Aug 31
The Olympic Park is amazing and beautiful, but without tickets to an event you can’t even see a glimpse of the action. Or at least that was the case until British Airways stepped in and created BA Park Live – an outdoor viewing area tucked along the park’s river and featuring two of the biggest …
Aug 21
London Fact: Within the Olympic Park there are more than 4,000 trees, 74,000 plants, 60,000 bulbs and 300,000 wetland plants were planted to create a new open green space for London. Woven between the stadiums, the 250-acre garden pulls together the Olympic Park and will make it a destination after the Games. During the Olympics, …
Aug 20
Olympic tickets were incredibly tough to get, so when I received an email titled, “Tickets for Volleyball tomorrow!” I mentally said yes before opening it. The email came from a British Airways rep that wanted to show me what #HomeAdvantage is really like. FYI – #HomeAdvantage is BA’s campaign which encourages Brits to stay in …
Aug 17
”What the heck is that?”, was my initial reaction upon seeing the massive box. Looking like something from a Ridley Scott movie, the 7,000-seat arena hosted Olympic handball. But what makes it special isn’t the game inside – okay, yes that does make it special – it’s the Olympic venue’s energy efficiency and eco-friendly construction. …
Aug 15
The Olympics are over and like any good party goer, I have a hangover. It’s the kind of head throbbing feeling that begs for a day without sunlight, a deactivated cellphone and a fitness regime consisting of pizza, Tom Hanks movies and an IV of orange juice. And if that doesn’t work, we’ll eat Berocca …
Aug 12
Its tough to explore an Olympic site without bumping into 300+ Adidas ads but they’re done so in a really creative way. Similar to BA’s #HomeAdvantage campaign, Adidas wanted England fans to support Team GB as they #TakeTheStage and the latest piece of marketing celebrates the UK’s Olympic success. To wrap up awesome amount of …
Aug 08
It’s official: Papa Piehl is in Sturgis Motorcycle Hall of Fame! In the earlier 1980s Papa Piehl was a recent college grad working for a little company known as Harley-Davidson. One of his first roles was to coordinate test rides but it was later expanded into something much greater – the organization of a company-sponsored …
Aug 08
One of my first flatmates in London was a Dutch chef and man did he know how to party. With an upbeat attitude and high appreciation for lager, he was an awesome guy to live with. So when the Dutch started to celebrate their athletic awesomeness at the Heineken Holland House (HHH), I had to …
