Like many PR professionals, I’m Type A. So, in the last few years a bunch of folks have strongly recommended I take up yoga: all my friends, my daughter, sister, mom, all other relatives, every doc, my colleagues, everyone in my apartment building and every facebook friend (so basically everyone I know). Meantime, I’m about ready to shoot anyone I… Read more →
Tag: public relations
Bullies
What’s wrong with this country? People still have this undeniable urge to bully others. Is it a small ego thing…a small brain thing? Something is definitely small ‘cause no one who feels good about him/herself would care if someone else were short or skinny or fat or gay. Why does it matter? I felt sick when I heard about the… Read more →
Women Rule
Leave it to SmartCEO magazine to put on the hippest party in downtown DC. There were women CEOs everywhere schmoozing, toasting and celebrating the honor of being tapped one of SmartCEO’s Brava 100. You walked in and there were disco lights flashing, giant screens flashing video of the winners, a bar lining the right side of the wall and hors-d’oeuvres… Read more →
EAT & GREET
For the past five years what news angle have PR pros tapped into the most? Obesity. Headline after headline about the “fat Americans.” It’s made the papers, radio and TV. It’s gotten such great press it’s even triggered a whole reality TV craze with shows like “The Biggest Loser” and “Dance Your Ass Off.” The message has come across loud… Read more →
Tiger Tale
Down, Tiger. Who knew? When you set yourself up as a choirboy, the fall is that much steeper. I knew from the start that Tiger wasn’t going out for a carton of milk at 2:30 am and that his wife wasn’t practicing her golf swing. Superstars just have a different set of rules than the rest of us and the… Read more →
SIN CENTRAL
Guilty pleasures — everyone’s got ‘em but not everyone is gutsy enough to admit ‘em. Well, must be the hot summer sun here in DC or too many bus fumes, but here’s my list (not in any special order): Burgers – ya gotta understand I’m a relatively healthy eater, but happen to have this thing for juicy cheeseburgers with tomato,… Read more →
The Right Stuff
It’s been a non-stop party here in DC, the Inauguration epicenter, for the past week. I’ve lived here for almost 25 years and never seen the City so teeming with revelers. It was like New Year’s Eve but 1,000x brighter and with no Dick Clark (though Dick might have been here, too, ya never know). More police cars and tinted-windowed… Read more →