A little background on the naming of "La Paloma". (and you are correct David "La" does mean "The"!):
George and David Mehl owners of Cottonwood Properties came to our team at Taylor Advertising (Yes, Jay Taylor's Advertising agency) to take on the marketing and advertising for their new planned development that included the future Westin Hotel. They were naming the project "Montecito" after the upscale community near Santa Barbara, because it was, well, upscale, as they had envisioned "Montecito." Jay took strong exception to the name. "It's California", we're Tucson. We spent the next few weeks coming up with options, spending lots of time walking the property. There were doves everywhere and "La Paloma" was born. We came up with the simple graphic and the George and David listened. It worked out. The logo is unchanged to this day... some 40 years later. https://www.lapalomacc.com/
My first husband - Fletch - taught comedy traffic school in San Francisco. Talk about a rough crowd! But they were also a captive audience. For eight hours. Yikes I remember when Olestra first came out, Fletch said deadpan: "Anal leakage? Now there's two words I never wanted to see in the same sentence." Thanks for another great blog.
So, there exists a caricature of my beautiful granddaughter, when she was about a fifth grader at Harrelson school. I covet it. Her parents won’t part with it. History.
Great to know your background and how you overcame speaking in front of people. Bob and I must have met you in the beginning, a long time ago. We love everything you do!!!
A little background on the naming of "La Paloma". (and you are correct David "La" does mean "The"!):
George and David Mehl owners of Cottonwood Properties came to our team at Taylor Advertising (Yes, Jay Taylor's Advertising agency) to take on the marketing and advertising for their new planned development that included the future Westin Hotel. They were naming the project "Montecito" after the upscale community near Santa Barbara, because it was, well, upscale, as they had envisioned "Montecito." Jay took strong exception to the name. "It's California", we're Tucson. We spent the next few weeks coming up with options, spending lots of time walking the property. There were doves everywhere and "La Paloma" was born. We came up with the simple graphic and the George and David listened. It worked out. The logo is unchanged to this day... some 40 years later. https://www.lapalomacc.com/
My first husband - Fletch - taught comedy traffic school in San Francisco. Talk about a rough crowd! But they were also a captive audience. For eight hours. Yikes I remember when Olestra first came out, Fletch said deadpan: "Anal leakage? Now there's two words I never wanted to see in the same sentence." Thanks for another great blog.
Wow! Such a soul made my Traffic School experience painless.
So, there exists a caricature of my beautiful granddaughter, when she was about a fifth grader at Harrelson school. I covet it. Her parents won’t part with it. History.
Great to know your background and how you overcame speaking in front of people. Bob and I must have met you in the beginning, a long time ago. We love everything you do!!!