Busyyy Busyyy Bee

Last week was CRAZY busy! I worked in the PR department, in accounts, and for one of the creatives... I searched for Hispanic events happening in Tampa and in Orlando for PR, I double-checked a new website for Vonage (down to the fine print!), and for Susan, I'm now OFFICIALLY helping her with Macy's!!!! Susan is one of the co-founders of The Vox and asked me to help search for international designers for Macy's. Kurt, another intern, and I are on the project with Susan and another employee, Adolfo. Kurt and I have decided once we get a list together of potential new designers, we'll have to take a field trip out in the city to go visit these designers. It's been a fun task indeed, but so far I've had NO time to do it! She said if anyone else had a project we have to complete it first, then work on her project :( And of course everyone has had projects for us!!!!

This past weekend Dad and Pam came to visit me. He got here late because he missed his flight due to traffic issues and then they lost his luggage!!! After a bunch of haggling and another trip to the airport, it all got sorted out. On Friday, we went to the Intrepid museum and went in a submarine that was sitting in the water - DEFINITELY could not live in one of those things for 3 - 4 months. Can't believe what they went through!!!! We also saw the Black Bird, which flew from LA to NY in 1 hour!!! It flies 4,000 miles an hour. It was used as a spy plane. After that, we took a double-decker night tour of the downtown area and of Brooklyn. It was gorgeous! The city always is so beautiful at night, especially the Brooklyn Bridge! On Saturday, we took the double-decker again, but this time it made stops. We went to China town to see what fakes we could find, then ventured down to Ground Zero. We went to the World Trade Center museum, and it had a lot of interesting artifacts. I honestly was spectacle about the museum because I wasn't sure what it had inside. I had heard it was just photographs... It's a great museum considering it's only been less than 9 years and they're still building the memorial. It has a menu from Windows on the World that was found in the debris, and many other items with stories explaining its significance. I would definitely recommend it. After that, we headed down to the pier by the Brooklyn Bridge. We had crab cakes, shrimp cocktail, and mussels! We then took a helicopter ride of the bay area around NY - it was a great way to see Ground Zero and the Statue of Liberty! Afterwards, we went on the Shark. It's a speedboat ride of the harbor - what they don't tell you is you WILL get wet! By the end of the 30 minute ride, we were entirely soaked from head to toe! It's the closest thing I've been to swimming all summer, so I was content. We finished the double-decker tour at Central Park and strolled through to the Dakota. We then briefly went to Columbia to show them the grounds and then caught a taxi to go have dinner. We ate at a steak restaurant that was amazing! I tried lobster for the first time, which was OK. Dad and Pam told me it wasn't a very good lobster and to not make an opinion based off of that. The steak on the other hand was delicious! It was a great weekend despite it's beginning with the lost luggage. We had a great time!

Starting off this week, PR asked me to develop a media list for 10 cities and the client wants it ASAP. Oh gosh! This sounds completely doable, right?! Except the fact that we had to find 5 different sources of Hispanic magazines, TV, radio, and newspapers for each city AND a description about each source! After two long days at the office (and I mean staying in over time), the project got done. Despite the stress of the pressing deadline, I enjoyed the actual project, and it was more experience that most internships don't offer! Also, today I went to a meeting for Vonage to add in the "legal lines" in a commercial - you know the part at the end about "don't take this medicine if you might be pregnant. consult your doctor if this medicine is right for you" - except it was about phone offers for Vonage. I got to witness Emilio, Vox's Account Executive, interacting with the production team, and the creatives. I got to see how the AE has to make sure what the client wants is in the ad meanwhile the production team and the creatives are satisfied with the visuals. I really enjoyed it! More "real world" experience if you will. That's an update for now! More things to come :-)