Friday, June 12, 2009

The Internship

Hello again everyone! Well, the first “official” week has come and gone. That’s pretty scary. I am not sure if I mentioned this before, but I work for Book Hill Partners. It is pretty hard to explain what they do, but I will try. They are a PR, lobbying, government relations, public affairs, business strategies and public affairs firm. In other words, they do a little bit of everything. I work with two other interns from The Washington Center, Molly and Sara.


Molly, Sara, Me

Molly and I are in the Media and Comm. Program, and Sara is in the Business and Management Program. Each of us has a different “special project.” Molly works with Integrity, a cyber security company, Sara assists Joe Davidson BBQ, a world famous barbecue champion, and I handle the PR for The Taylor Hooton Foundation. The THF is a non-profit organization that fights steroid use in our youth. Don Hooton is the one who started the Taylor Hooton Foundation in memory of his son who took steroids for high school baseball and committed suicide. I knew about the foundation, because I am a sports junkie. Future goal: ESPN!

Anyways, I love working for the foundation. Don is a great guy and a very hard worker. I created a Facebook and Twitter page for the foundation, so check them out! I am in charge of creating Media List for Hoot’s Chalk Talk. What is Hoot’s Chalk Talk? Well, it is the foundation main source of education. Don travels from city to city visiting high schools and MLB stadiums. There he talks to the students about the dangers of steroids. At the stadiums, the trainers from the teams talk to the students about health and nutrition. Some of the team’s players also talk to the kids about team drills, and they play catch. And then Don talks about steroids. It’s a great program, and the foundation is going to travel to all 30 teams. And guess what? On July 24, the foundation is coming to Washington, DC. to Nationals Park! And the best part…it’s my 22nd birthday! I am so looking forward to it.

Don Hooton with Yankee star Alex Rodriguez.

Ok, enough about work! Let’s talk/write about what I do best…SHOP! I highly recommend the Pentagon City Mall. 1) Its beautiful, 2) Has a store for everyone and 3) FOOD! Some of my favorite stores found at Pentagon City: Nordstrom, American Eagle, Hollister Co., True Religion, Express and Forever 21. I went shopping with my cousin, Janet, and then we got hungry! She doesn’t like ANY type of seafood, which I LOVE. But she made a sacrifice, and we ate at Asia Bistro on Pentagon City Row. It’s just outside the mall in a small plaza with a bunch of restaurants- if you do not want mall food. I was able to have my sushi, and I was a happy camper.

Leli’s recommendation of the week: Pentagon City Mall located @ 1100 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 22202. Happy shopping everyone!!

Until next time, Ciao!

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