So, I’m in New York (Manhattan) for business this week. All-in-all, everything’s going very well. I was concerned about the street hustlers and homesless people and getting mugged, but everything seems to be working out very well.
Day one: The flight out.I sat next to a very nice lady who lived in Crested Butte, Colorado. She told me that she ran a clothing store in Colorado and in California and jet-sets around the U.S. looking for different clothes to clone for her stores. She was a very nice, down-home woman, but when we got off the plane and got into the taxi, she flipped into ‘New York’ mode and started talking shit with the taxi driver and talking about getting drunk and was talking to a friend about getting together at the same time.
I think that New York city lifestyle does something to people.
Everyone walks super-fast from place-to-place. I have problems keeping up with the sidewalk traffic that’s going everywhere.
Got checked into the hotel and went to the bars to have a couple of beers. This trip is going to be interesting …
Day two: First day of work.Breakfast was pretty good. Get a taxi (weee) to the office. Need some more hardware. Take a taxi (weee) to a store to get some more network stuff. Take a taxi (weee - whoa, that was close) to the data center to start working. Work all day long (ouch, damn rack!). Ready to go home - my feet hurt. Taxi (weee) back to the hotel. Expensive Steak Dinner w/ a beer. Yummy! Saw my first homeless guy. A couple of drinks and time for bed.
Day three: Second day of work.Slept-in a little - Hangover. Walked to a deli, had a Philli-Cheese-Steak for lunch. Another homeless guy. Taxi (weee) to work. Damn. Need some rack shelving. Taxi (weee) to computer store. Damn, the racks won’t work. Taxi (weee) to data center. Make cables and do more stuff. Walk to office. 2 hour meeting. Headache. Dinner (pork with fried peaches - weird). Back to office to load 12 computers into a car. Drive to datacenter. Hook up all machines. Taxi (weee) to hotel to go to bed. Write this blog. IM friends and family. Go to sleep. :)
Day four: Work, Work, Work ...Got up early. Had Taco Bell for breakfast. Taxi (weee) to data center. Work. Stabucks for lunch. Work. Starbucks for Dinner. Work until 9pm. Taxi (weee) back to the hotel. Drink a few beers. Sleep.
Day five: Back to Colorado!!! Yea!Taxi (weee) to the office to make sure everyone is still happy. Taxi (weee) to the hotel to drop off bags. Walk to Empire State Building. Wait in line 1.5 hours to get to elevator. Take pictures. Buy souvineers. Come back down. Taxi (weee) to JFK. Wait … Drink … Wait … Wait … Get on plane. Got to Denver around 11pm. It’s NICE to be home! :)
- Steve
