Entries from October 2008
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While traveling to Tokyo a few years ago, I ate the freshest sushi at Daiwa Sushi, located next to the famed Tsukiji fish market. With vibrant orange yellow colors, the uni was buttery in texture and soft tuna [...]
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657 Harrison St
(between 3rd St & Hawthorne St)
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 348-0900
www.supperclub.com
Is making out in public a crime?
Well, it all depends.
After a week as a working zombie, my friend Steph invited me to SupperClub. I was helping her be the judge, in an audition for dancers on a float for upcoming Lovefest.
Nothing can [...]
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Tags: Clubs
“Save the tuna roll, just under the right armpit for me.”
When I’m naked, usually I am in the shower singing to the latest hip hop tunes. But for ladies that work for “body sushi” restaurants, getting naked and lying on a table is part of the job description.
Known as Nyotaimori in Japanese, this is [...]
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Tags: Business · Japanese
Product placement is nothing new to the advertising arena. In the background of video games, it is not a surprise to see a beverage ad. Also, look at Hollywood films. Plenty of product placements from James Bond driving a BMW to actresses wearing a designer label.
But in Japan, the video captures a [...]
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Tags: Business
October 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Immediately after graduating from UC Berkeley in 2000, I was hired by Anheuser-Busch Budweiser as an Urban Marketing Representative. At that moment, Budweiser came out with its own brand of energy drink called 180.
Bud’s Two Mistakes in the Energy Market
1st. The energy drink was orange colored, so most bar tenders refused to sell [...]
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Tags: Business