On a scintillating note I headed uptown to Playboy.com’s soiree to welcome Baywatch actress Carmen Electra, who is featured in the December issue and chatted online with members at cyber.playboy.com. In the 23rd floor penthouse, I mingled with guests (mostly men who mostly gawked) at Ms. Electra. Notable gawker was Fox 5 News weatherman Dave Price. I met Ladenburg Thalmann senior VP equity research Robert Routh and VP institutional equity sales Joseph Riccardo. SAR reporters David Alm and CJ Hughes were checking out Ms. Electra and the scene and Therese Kopin was snapping shots for AdWeek’s spread. Director of event marketing Sue Igoe introduced me to marketing VP Lisa Natale, sales VP Jeff Kimmel and special events manager Carrie Gross. Public Relations manager Laura Sigman, corporate communications director Leah Karliner and e-commerce SVP Eliot Russman were all on hand to great the heavy attendance of press. Playboy.com president Larry Lux seemed to be doing well at the helm of this budding site as it bursts forward with babes, stories and interactivity all healthy men lust for!
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