I was in New York last week for a long series of meetings over three days, and I’m back for a quick set of meetings today. First for the IAB’s Ad Operations committee, then for the MRC Internet Council (pictures from IAB dinner are here). That was followed by vendor meetings for the next two days. And boy was I tired by the time I got home. I did manage to hang with some old friends from SI.com and have a nice dinner one evening. I’m back again this week for a quick trip – spending some more quality time with CNN Digital ad sales. I can’t wait to get home and forget about travel for a few weeks – I hope work allows me to stay put for a while. Photo above taken while I was waiting to meet folks at the Time-Life Building.
Quick trip to NYC for one night this week – stayed close to Columbus Circle at Dream NYC – where the rooms have a lovely glow about them. It took me at least 10 minutes to figure out which switch turned off the ‘soothing’ lights. Felt like I was back in the 70s, less the shag carpet. Nice room nonetheless.
On Saturday, we explored Manhattan briefly and then headed out to Brooklyn to meet Siena Camille. What a cutie! We had great fun riding the subway out (less so on the local returning), and Baila and Arthur hosted a fabulous spread – and we won’t hold Arthur responsible for showing Sam how to use his beloved Dustbuster ;-). More photos of the afternoon in Brooklyn are here. That evening, we had a sitter for Sam and had a fab dinner at Abboccato – a very lovely meal. Amy and I split the Spaghettini – with razor clams sliced like garlic, toasted bread crumbs for a lovely toothy effect, and pressed mullet roe for a wonderfully briny flavor. I’d never had this experience, but every sip of the Montefalco Rosso Tiburzi that Marty had selected (on the basis of being lost in Montefalco on a trip to Italy once) really opend up the flavor of the sea. Yummy! On Sunday, we checked out of the hotel and headed to Blooomingdales for some good shopping opps for the ladies – and had a chance to walk amidst the annual Pride parade in NYC. Photos of all that fun are here. It was a great weekend spent with Sam’s grandparents, Amy’s niece Kailey, and the extended Golus-Celedonia-Sparacin clan. Hope to do it again sometime soon!
After visiting Miriam in the hospital when she was on bed rest a few weeks back, I was thrilled to get a chance to see her, Steven and the newest additions to the extended family – Chella and Grey. They are awfully cute, if still awfully tiny. Sam seemed to enjoy seeing them – but may have bonded more with the dog, Freddie. More photos here.
