Difficult times for 4A's old haunt Greenbrier

Reading about the bankruptcy filing of the storied Greenbrier resort conjured the ghosts of advertising's past—stodgy white men in pink and green linens on velvety golf links, blissfully unreachable in the verdant Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia. The historic 231-year-old Greenbrier was the longtime meeting spot for the American Association of Advertising Agencies' annual boondoggle and recalls a simpler era of Mad Men mores where the business at hand was conducted over patio cocktails and on the Greenbrier's three championship golf courses and indoor and outdoor tennis courts.