After presenting a workshop in New York last month, I took a hike across the Brooklyn Bridge to view Olafur Eliasson’s New York City Waterfalls.

Stepping into Brooklyn also gave me the chance to catch up with Alissa Walker, one of my favorite PC alums. Early this summer, Alissa left the rarefied air of Hollywood for three months in the NYC area, working on a travel book for Chronicle.

Alissa is fun to be around. I love her passion for writing, hunger for learning and quest for new experiences. She honed those traits as a student, and she relies …more

There are no coincidences. I’ve been a big fan of Steve McCurry’s for a long time. He’s the photographer who shot the famous image of the Afghani girl for the cover of National Geographic in 1983 that brought major attention to what was happening in that part of the world. It has since become one of the most widely recognized photos of all time.

I heard a few weeks ago that he was having a show in Atlanta at the Besharat Gallery and made a note on my calendar to go see it. One thing led to another, and I kept …more

Great fun! Emcee Holly’s data blitz in Seminar yesterday morning. Chubby Bunny game show contestants Justin, Jolie, and Liz fill their mouths with marshmallows, seeing who can annunciate the title phrase with the most marshmallows in their mouth. WOW!!!!!

A data blitz we’ll never forget. And only at Portfolio Center, where we play as hard as we work.

Holly introduces the idea…

Jolie and Liz wonder what they’ve gotten themselves into.

Justin is on a roll, but Jolie and Liz show great fortitude.

Liz tries hard,”chubby bunny.”

How many marshmallows can fit in one mouth?

Justin, now victorious, determines to break his own record, …more

Portfolio Center alum Liz Lippi is featured on the Hallmark’s creative recruiting blog, Cre-a-tiv-i-ty. Liz graduated in 2004 and has been a happy member of Hallmark’s creative team ever since.

Time being that inevitable reality that keeps everything from happening all at once, I have had a busy, busy few weeks, even by my own standards. And seeing that I’ve just found some breathing room after being on the road and trying to get caught up since my return, I wanted tell you about a little of what’s been going on.

First, I went to the 2008 NY One Club Education Summit (A special shout-out goes to Mary Warlick, Kevin Swanepoel, and Maiko Shiratori for making this event happen.), an assembly of smart professor-types from college advertising and design programs …more