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And another Jay/Day welcome to Peter Cusick, who worked in the New York office for a year as an AAE on the National Car Rental business. "A very formative year for me! Bob Perkins ran the business, I believe Bill Butler lead the creative team. Put me on the list – I’d love to connect with alumni. In fact, I’m searching for a buddy of mine who worked at Chiat the same time I did, Mark Hill, an Aussie. Can’t find him anywhere! -- Pete Cusick"

[If anyone knows the whereabouts of Mark Hill, please the info to me (see my address in masthead) and I will pass it along to Peter. Steve Alburty]

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Welcome for alum Pat (Patricia) Garling worked for CD for 3.5 years, left Dec. 1989 to move to Los Angeles. She was a friend of Michael Smith, who was Creative Director in NY for several years.

Pat is an art director at Lionsgate Creative Services in Santa Monica.

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A great photo of Lee and Jay, shot by Mary Ellen Mark in 1998. And here is a profile of Lee from AdAge.

(Click on the article about Lee to see a larger version. In fact, you can click again to make it even larger.)

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Many people have asked me why the site has been so quiet lately.

I live in the Catskill Mountains now (near Woodstock) and the winters are fierce. Since March 11th was going to be my 60th birthday, I decided to mark the occasion by going on the road-trip to end all road trips. I drove over 12,000 miles. It took me three months. I even flew to Hawaii (another 3,600 miles round trip.)

It is not as exhausting as one would think, although I got sick of fast food. I had friends to visit in most of the places I stopped, so that made the trip go fast! Here's a map of where I went, and because the map graphics hide so much, here's a partial list of where I went:

Chichester, NY; Boise, ID; Portland, OR; Astoria, OR; Seattle, WA; the Kona Coast in Hawaii; Wialua Beack, Oahu; Seattle, WA; Qualicum Beach BC; Squamish, BC; Spokane, WA; Portland, OR; Modesto, CA; Palm Springs, CA; Las Vegas, NV; Bruce Canyon, UT; Canyonland and Arches, UT; Durango, CO; Littleton, CO; and then pretty much straight hom on I-90 to home.

I saw many Chiat/Day alums while on this trip, and if you browse through the archives going back to March, you will see many of their names.

Steve Alburty

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