PR Fluff.

Every year with out fail, my family always go to the pantomime on New Years Day. This little tradition is a very British affair, which brings us some of the best British personalities to our theatres such as Christopher Biggins, Barbara Windsor and none other than the dog from Churchill from the adverts for the insurance company.

If you're stuck for gift ideas to give to your loved ones, how about a lovable and cuddley stuffed MeerKat.com?

These sorts of PR stunts are called PR fluff, which basically means it is a crazy and wild idea that newspapers and critics are mainly going to laugh at. I personally love the PR fluff, maybe that is a bit AbFab of me but I think it is a great form of entertainment that people can enjoy and gives the brand a humourous personality, and when your trying to sell insurance your going to need to be as funny as you can!

So, this year I'll be very much  looking forward to Churchill in this years trip, 'oooo yes!'

Chinese Cricket Club - Crowne Plaza

Love lunching with the ladies!
We were able to go sample the beautiful Chinese cuisine at Chinese Cricket Club in the prestigious grounds of the Crowne Plaza opposite the closed-down Blackfriars station.
The food is like nothing i've ever tasted, though my usual chinese take-out is after a booze cruised so as you can imagine this tasted a hell of a lot nicer.

The dishes I'd recommend is the honey glazed pork parcels, the orange beef and the dim sum.

1. Laura, Paris and Me outside Temple station over looking London

2. Tofu and salad

3. Chilli lamb, slippery chicken and orange beef

4. Us ladies dinning

5. Dessert was stunning and tasted incredible! Wish I remember what they were called.

All Work and More Fun!

It's sooooo important to get along with the people that you work with, and fortunatley in the world of PR mostly everyone is a freindly bubbley character! Also the people that you are interning with are also the ones that will be able to further your career if you show them your true potential they will recommend you to friends in other industries/other agencies.

Here are some pics of the night out me and the girls from my office had to a bar and then Jalouse.

1. Laura, me, Ellie, Paris, Caroline

2. Me and Caroline

3. Me and Sam

Ealing Has Talent!

We are doing a competition at the moment for Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre and this fun competition is actually turning out to be something amazing! I was judging on Sunday and we had some great auditions with some making me try and hide my uncontrollable urge to laugh and some that blew me away!

Here are some pictures of me and my colleagues, unfortunately I can't put any pictures or video's up of the performers but if you want to see them live buy the tickets from: www.mariecuriecancer.co.uk/ealinghastalent

It's only £5 and all proceeds got to this charity. It's going to be a really fun night (30th October 2009) not one to miss!

Good Things Come to Those Who Ask!

....Not waiting! You must take opportunities as they come.

I put as a post of Facebook recently "Who would like an internship at a PR company? email me." A friend from school who I haven't spoken to for over five years messaged me, and out of the bunch that emailed back I wanted her.

She told me when we met up that she wasn't going to email me back because she felt rude to ask as we hadn't really spoken in so long. But she's very happy she did because we have done some great work this week, which I am going to update in a mo. x

Coverage

The other day my friend Mikey who works for Capital FM called me up asking if I wouldn't mind doing a shout out on the show. Well I thought this was a good opportunity for coverage...I sound like an absolute fruitcake, I was considerably hungover from a houseparty the night before but here it is.

aqua

Through my internship at Jori White PR me and the other interns were allowed to invite a friend along to sample aqua a new restaurant down Argyl Street by Oxford Circus Station.

As we walked in to the dark entrance with a huge sign depicting the logo 'aqua' with the 'Q' being the symbol of the female species. It felt very exclusive and myself and my friend Paris felt like VIP as the lift took us up to the enormous dining area of the Japanese section of the building. We were escorted down a long corridor with a bull at the end which we assumed meant we were in the tapas section. We walked in and was greeted by the lovely interns that i work with, we had a drink on the beautiful balcony overlooking London. It was stunning. The food was equally as captivating, i recommend the pork and all the desserts lol. It was a brilliant day and I definitely recommend it as a place to take new business partners or for special occasions, it's fantastic.

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Is this the best thing that has every happened to london??? In my eyes it is! But it's not a permanent fixture...The Central Perk cafe opened just off Carnaby Street will be closing on the 7th October, so if you want to go and have a look I suggest you get up and get out asap to get there as the line to get in is MASSIVE!

It's been put up to promote a new box set of F.R.I.E.N.D.S, I got really excited thinking the movie had finally become, but alas no, I think it is a lost dream.

Get Networking

The best way to get in to any industry is through contacts and people you know. So Helen Lewis – who works on the commissioning desk at the Daily Mail has come up with a wonderful idea called Schmooze and Booze, where young people who are from or looking to get in to the magazine and PR industry to meet the more experienced people in their fields. 


The get-together is a fun night out and to get to know each other and swap numbers etc. I went to the last one and met a bunch of lovely people and had a great time the next one is at The Volt near Victoria Station on Monday, September 28 from 6.30 till close (date may change). For more info and to let Helen know you are going email her at: schmoozeandbooze@googlemail.com

www.schmoozeandbooze.com

Wish I had taken down people's names!! Next time!

Tube turned Catwalk

The other day I heard (but unfortunately didn’t see) a load of models catwalking up and down the tubes as a way of promoting London Fashion Week! Wish I was going! I’m so upset. Though I have a bad spending habit even though all I buy is clothes yet never seem to have anything to wear. I blame my obsession on my other obsession, magazines!