Life & Stories

    Face meets Sand

    We liked to watch the sun rise. I used to get up and stand by the Ocean’s Edge and watch the day break with a nice pink glow over the horizon. This one morning, Yim decided she would come and stand behind me and put her arms around me, while the waves lapped at my feet. I decided I would bend forward and lift her up on my back so her feet were not touching the sand. At the very…

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  • Life & Stories

    Our first day in Belize…

    We finally arrived in Maya Beach after our 17 day road trip from Victoria. It was going to be the first night we could stay in our little house by the…

  • Creative Direction

    Port Angeles Tourism

    2001 – After moving to Victoria, BC, The Port Angeles Department of Tourism asked us to help them develop an advertising campaign designed to help draw visitors to the Port Angeles…

  • Creative Direction

    Chintz & Company

    It’s a Beautiful Thing I remember the first time Yim and I walked into Chintz. We talked about how much we liked what they sold and how cool it would be…

  • Life & Stories Travel

    James Bay, Victoria

    In September 2000, Yim and I moved to Vancouver Island. I had been headhunted by an advertising agency called Copeland Communications and offered a considerable increase (+25%) in salary over what…

  • Creative Direction

    Chrysler Canada / BBDO

    Awarded Best In Canada by the Canadian Marketing Association. Chrysler. Founded by Walter Chrysler in 1925. One of the best known automotive brands in the world. My Challenge: Re-create the perception of…

  • Creative Direction

    Launching the PT Cruiser

    Awarded Best in Canada by the Canadian Marketing Association Being asked to launch a brand new product, let alone a disruptive product like what the PT Cruiser was in 1999, was…

  • Life & Stories

    Windsor

    In the Fall of 1998, I was hired as Creative Director for a division of BBDO in Windsor, Ontario with a mandate of changing the perception of Chrysler Canada. I remember…

  • Hiking Travel

    Blue Creek Village, Belize

    Blue Creek is a village in the Toledo District of southern Belize. It is a Mopan village, an indigenous, sub-ethnic group of the Maya who speak Kekchi, and home to about 300…

  • Scuba Diving Travel

    Glovers Atoll

    Glover’s Atoll is a partially submerged atoll located off the southern coast of Belize, approximately 45 kilometres from the mainland. It forms part of the outermost boundary of the Belize Barrier…