This week has been very different from last … I think we were all getting used to the little WIP party going on of sight seeing, seminars and sun, but were all in our offices now and pretty much settled in for the next 5 weeks ahead of our internship.
After spending the last first crazy jam packed week with fellow WIPpers its safe to say I was definitely missing them when hitting the streets of DC on my own trying to find my way so I think we all showed our appreciation for each other this weekend.
After surviving the first week and trying to get WIPpers together for little socials throughout the week, were all settled in to our parts of town and figuring out who is located a block or two away from us to get together for coffees and lunch in the mornings!!
Well, my first week at Powell Tate and Weber Shandwick has been a blur, from the second I walked in I was whisked through orientation, given an email and address and from then on work has pretty much poured in, which is great! I’m working on a few clients, currently doing research for Toyota in addition to the US Army and Mastercard to name but a few. After a rocky first few days I’m getting settled with my fellow interns, all of which are from the States, me and my little mixed up American/Northern Irish accent stands out like a sore thumb and is definitely causing a few issues when I’m calling people, ‘Weber Shan…ick?”…. Nope, ShandWICK… ‘It’s Special!’
This weekend has been dedicated to fellow WIPs, we had an ice-cream social (heaven) mixing American and WIP interns then headed out for a meal and dance for The Buggy’s 21st… which she loved thanks to the team!!! We successfully took over the dance floor dancing to cheesy pop music like Jackson 5 and Grease which Chesney and I ruled the dance floor of and impressed the Buggy SOOO much so that she has decided to give up on her career and dedicate her life to the dance duo that is Judi and JC… Special!! The Buggy and I then celebrated her birthday boxing day is lazy style!
Saturday night a few of us met up and got pizzas before meeting up with the crew in Dupont. When we got off the train and we could hear was the bellowing of trumpets and drums so we followed the sound out of curiosity only to find a huge crowd surrounding this jazz band who were busking, there was about 10-15 people, all ages, playing the trumpets and drums, with and massive crowd around, some dancing and some staring in awe… It was soo cool, I mean these guys were amazing, and there was one little kid who was tiny and was rocking the show with his trumpet. I was shaking my ‘thang.’ It was so much fun though! Oh we also have to give a mention to the little lady who to be honest I was concerned for her life, this lady was high on jazz and loving it, giving it crazy little stacks, it was a highlight of the show for me! We then joined the rest of the crew for more dancing.
It has been decided that were going to hunt out a jazz and comedy club.
Sunday has then been dedicated to Karen and Bonnie’s fundraising party for local independent cinema, Avalon. The day was great; sushi was amazing, ice cream amazing, popcorn amazing, fruit amazing, candy amazing… all my favorite food groups!
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'We all live in the gutters, some of us just look to the stars!!'
Oscar Wilde
