spelling is so dreamy!

So, I've been doing some mad PR for the spelling bee, and we've been on NPR and listed in Time Out and the Sun and the Daily News and a bunch of other places.

At the bee last night, I asked where our new attendees had heard about us, and one group said "L Magazine." I replied "Oh, great, I sent them a press release!"

My friend from the spelling bee (who shall remain nameless) was puzzled when she heard this. Now, L Magazine is that small, free publication you pick up from boxes on the street; it's a hipster rag that covers the areas off the L train (E Village, LES, Williamsburg, etc.) However, my friend was confused because she was thinking of Elle magazine, a national fashion periodical for teenage girls. ("Jen sent a press release to Elle? And they wrote about the Williamsburg Spelling Bee? Next to the lip gloss reviews?")

Once we got this worked out, I spent the rest of the evening claiming to have sent press releases to Cosmogirl, Teen People, and Tiger Beat.