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No place like Home

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Back to the grind I suppose. And no, I won’t tell you what I was so excited about in my previous blog. Haha. I spent 10 days this month in the most fabulous place of all… Virginia. True to its nature, home was the best refresher for me. But I always kind of go through a detox when I get back to PC b/c there really is no place like home.

I started on a Saturday and flew into Richmond where one of my favorite people on Earth, Heather, came to pick me up from the airport. We met my final semester in college but we were instantly in love with each other. We were kind of the same person really. She took me to my favorite place to eat, Qdoba. I’m still lamenting the loss of PC’s Qdoba. We drove around my Alma Mater, VCU (hey, did you hear we beat Duke?), and it was amazing to see how much my old campus had grown up in the short year I’ve been away. I spent the night hanging out in Richmond with other good friends at my old stomping ground, The Tobacco Company. I used to work at the restaurant/bar all through college and am still an adamant believer in the necessity of everyone working in the service industry for six months of their lives. But I digress. Anywhoo, if you’re ever in Richmond you should check the place out. Particularly the chocolate truffle dessert and whatever Cigar Girl is working. I’m a big fan of the Bella Vanilla cigars.

My sister, Amber, came to pick me up from Richmond and bring me home to see my parents in Chesapeake, which is about an hour and a half southeast nearly to Virginia Beach. Our first stop was to see my mom at the Firehouse. I always love going to see her there, particularly when I can find her name on the awards wall for being the best firefighter ever. She’s a pretty cool woman.

I was also lucky enough to see my daddy before he headed off shore. He’s a commercial fisherman and our schedules rarely match so its always a nice treat to get to give him a hug. Speaking of nice treats, my grandfather cooked my sister and I an amazing selection of Filipino foods. Growing up, you never could feed the two of us enough lumpia, pancit, or fried rice.

I spent a large portion of my time in Virginia laying around my parent’s house and visiting with extended family members. It was about the most perfect couple of days I could imagine… that is, when I wasn’t chasing lost Chihuahuas and being exhausted from shopping with my mother (that’s one thing we have in common, we both hate to shop).

For the final weekend of my trip I got to reunite with my college roommate, high school best friend, and sorority sisters. After hanging out in Richmond, having the best time imaginable, we headed up to D.C. to see my old roommate’s new town. I must admit, I am very very jealous. There’s no place quite like D.C. We walked around the National Mall and saw a couple of the Smithsonian museums before going to a concert on Sunday night. In my next life, that’s where I want to live.

The worst part of it all was saying goodbye again to my sister at the airport. She’s my other half. Check out the picture of the two of us in our matching sunglasses at the White House.

So now here I am, back in PC, loving the fact that it’s warm here and my friends are all getting colder by the minute. But back to work we go. Anyone have any good ideas about how to make 7,000th tax story entertaining? 

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Posted on Sep 23, 2007 - 04:39 PM by Bree Sison

Exciting Stories!!!

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I was born to be a star.  Just look.

The newsroom is abuzz.  But if it all comes through I feel I must cut my complaining in half.

More to report… But first I better get on top of my mobile home story for the day.

And in three days time I will be back in my beloved Virginia!!!

But yes Megan Albright I will miss you terribly.

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Posted on Sep 05, 2007 - 10:07 AM by Bree Sison

Guitar Hero

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We are a funny bunch us WMBB kids. Our latest form of entertainment? Guitar hero. Check out Megan Albright rocking out. She’s actually really good. Me, not so much. In fact I got booed off the stage. Four times. But honestly I have no rhythm and never got into the whole video game thing. Mark Jenkins is truly great at the game and likes to hold it over my head. But it’s only because he plays guitar in real life. So it’s a Friday night and this is what we do for a good time in Panama City. I blame our lack of adventuring out into the city on being over-worked. We are usually drained by Friday.

Crazy week. I was at work on Tuesday from 8:30 in the morning until 11 at night. Thank you Cedar Grove. Wednesday was ridiculous. I didn’t get started on my story until nearly noon because of various meetings. Then I was expected to be live in West Bay at 5pm after having to shoot, write, and edit two stories. In addition to another small story I was sent to at 2p.m. Needless to say our weeks go by pretty quickly. Megan filled in on the morning show on Thursday (go Megan!) and just like the last time I filled in for Deanna, she was asked to do another story afterwards. So when you fill in mornings you have to be prepared to work from 4a.m. until nearly 7 p.m.

I tell you all this because our lifestyle is truly 1) addicting 2) exhausting. Luckily we’re all young and can handle the pressure. It’s nice to be with a group of people that are driven and have the same goals. We all center our lives around WMBB and at this juncture in my life I can’t imagine it any other way. Most of us kind of feel its the way life should be right now. I know that one day you will all be watching us on national television thinking how you knew us way back when.

Cheesy blog I know. But it’s what’s on my mind I suppose. Surprise surprise.

Cool stories from the past couple weeks to check out.... Kyle’s story about Dog Fighting in the Panhandle. Jessi’s story about Shooter Training at Elementary Schools. Mark’s story about State Road 79.

Beach tomorrow. Whose in? 

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Posted on Aug 18, 2007 - 12:46 AM by Bree Sison
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I am a native of Chesapeake, Virginia. I graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia in August, 2006. While there, I found time to be a cheerleader, a reporter for VCU Insight and the Recruitment Director for Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. I'm totally enjoying my life as a Panama City Beach resident and my job as a reporter for News13. Local politics just facinate me and I'd love to hear from you about anything.

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