actually work.
Nordstrom has such a personal connection with most of its shoppers that the customers will trust their person shoppers recommendations. In contrast to Starbucks selling top sellers, this book will be exclusive for Nordstrom, which will also make it special for those Nordstrom moms that spend their days trying to find something to buy. On top of this, the stores will also be using characters from the book to help decorate this holiday season, bringing even more recognition to the book.
I know it’s just one book, and I don’t think it can grow much from that, but I think ONE, and only one, book is a great idea for Nordstrom to sell during the holiday season. Now it comes down to execution.
Interesting choice of music…
I was at the sad sad Mariners game tonight. KOMO 1000, one of the Mariners main sponsors ran a promo in between innings advertising a new online personality. Nothing big right? Well the background music for the promo was the instrumental version of Lady Sovereign’s hit song “Love Me or Hate Me.” The words weren’t being played, but for the people who know the song, you have to see some irony in choosing the song.
The main chorus to the song states:
Love me or hate me that is the question. If you love me then funk you. If you hate me then [something that is similar to funk] you.
Wow, I guess KOMO really doesn’t like people who don’t listen to their station.
First Hawks game of the year.
I went to the Seahawks preseason game last night and had a great time. Seattle won, no Hawks were injured, and no starters looked horrible, that’s about all you can hope for in a preseason game.
It was fun to be back at Qwest and watching football in person. One thing that I was looking at, from a business side that had nothing to do with football, was how the new Jones Soda partnership would be working out. Something that I’ve never seen at a professional sports game before was sampling of the sodas that they sell inside the stadium. Jones does have a long way to go to make people comfortable buying their drinks as opposed to the well known sodas typically found in a stadium. I think it will take a little while for them to make people comfortable ordering a bright green, green apple soda, or a bright blue lemonade soda drink. I hope that it goes well for them and spreads to them earning more business outside of the stadium as well.
One unique observation that I heard at the game was, "They all taste like they would go well with alcohol, but not by themselves." Hmmm, another possibility for a partnership Jones?
The FBI is asking for help and you say no?
Yesterday a report that the FBI has released the pictures of two men who it wants to talk to was news here in Seattle. The men were behaving suspiciously on one of the local ferries and there were two pictures of them. The FBI did not give any details to the appearance of the men, it only released the pictures and asked for help identifying the two men.
It was in the blogs and on the news last night. This morning though, neither paper ran the pictures of the men. The PI said that they would not run the pictures because of civil liberties and privacy issues and the Times said nothing about it (from what I have seen). Am I missing something here? The FBI needs help identifying two men who were acting suspicious on what some people have called a very high risk potential target in the Seattle area. The paper won’t show the picture because
But running a photograph of two men who may as easily be tourists from Texas as terrorists from the Mideast with a story that makes them out to be persons of interest in a terrorism investigation seems problematic, to say the least.
Yea, the men could be from anywhere. Yes, they may be up to nothing. Yes, the FBI doesn’t often do this. But, come on are you not reporting this David McCumber because you just want to cover the story when something goes horribly wrong? Sunken ferries probably sells more than two photos of people that the FBI wants to talk to.
Here’s his explanation on why the PI is not running the pictures.
[Update] Thanks for Aaron pointing out that the article (with pictures) is now on the Seattle Times websites front page. I haven’t looked at either papers print copy today. The P-I is still standing by its choice not to show the pictures.
About Otis
I live in Seattle, Washington. I am passionate about working with and interacting with others. My work experience includes marketing, account management, and sales.
I am a huge sports fan who on top of cheering for my favorite teams (Go Beavs!) also appreciates coaching strategy, as well as the marketing behind teams, players, and events.
Personally, I enjoys exploring new cities and areas (particularly small towns) and getting outside and playing.