Spotted Last Night In Chelsea

My photo came out lousy so I pulled this from their blog.

Manhattan Mini-Storage Vs. Crazy Eyes

Manhattan Mini-Storage's ads have long been famously bitchy. (One chestnut said, "New York City has six professional sports teams. Plus the Mets.") But advertising critic Copyranter doesn't like this latest attempt.

Manhattan Mini Storage: Still Made Of Teh Awesome

I've blogged several times about Manhattan Mini Storage's provocative ad campaigns, which tend to support progressive causes ranging from pro-choice to anti-Bush. Now, in an in-yer-face dig at conservative groups (such as the Catholic League who want Gothamites to boycott the company), they have unveiled a new "Save More Than Your Stuff" program in which they donate $25 (in the name of new customers) to one of five charities: Planned Parenthood, The Coalition To Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages, Animal Haven, Citymeals-On-Wheels, and the NYC Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project. This is how you win business, in my world at least.

(Via - Good As You)

Morning View - MiniStorage Poll

My buddy Carl was in town this weekend and snapped this pic on the subway. I've blogged about Manhattan Mini-Storage's provocative anti-Bush and pro-choice ad campaigns and the pressure they are feeling from conservatives to stop. Now the company has launched a poll asking if they should back down from the right-wing. You know what to do.

Storage Firm Shakes Up Pro-Lifers

Over the last year, I've written a couple of times about Manhattan Mini-Storage's billboard campaigns, which comment amusingly on a broad range of social and pop culture issues, ranging from the government's wiretapping to Paris Hilton and the Queer Eye guys. Their latest series, which started a few months ago, is beginning to cause a lot of upset among pro-lifers, as evidenced by this CBS news story. I think the new campaign is both clever and sobering. After all, what's thought to be the third most common usage for a hanger, after hanging clothes and retrieving locked car keys? The Catholic League is complaining and asking New Yorkers to boycott the company. Makes me wish I had something to store, just so I could patronize Manhattan Mini-Storage.