saturday june 2, 2007

Third stop, Brooklyn / Brooklyn, NY / 16 months ago

I have arrived in New York after skipping across the country through Chicago and Nashville. It's been an easy trip so far with flights being on time and relatively short, excluding my trip from Nashville to JFK last night where we were delayed for 3+ hours due to weather in NY.

Chicago was a busy but fun time. Day 1 was spent over at skinnyCorp talking strategy and planning with Jake and Jeffrey. Later that night my sister and I went over to the Green Mill, one of my favorite places on the planet, to hear some music and unwind. I have been going to the Mill now since the late 90's and I have to say that one of my favorite aspects is that nothing really changes, at all.

The next day I met with a prospective client and then headed to Wrigley Field with my sister and another client to watch the Cubbies get abused by the Marlins in an 8-0 home run bash (yes, we went to the Cubby Bear afterwards).

Nashville was little more than a 30 hour stop-off (with the exception of the flight delay) where I got to catch up with some old friends, Troy and Starr, who I haven't seen in 4.5 years. I also had the pleasure of meeting their adorable little daughter Ameryn, who's personality, wit and charm was quite infectious.

Later that night we met up with the Moustache May crew for the closing party, which just happened to be next door to the studio where my friend Eli works... hence the fantastic photo.

The next morning we visited with KNI Nashville to catch up on some email and work before the next departure. While at KNI Travis turned me on to the CNT plug-ins and extensions to mootools JavaScript library (thanks Travis).

The rest of the weekend will be spent in meetings and planning with Michael and Toke about what's to come from Cuban Council. First thing's first though, a quick walk from the office over to Freeman's Sporting Club to remove this caterpillar from under my nose properly with a straight razor.