Wednesday, November 19, 2010 It was earthquake weather in San Francisco—a little too warm, the air a tad bit too still, and then rain in the forecast for the weekend. You could cut the tension in the office with a stainless steel serving knife. In addition to the looming possibility of a squiggling Richter scale, [...]
Author Archives: Michele
East Meets West in SF
December 15, 2009 – 8:49 am
The entire New York office flew out west to San Francisco last week for our annual holiday gathering and celebration. For a few, it was a first trip to our Mission Street headquarters. As the New Yorkers trickled into the office Monday and Tuesday bringing with them record cold temperatures, a scavenger hunt was planned for [...]
LaunchSquad’s Fifth Annual Thanksgiving Pie Bake-off
November 23, 2009 – 3:30 pm
The much-anticipated fifth annual Thanksgiving Pie Bake-off promised fifteen pies, but delivered ten. There was not one plain old pumpkin in the bunch, but lots of bourbon. So much so that the Bake-off Committee regretted moving the date from a Friday to a Wednesday. Adding to the commotion were accusations that blue ribbon winner Brett Weiner, who [...]
LaunchSquad Volunteers Get Literary
October 13, 2009 – 5:00 am
LaunchSquad volunteers recently headed over to Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion on a foggy morning to help sort books for the 45th Annual Big Book Sale, sponsored by the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library. The member preview sale started at 4 PM so volunteers really had to work quickly as people had been lined up [...]
Annual Holiday Project
December 18, 2007 – 7:30 pm
LaunchSquad felt more like Santa’s workshop than a PR Agency yesterday, as gifts were being wrapped and packed away in boxes and bags. “Pass the ribbon” and “do you have any extra tissue paper” were common refrains rather than the usual, “do you have time to read through this press release with me?” Today, the [...]
Third Annual Thanksgiving Pie Bake-off
November 19, 2007 – 3:45 pm
A foggy morning set the tone for LaunchSquad‘s Third Annual Thanksgiving Pie Bake-off last Friday. In its grand tradition, the day was filled with controversy, chaos and even disqualifications. Bake-off Official Jason Throckmorton once again disappeared during the tasting, leaving his only committee member (yours truly) to police the floor and follow his sentiments: “For [...]