Margaritas that bite ~ Buffalo Wild Wings

Buffalo Wild Wings shows that there’s more than one way to slice a lime:

Corona knock off?  Or another round of creative advertising?
The text reads: "Margarita Mayem - Five flavors. Frozen or on-the-rocks. Be warned. They bite."
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Corona takes on Guinness with a little lime origami

Corona has a little St. Patty’s day ad out in which a mystery hand reaches in and grabs the lime from the top of the bottle by the beach and returns a few seconds later having morphed the citrus wedge into a four-leaf clover.  Watch out Guinness.  Paradise is coming for you:

Meanwhile, Guinness is trying [...]

Orbit Maui Melon Mint ‘Just Brushed Clean Feeling’ ~ if you brush your teeth with honey dew juice

If you’re looking to try a new gum, you may want to pick up a pack of Orbit Maui Melon Mint.  It comes in this strange pink and green packaging:

Given that it had been a while since I made myself the guinea pig to paradise advertising, I decided to try it myself.  I have to [...]

Orangina Naturally Juicy Commercial

If Cirque du Soleil were to base a commercial on their Zumanity show in Las Vegas, perhaps with a little bit of Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element mixed in, this is what it would look like:

 
Commercials don’t get any saucier than this one.  It’s for the Orangina brand drink from France.  Did you notice the [...]

A must see ~ paradise can destroy your liver and maybe even kill you

Halloween has past, but the fright continues.  The scariest website on the Internet might just be TravelSafely.com, which is a site advertising Hepatitis A and B vaccines by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).  Just swimming in that pool can lead to disease according to this weird doctor-like, lab-coating-wearing public informant.
The most shocking part of the site is certainly [...]

Paradise Premiers ~ Extreme Makeover Home Edition and Biggest Loser

It’s no surprise here at Rapidsea that Extreme Makeover Home Edition will be having a full two-hour season premier in Hawaii on September 30th. Check out the ABC website for the full promo videos, where you’ll hear such wonderful lines as:
“In Hawaii, most enjoy a pina colada. We prefer a screwdriver.”
“Some people go [...]

Bad Ad, Bad Placement ~ Aie, Concur!

Poor Concur. For those who have ever dealt with business expense reports and policy-driven purchases, Concur seems to have a useful and innovative service. But their unfortunate “Jim goes to Hawaii first class” Flash tower ad sucks. Let’s talk the ad up first before I mention the horrible placement.
First of all, no one thinks that Jim [...]