A Family Affair

Joel and Vicky O. are on the road. A recent trip to the city of brotherly love included a night at the Wachovia Center and a little book signing in Rittenhouse Square. There are a few interesting details in this Philadelphia Daily News story. We love the description of the Osteens bouncer, the guy whose job it is to move the masses along while offering a kind of benediction in the process. We were also struck by not just one but two communications staffers quoted. Our favorite was "Although she seemed a little wary, Victoria couldn't have been nicer (her older brother Don Iloff, chief of communications at Lakewood, even went so far as to vet me by reading my stories on philly.com. He urged me to be nice to his sister)." This solves the mystery of the really snippy exchange with a reporter that Don got into last month. It seemed like a bit of an overreaction by a communications pro but as a defense of one's baby sister, it finally makes sense.