4/6/06 Today With Patty ...

by Patty

Today I have accomplished lots of stuff, but it’s mostly been covert, including some PR crisis management and some very positive but confidential work that I am not at liberty to reveal.

Coldwell Banker Commercial TradeMark Properties, a full-service real estate asset management company and MMI client, is holding an open house on April 11 with a 1950s theme, so we had to find “Elvis” and “Marilyn Monroe” for the event. Both stars will be there, I assure you! Finding Elvis was easier than finding Marilyn, but we finally came up with a solution.

Our very own Miss Kate will appear live and in person as Marilyn. Kate is quite pretty and will make a great Marilyn. Today she came into the office with the absolutely perfect dress, but it sparked a big discussion about whether Kate has sufficient cleavage to appear as Marilyn. When all the women in the office began discussing boobs, Kipp turned white and left the room. With no sisters, Kipp is learning and enduring a lot as the only male in MMI female-land.

The bigger problem is that Kate needs a platinum blonde wig. We purchased one, but it looks like a big dead white rat on her head, so we’re in the process now of getting MMI client Roi at R.O.I. Salon to see what he can do with the wig.

I thought I might start a series to talk about Mari Shooks. There’s Something About Mari ... Mari is one of my oldest friends, and I like her as much as my young friends. We met when I moved to Connecticut to be the executive director of the American Cancer Society. At that time, Mari was an ACS volunteer who chaired the cookbook committee. The first time we ever talked, I called her to ask her to be the chairman of the new cookbook committee, and Mari said something to the effect of, “No, I can’t, my son is getting tubes in his ears and I’m really busy—“

“Just come down and talk to me,” I said. Mari did, and the poor thing didn’t know what hit her. Of course she became the new cookbook chairman!

Today Mari and I have a strange and wonderful relationship … she’s strange, and I’m wonderful. We have the most amazing and funny exploits! Stay tuned for more about Mari.

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Public Relations for the N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) U.S. 1/64

MMI Associates was contracted to handle media relations and to organize various efforts to open the communication lines between the construction entities on the project and motorists. The firm developed a strategic public relations campaign to ensure that local motorists and those passing through would be aware of the most up-to-date traffic patterns.