PETER SHANKMAN

Live from PRSA Miami, where I just arrived, I offer this fun little story: Every once in a while, you get shocked. Continental Airlines has a new system where if you go to a link on your Blackberry, the TSA can scan the screen and you don’t have to print out the boarding pass. I obviously knew I HAD to do it this morning and have hilarity ensue as I stood at security when they wouldn’t accept it, as I waited for 50 agents plus 12 supervisors plus the mayor of Newark and the President of Continental to show up, all while being strip-searched. And it was 4:45am. But I did it anyway, because hey, I’m like a human version [...]

Jill Ivey was part of the Harrah’s Blogger overnight that I threw last weekend in Atlantic City. Naturally, I had to get her giving us the scoop on what she loves, hates, WHO she loves and hates (she names names!) and enjoy the part where she corrects me when I screw up the venue we’re in, and more importantly, how my ADD-addled self TOTALLY ignores her correction. Find more videos like this on PROpenMic

Today’s object lesson of the day, brought to you by the fact that after it happened, it made me giggle. And I swear it happened, I’m not being all Dale Carnegie on you. Was walking back from a lunch meeting, and came across a curb with a giant puddle. (corner of 11th and 48th.) Standing on one side of it was a very attractive young lady, who was obviously very distressed by said puddle. She was dressed to the nines, probably for an interview or meeting, and since the puddle ran virtually around the corner, there was no way for her to make it across, unless she walked half a block away. Approaching from the other side of the street, [...]

The charming and talented Emily Heil graciously gives us four minutes for a Buy Peter a Sandwich interview. Emily covers gossip at Roll Call. If you’re inside the beltway, you know about Roll Call. She covers gossip, and talks to me about what she writes, how to piss her off, her love of food, and… get this – she agrees to go skydiving with me! And it’s on film! And yeah, the camera is jerky. Sorry. I was on four Diet Cokes. Find more videos like this on PROpenMic

Patrick Gavin joins the party at the Dittus/HARO Happy Hour in Washington, DC on Wednesday, June 12th. The first male BPAS interview subject! Find more videos like this on PROpenMic

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