Dr. B's Walking Tour

Today we started off by going on Dr. B's walking tour of New York City. And when I say walking, I mean walking. Today, we walked at least 22,000 steps, or around 12 miles. It was long, and kind of painful, but it was a lot of fun.

I took Principles of Ad and PR last semester with Dr. B, and I remember sitting in class and listening to her talk about taking students on her tour of the city and thinking about how much I wanted to go, and today I got to. As someone who has never been to New York before this, I really appreciate that I got to see so much of the city today. I feel more comfortable here, and despite some sore feet I am better for it.

We started in Brooklyn Heights, took the Subway to Times Square, went to Bryant and Central Park, the New York Public Library, and Central Station (to name a few).

We also has the privilege of visiting Ad Age today. One of my favorite things about advertising is that it really is it's own world. Or even a conglomeration of a bunch of different little worlds. Ad Age was really cool to me because I feel like it's a place where all of those different little worlds come together in a magazine, and that in and of itself is a really amazing thing to see. We got to talk to Ann Marie Kerwin, who answered all of our questions about basically everything, and gave us some really good advice. Not to mention, she gave us issues of Ad Age and I am sincerely looking forward to reading them. However, one of the things that hit me the hardest today was something she said at the beginning, and that was "Social media is just a reflection of ourselves". I know that seems like it's really obvious, but that's what I mean when I say it hit me the hardest. It's like that phrase hit me over the head. Talk about an "ah-ha" moment. It's something that I feel like everyone knows but few people put in to words, and hearing that today, along with everything else she said, was a really neat thing for someone who basically grew up with social media.

With that thought, I'd really like to go to sleep, so goodbye and goodnight!

Erin

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