December 15, 2025
Tag: St Mariacka
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St. Mariacka in Gdansk
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When I saw St. Mariacka (St. Mary’s) it was very different from the picture on this postcard. On a warm day in late September, the dim interior of this church was a welcome relief from the searing sun and blinding light of mid-day. The languages around me that day were Polish and English and the…
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October 28, 2021 11 Comments
Hires Root Beer, once the dominant carbonated drink in America, cannot be found any more. The story of how it came to be, and flourish is a proud one because Charles Hires had the soul of an advertising man. He explained his philosophy by saying that “doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does.”