上周，我在巴尔的摩市中心度过了意义重大的两天。

On Thursday, Rosemary and I attended the PRSA马里兰最佳颁奖晚会, at which RoseComm received the Best in Maryland award for a blogger campaign we conducted on behalf of our client, Apex工具组.

说实话，我已经不记得上次参加公共福利协会的活动是什么时候了。 When Rosemary and I worked together at RM&D (which became Carton Donofrio Partners) in Baltimore, entering PRSA’s awards competitions every year was 社交礼仪上必要的. One particular time in the ’90s stands out for me. Our former company received several nominations and we won big on awards night. 我们感觉自己处于比赛的巅峰，并不羞于炫耀我们的骄傲。

好时光。

2013年马里兰州的PRSA颁奖典礼则截然不同——更加低调。 I’ve heard interest has declined in PRSA in general over the years and the number of organizations entering the awards competition has waned, likely due to the economy as well as a changing of the guard of sorts at PRSA. 现在，在公关专业人士中似乎有了新鲜血液和日益增长的热情。 也许我们觉得我们可以吐气了，再一次考虑在与同龄人进行友好竞争时展示一下我们的努力。

第二天晚上，我参加了以前的代理公司CDP的庆祝会。 As we’ve discussed in this blog, CDP is in the process of closing up shop after 在这行干了50年. 这个场合在很多层面上都是苦乐参半。 我很高兴能回忆起多年未见的前同事。 看到朋友们经历了巨大的个人苦难和损失，知道他们脸上的皱纹不仅仅是时间的流逝造成的，我感到很难过。 哈尔和查克·多诺弗里奥——父亲和创始人，儿子和首席执行官——微笑着站在一起，周围都是仰慕者，我很珍惜这一刻。

总而言之，我喜欢大家聚集在一起的精神，向我们所有人都分享了这么多的机构表示敬意并最后一次告别。

The juxtaposition of the two days’ events was not lost on me, nor was the fact that my longtime colleague and friend Rosemary was 通过 my side for both.

就像罗斯玛丽喜欢说的：永远向前。