I’ve recovered from the all the holiday weekend festivities, which included a BBQ, recreation and the annual Carnival parade and street fair that kicked off the summer season here in San Francisco. Even our classic foggy weather couldn’t stop the spirit of the samba dancers, bateria drummers and calypso bands that made their way through the streets generating the heat and staying warm in feather boas and glitter. If you can’t make the trip to Rio, I highly recommend coming to SF for the next best thing.

Since we are riffing on a Latino theme this week be sure to look for the May/June issue which will be distributed at the these upcoming conferences in Miami: Search Engine Strategies Latino; Ad:Tech and Affiliate Summit East. You can get all the dates and registration details on our events calendar.

That’s the catchy title billing of the American Idol season finale that aired on Tuesday night. I must say I had the third place contestant, Melinda Doolittle winning this year but will settle for Jordin “the singer” vs. Blake “the performer”.

Speaking of singers and beatboxers, did you know that you could enhance your ad placements in the digital edition of Revenue with rich media audio and video files? Yes you can. Contact our advertising team to learn more about advertising opportunities in the upcoming July/August 2007 issue. The closing deadline to secure an ad placement in the next issue is coming up on June 1.

After riding high for several weeks of action packed fun and excitement following the Golden State Warriors and their run through the NBA playoffs, this Cinderella story finally came to a close last night in Salt Lake City. Cry not for me as the Warriors far exceeded expectations this year and like they say in Vegas we were playing with house money.

The temps in San Francisco have been blazing the past few days and our natural AC also known as fog rolled in just in the knick of time.

Speaking of hot, I got a sneak peak at the May/June issue this week and like the tv analysts say it’s “en fuego.” Check for the new edition of the magazine as it hit’s the street next week.

It was great to see so many of our partners and advertisers who were in town for Ad:Tech last week. We thoroughly enjoyed the quality time spent dining and dancing around town for the week. After two weeks straight of conference fanfare it’s time for us here at Revenue to buckle down and get back to the grind.

Our May email newsletter launched today so be sure to sign up and check it for updates from our editor-in-chief regarding the content we are currently developing for the July/August issue, along with the Affiliate Tip by Gary Marcoccia, Five Questions with Skip Brand from JiWire and the Ask Jim Kukral column.