With all the excitement about Earl, it would be easy to forget that there was a whole lot other stuff happening this week.

We are in awe of Sharon Murray who has been chosen as the face of Debenhams, the UK department store chain's autumn/winter collection and features in the new window displays that went up in stores across the UK.

We loved the clever way McDonald's helped hot Torontonians cool off, as part of the Dollar Drink Days promotion.

And on the subject of major global brands using their mega-power, we loved that P&G is leveraging the power of the Tide brand and launching a national chain of dry-cleaners.  "Each unit has a double-lane drive-through, lockers for after-hours pickup, lollipops for kids and Iams biscuits for the pooch." Sign me, the dog will love it!

We were chastened by this article on things you should not reveal on Facebook. We're sure no one is doing anything like this. Just saying s'all. 

Lastly, we suggest that you end the week with a power nap before the long weekend (here in the US). Zzzzzzzzz

Adam Turinas

While we continued to help our Office Depot client get ready for back-to-school season this week, social networking went back to college.  GoodCrush and RandomDorm founder Josh Weinstein launched a new site exclusively for those still hitting the books.  CollegeOnly is being hailed as a safe haven for college kids who want to post photos, events and the latest campus buzz away from the prying eyes of parents and employers.  Study up on the hottest thing since Facebook on the New York Times Bits Blog, Mashable and Business Insider.

Twitter, Twitter, Facebook wall...who's the most social media savvy of them all?  None other than Lady Gaga.  The pop culture icon, who has already taken over the airwaves and is the first and only living person with over 10 million Facebook fans, posted a YouTube video this week to declare her eminence as Tween [Twitter + Queen] Gaga.

And Gaga isn't the online presence we went gaga over this week.  Check out 25 brilliant examples of Facebook pages from some of America's favorite brands.

We love visitors, so we love having Lukas Adda—an import from our Munich office—in New York for the next couple of weeks to share his wisdom about all things digital and all things deutsch.  Check out this amazing example of a German augmented reality magazine that he brought to our attention:



We also welcomed organizational development expert Daniel Pitlik to the 'Nation as he helped the New York team brush up on our presentation skills.

Have a "love"ly weekend, and thanks for indulging us and our pun-loving ways!

Jade Faugno