Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't drink coffee. I'll have my wife try some. Chris At 05:01 PM 9/29/2006, you wrote: >By the way Illy, located in Trieste, is one of the best Italian coffee. >Riccardo Illy served as the Mayor of Trieste, now is the Governor of >Friuli-Venezia Giulia that's one of the twenty Regions of Italy. >Illy aims to operate in a fair and sustainable coffee market. In Italy >Illy is involved in the sponsorship of many cultural events. > >I suggest you to try an Illy coffee also at your home with a moka! > >ciao > >Simone > > >On 9/29/06, Chris Saganich <chs2018@med.cornell.edu> wrote: >>So I happened to be wondering through the Time-Warner mall at Columbus >>Circle last week when I spied a lot of giant Salgado prints on display, (he >>once used a Leica). On each image there was a small caption about the >>image and a plug for Illy, which I had never heard of before. I assumed >>Illy was some group sponsoring the exhibit. At the conclusion of the >>exhibit there was a coffee bar, an Illy coffee bar. I was unhappy to >>realize the whole thing was a PR campaign. Now the question shot into my >>mind...is this right? I looked around at the mall and the shops and all >>the people sipping the Illy coffee and then at the Salgado prints again and >>the prints became reduced to corporate PR and I was angry. Flame me all >>you want but I realized two things - consumption has replaced democracy, >>and the image is the driving force behind consumption. It's all so rude. >> >>Chris Saganich - not happy with the world these days. >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018@med.cornell.edu Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049