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SF and NYC do's and don'ts

Dodging tourist traps is tough in the US, so on the back of the 2010 DMA conference, here's a bunch of my San Francisco and NYC favourites.

San Francisco - do's

• Osha Lounge - Thai restaurant in the financial district (there are a few, but I can tell you first hand that the one on 2nd is indeed the shit)
• Range - Restaurant in the Mission with dope food, wine and cocktails
• Mighty - Club about a 15 min cab ride from the city centre with heavyweight DJS (and bassbins). Everything that's quality, from tech to chicago to drum and bass.
• Vessel - Club conveniently placed in the middle of the city. Nice decor. Rad sound. Solid commitment to deep house for a place that's so central to the CBD.
• The End Up - Tastefully seedy indoor/outdoor late night club in the Mission. Very gay / trannie / hermaphrodite / whatever friendly. 

San Francisco - don'ts

• Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco is pretty much my favourite city in the world, so not much at all to say that's negative. Except that Fisherman's Wharf sucks arse. Don't go there. 

New York City - do's

• Sullivan Room - Proper underground club in Greenwich Villiage. No plastic. Just a dark room, a SICK soundsystem, an educated dancefloor and quality house music. Solid.
• Peasant - Next-level Italian restaurant in SOHO. Prime.
• Koncrete Jungle @ Love - Granted, this isn't for everyone, but if you're into drum and bass / jungle / dubstep / garage, then this is NYC's longest-running broken beat institution. Wicked MC and DJ talent. Best night I had in the US.  
• The Collective - Sweet restaurant in the Meatpacking District, with dope decor and comfort-food-made-a-bit-fancy. You can't lose.  

New York City - don'ts

• The Empire State Building - Of course I expected this to be a bit rank, but nowhere near as tragic as it actually was. Yuck. Trust Americans to take all the fun out of shit.  

DMA2010 Locked and Loaded

DMA2010 begins this weekend, and I'm lucky enough to be in San Francisco for the event from October 10 - 14. Boh!

Forum livesteam 
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Forum presenters list
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Presenters and exhibitors at DMA:2010 in San Francisco

So tune in for the livestream on workshops, keynotes, parties and other rad stuff happening around SF for the next week or so.

Mumbrella Editor Tim Burrows in Hobart

Interesting little event happening at the Hobart Function and Conference Centre next Thursday around the future of media, technology and marketing.

Basically, it's a panel with peeps from the Mercury, ABC and Channel 10, moderated by Founder and Editor of Mumbrella, Tim Burrowes - could be good.

Details

• Where: Hobart Function and Conference Centre, Elizabeth Street Pier
• When: Thursday October 14, 5 - 7pm
• RSVP: ASAP on the AMI website

Tasmanian AMI Awards: Winners announced

I've never been big on awards ceremonies, but Tassie marketing's night of nights has a lot of good things going for it - not least of which being its zero-tolerance policy on big fuckoff acceptance speeches.

It was a sweet night, and hats must go off to the Floatingworld and Walker Designs crews for delivering brilliant live pitches, and of course to MC Richard Crawford - who is consistently hilarious.

Anyway, here's the winners:

• Marketer of the Year - Peter Choraziak
• Emerging Marketer of the Year - Scott Woodhouse
• Student Marketer of the Year - Christiane King
• Brand Extension - MyState Financial / Red Jelly
• Brand Revitalisation - Country Club Tasmania
• Consumer Insight - Aurora / Red Jelly
• Corporate Social Responsibility - MyState Financial / Red Jelly
• Experiential and Band Experiences - Clemenger Tasmania
• Green Marketing - Aurora / Red Jelly
• Marketing Communications - MyState Financial / Red Jelly
• New Product / Service Launch - Aurora Energy / Red Jelly
• Social Marketing - Aurora / Red Jelly

It's good to see so much talent kicking around Tasmania - and then so much of that coming massively unstuck at the Cargo afterparty. Shout outs to the AMI for another solid local gig.

Tamanian AMI Awards - Tomorrow Night!

The 2010 AMI Awards is on tomorrow night at Hobart's Peacock Theatre. So if you're in marketing, advertising or anything in between, come check out Tassie's best campaigns over a glass of sparkling and canapés.

Come party with us

• Where: Peacock Theatre, 77 Salamanca Place, Hobart
• When: Thursday September 23, 4:30 - 6:30
• RSVP: ASAP on the AMI website

Hope to see you there - should be a sweet night!

More from ADMA Forum 2010

Just found some random pictures from last month's ADMA Forum in Sydney. It was such a sweet event I just had to put em up.

Some random guy

Jules Hall, Managing Director, The Hallway, delivering his case study on Jamison Whiskey

Adam Dunne, CEO, Aura Interactive on creating brand engagement using mobile

Andrew Littlewood, Director of Analytics and DR, PHD on 'Fluid Marketing'