We bought our Long Beach home in the late 1990s, before the housing bubble began inflating. We thought that Long Beach homes were undervalued relative to other “Beach” cities (Manhattan, Hermosa, Huntington), and expected that other young professionals would come to the same realization and settle here. We were fortunate in that this indeed has happened, and that our neighborhood has flourished over the past decade. I’m moved...

Today is Opening Day – baseball’s, and my blog’s. I’m on the board of PRSA Los Angeles, in part to reconnect with other professionals here in Southern California, and in part to help me analyze what’s happening in the marketing marketplace, what my role in it could be, and how I can help others do the same. When I worked in agencies, I often was the first to reforward articles, thoughts and ideas. It helped keep my teammates and...