Before we get into this amazing adventure, my editors asked I make explicitly clear everything Ford paid for on my trip to the U.S. launch of the Ford Fiesta, per FTC guidelines governing endorsements and testimonials. Here’s the list: 1. Air Fare to San Francisco…
For their second mission, Ford asked State of the Artist to showcase a local artist. The result was a double dose of appropriateness. Firstly, SOTA is comprised of artists. Secondly, they showcased themselves by throwing an album listening party for their new album, SeattleCaliFragilisticExtraHellaDopeness. Fiesta…
Enumclaw. Already this Civic had to be bad news. But the ad on Autotrader really spoke to my plight: “If you don’t buy this one, you’ll never buy one!” The horse lovers had my number, and a red 1995 Civic LX sedan that looked to…
Mama’s Mexican Kitchen has a mural painted on the side of the building that wasn’t there last month, a bright colorful display that looks as if it could have been there all along. Tucked into the lower left corner is Ford’s iconic blue oval, just…
Parker’s driving, Nate’s riding shotgun, I’m in the back with a voice recorder that isn’t recording anything. We’re on a tour of the Capitol Hill neighborhood in State of the Artist’s Ford Fiesta. Soon it’s obvious we’re really just cruising around the guys’ neighborhood listening…
What am I doing eating apple slices in a coffee shop with Parker Reddington and Nate Fihn of the hip-hop group State of the Artist? There’s at least four stories here I could be covering: 1. The Ford Fiesta 2. The Fiesta Movement 3. State…