Our Latest Project.

By FrancisBUSINESS, Communications, THE AGENCY, Uncategorized, Work

A simple (but effective!) sales piece for one of the internet’s genuine success stories. Last year, while working with our good friends Zane Tarence and Frank Dixon on an electronic sales presentation for LakeHomes.com, we had the great pleasure of meeting Shane Pike. A former Director of Online Marketing & Business Development at CareerBuilder.com, Shane … Read More

Going To Minnesota In My Mind.

By FrancisUncategorized

On Sunday August 7, Bill Hay gave his last sermon as the Senior Pastor of Covenant Presbyterian, the church he founded in 1978. Bill has been my pastor since our family joined his first church, Edgewood Presbyterian, in 1972. With the possible exception of my Snotty-Teen years (much of which I have happily erased from … Read More

My Dinner With Jimmy (Our evening at the Bright Star).

By FrancisUncategorized

Shortly after my June B-Metro column remembering Birmingham hot dog legend Gus Koutralakis was published, I received an email entitled “Pete’s Famous” from Andreas Anastassakis—which read, “I am Jimmy and Nicky Koikos’ cousin from the Bright Star Restaurant. We read the great article you wrote on our cousin Gus. “Jimmy has asked me to contact you, … Read More

Bon Voyage, Erin!

By FrancisBUSINESS, FUN, People, THE AGENCY, Trucking, Uncategorized

Just this morning, Martha put Erin on a plane for the Great American Truck Show in Dallas. She’s really been looking forward to it—since James Hudson (one of our many good friends at Randall-Reilly) was kind enough to send her a snapshot of a Time And Temperature display indicating that the outdoor temperature was exactly 100º. … Read More

Could I Get One More To Go?

By FrancisCULTURE, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized

(Special thanks to Joe York, and the short film “Gus”,  for the image.) One Saturday morning in mid-April, my wife joined our son and me for one of our periodic bike trips from the house in Forest Park to Downtown and back. Along the way, we visited several of the places we often stop: Sloss … Read More