MelDel LLC Designer/Creative entrpreneurMelissa Delzio
melissa@meldel.com
travel
Engage: The AIGA Leadership Retreat
I recently had the privilege of attending the AIGA (the professional association for design) Leadership Retreat this year in Chattanooga, Tennessee, representing the Portland Chapter. A few members from all 65 of the nation’s AIGA Board of Directors converged in Chattanooga to meet, mingle, plot and plan the direction of the organization. It was my [...]
California Diary
3.23.2010
Los Angeles – Sunset Boulevard. 1:00pm
74 degrees, nothing but sunshine in all directions.
Just drove past a lonely looking Zorro standing on a street corner.
Ryan, “Is that Zorro waiting for the bus?”
Mel, “Well if he is Zorro why doesn’t he just…”
Ryan, “Zorro doesn’t have any superpowers.”
Mel, “Oh no? Than what exactly is it that he does?”
Ryan, [...]
Seattle/Vancouver BC Highlights
My partner and I recently went on a quick trip up to Seattle and Vancouver BC, below are the highlights.
On this Seattle trip, we avoided downtown altogether and instead explored the tucked away neighborhoods of Ballard and Fremont. Above is one of the many “Henry” murals I ran across in Fremont. Apparently this Seattle muralist [...]
Escape
At the end of July, my partner and I journeyed East, on a much needed vacation, seeking adventure, inspiration and a reconnection with family members far from my everyday stomping grounds. Our journey began in Vermont, ended in New York City and our experiences were as varied as those two extremes.
Vermont – Bread & [...]
Dog bites, hippies, and big trees: my summer vacation
Day one: 8/15/07 – Eugene OR
Wednesday, day one of Portland to San Fran road trip. 96 degrees or at least that’s what it feels like in the encased car midday. Just witnessed a Eugene bum, distinguished only from a normal Eugene resident by his trash bag tote drop suddenly to the ground on a perfectly [...]
misadventures
While engorging on Mark Twain’s tantalizing details of the first sight of the Rock of Gibraltar from the deck of a grand Atlantic ocean liner, and grand descriptions of the gilded & precisely manicured property of Versailles, I reflect upon my own travels. Somehow my stories of family vacations to Amish country and a week [...]
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