A Day in LA

Sunday was a lazy day. We got a late start and were starving, but had already missed the free brunch that Oakwood Apartments offers every Sunday at 11 a.m. We set off to find a diner for a huge breakfast, and find one we did. Sitton's North Hollywood Diner on Magnolia is your typical 24-hour diner where you can get just about anything you might want. The walls of the place are absolutely covered with old movie star photos. It really makes it feel like old Hollywood between the memorabilia and the old-timey look of the barstool front with booths around the walls. We ate very well and I could have sustained myself for the whole day off of that meal. I have realized that in California, no matter where you are you can request avacado to be put on your food.

Sunday afternoon we were all set to go on what promised to be an amazing double decker bus ride that Jon, the program coordinator, had planned for us. However, somehow the brakes on the bus went out and the bus could obivously not take us on our sight-seeing excursion. Jon came prepared with chips, dip, hot dogs, veggie burgers, sodas and cookies and we all headed over to the Oakwoods to have a cookout! Even though I was stuffed from lunch I couldn't turn down the free food. It was delicious!

This week at Chiat\Day was surreal. On Monday it was announced the TBWA\Chiat\Day had won the global VISA account. The winning of this account represents so much for the agency and the network; everyone put so much time into the pitch. Everyone was called together during the day to congratulate the team and to applaud the agency. It is amazing to be with the agency on the eve of such an exciting time.

Of course work goes on, and as soon as the short speeches concluded everyone was right back to working like crazy once again. Winning new business is amazing, but there is never too much time to celebrate it because the team instantly has to switch gears to keep it!

Many times, teams will be working on different projects and need some people to stand in for certain video projects. On Monday they needed some ladies to help out, so as interns we were suckered into it. We ended up having a blast! It's great to be a part of the process of pitches, projects and ideas.

I usually don't go in on Tuesdays after class, but I had an assignment that I knew would take more time than I had on Wednesday to devote to it.  It totally confused me though and the whole afternoon I had to remind myself that it was Tuesday, not Wednesday.

Great start to the week- good food, a multi-million dollar account, acting ridiculous in front of a camera and finishing up some work! What could be better?