Week 3 of VZW Tour

I can't believe it is already week 3 of work on the Verizon Wireless Tour. The time seems to be flying by and my schedule appears to still have a ton of events each week. I had to go out and buy a planner so I could keep track of the weekly events and how much I spend everyday because it is easy to get carried away. Last week was extremely eventful. We kicked off the week with a GREAT retail event on Monday in Matawan. The owners were so positive and excited about the event. They had great signage announcing the event. They put up balloons, had their own giveaway items, and contracted a local radio station to be at the event. We had a nice turn out of people from the shopping center.

Tuesday, Tory and I had the day off which we spent half of it sleeping and the other half on the beach at Seaside Heights. Its a pretty nice beach located in New Jersey. In the evening we met up with the Latino Team Diego and Jessica and went out for some Brazilian Food. It was extra yummy!

Wednesday, we went to another concert at Michael Mahoney Playground. Tory and I had an interesting conversation about the people who grew up in this lower class neighborhood. You could tell a lot of these people have never been out of here and the only opportunity they will have is the same as their parents.

Thursday, we went to a Maroon 5 concert. It was off the hook! We were really suprised to learn that the main band was Counting Crows and no Maroon 5. Weird--- most people we talked to were only at the concert for Maroon 5.

Friday, we had another retail event but this time in a small town on Long Island. It was an ok event. We weren't in a big shopping center so we didn't get as many people stopping by the event site. Saturday, we experienced the craziness behind the Jonas Brothers concert. I enjoyed getting a private behind the scenes look at their recording studio bus. These girls are NUTS! The Tribal Bus was tagged over 80% (since they couldn't access the roof) with pernament marker, spray paint, and posters or love notes taped on. The bus is so damaged it will need to be stripped, re-painted, and needs new parts like tires, lights, and windows. The girls honestly thought the Jonas Brothers were on this bus and were taking pictures through the window hoping to get a picture of them. One girl was so nuts she touched the handle to the door and said out loud, "OMG they touch this." The comments were to weird but what was outrageous were the parents. "What do I have to do to get my daughter to see the Jonas Brothers. I'll do anything." Pretty crazy!!!!!!

Sunday, we had the Jonas Brothers concert again. After the concert we enjoyed teaming up with Tribal to do some pranks. We took phone numbers off the bus and would call the girls pretending to be the Jonas Brothers. It was hilliarious and awful at the same time. These girls would actually cry because they were sooo excited to see the Jonas brothers. Later in the evening we went out with Tribal to a bar and we played a prank on the Marketing director, Antonio, for Burger King. I pretended to be a Jonbie and was so excited to get his "working pass" with a picture of the Jonas Brothers. I was jumping up and down, pretending to text my friends, and actually pretended to cry. When Antonio realized I was a Jonbie he started chasing me asking for the working pass back. It was hillarious. I was running around the bar and he was chasing me until we broke the truth to him. It was a great night.

New Job

I am enjoying my new job as part of the Verizon Wireless Street Team. This week we have an action pack week with five concerts to attend and two of them are Jonas Brothers Concerts at Madison Square Gardens.
This job is not as easy as I thought it would be initially. There is a lot of time and effort that go into the job that are not in the job description but at the same time there are a lot of benefits. For example, my team mate Tory and I got to go to the front of an O.A.R concert with our sponsor passes. We watched the event and had a blast.
We've met a lot of interesting people along the journey. At one point I thought I was going to end up having a stocker. This old man was infatuated with me and actually said "I bet you've never really been turned on." CREEP! So besides that incident I have met a lot of cute guys like Ben from the Prospect Park concert.
With my free time off I have gone to neighboring cities to check out the sites. First we went to Philadelphia and saw the Rocky Steps as well as the building where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were both written. We went on a Duck tour of the city and it was AWESOME!!! Our tour guide was named Betsy Ross and she was a sweet heart and so knowledgeable of the area. We drove down some of the old streets of Philly and even went into the Hudson River. Afterwards we went to the WORLD FAMOUS GENOS for a Philly Cheese Steak. It was really good to eat but not very fun for me the next morning.
Our most recent day off we went to Jersey Shore to soak up the sun. We ended up having to pay $8.00 per person to go to the beach. Can you believe it? I was outraged. In San Diego we don't charge and we have nicer bathrooms! Did I mention we had to pay for parking too? It made me really miss the beach back home. The lifeguard was raving about how warm and nice the water was but its nothing compared to home.
So that’s the update on the job. It looks like we might get extended on tour so I could be in the New York region until December. I hope so because I really like this job and I have a break in December so I can go to Colombia for Christmas!