Still Stuck In NYC
Yep, still here.
So yesterday a few co-workers and I strolled through the city. We started out walking through the neighborhood of Chelsea. My co-worker J was curious about all of the blind people walking around with their canes and was inquisitive enough to ask the waitress in the diner we ate in “Are there really a lot of blind people here?” To which I quickly countered, “This in New York, they are not really blind people, they are just creating the next new wave of style and chic.”
The waitress laughed and walked away leaving J without her answer. When we left the diner, I had noticed that after we turned the corner, across the street was a Blind Center. I pointed it out to J who, being very skeptical of anything I tell her (long story but she does have a good reason), asked how did I know that was the blind center. I pointed out that it was the only building without windows so it had to be for the blind because what do they need windows for? They can’t see anything. I then pointed to the small sign that stated it was a blind center.
From Chelsea we walked down through the Village and Soho. I love walking through the city on a nice day. Everyone comes out and makes for great people watching.
In New York, you will find people wearing the most…………………………….um…………………………….. interesting clothing. They range from the very colorful to the barely there to the very bold. Everyone was out and about yesterday. I was thoroughly entertained and enjoyed the leisurely stroll.
I had a Corporate meeting out in Queens last night so a group and I made our way out there. Since I had a car I was the driver for a lot of my fellow co-workers. My job was to welcome some of the others and there was not a better way to greet everyone then to head to the bar and start a tab on someone else’s account. That’s right! I started a bar tab for 30 people on my boss’s boss tab. We all were very social by the time dinner rolled around.
After the meet and greet we headed to the conference room for dinner. After working all week in NYC and having to work through the weekend, I felt the need to drink. And drink I did. I was not the only one that was interested in having a good time.
After dinner and the meeting there was about a dozen of us that wandered back to the bar and what was on the TV but the Philadelphia Flyers beating the Montreal Canadians. And how does any proud Philadelphian celebrate the Flyers winning the series? Yep! Celebratory beers. A lot of beers.
Our group dwindled down to about 4 by the time last call was called. Not realizing that it was so late I tried to excuse myself so I could go to bed. You see, I had to drive out to the Hamptons by 10 AM this morning. That only left me to about 5 hours of sleep and 5 hours to sober up before starting work. Needless to say, I felt like crap all day today and all I want to do is go to bed.
So now that I have given another Rambling update, I can head to bed.
G’night all.
Wow. Thirty people? Are there still companies that pay for that kind of thing? Sounds like a rarity.
Ahh… there’s nothing better then trying to work while still drunk from the night before!