NYC after Halloween

Poor me, I know but I had to go to NYC to cover for one of the other guys in my ompay while he served on Jury Duty for a whole two weeks...LOL

So I got a hotel in Chinatown at first, well let me re-phrase that, between Chinatown and Little Italy one block either way and two or three from The Village. It was a pretty nice Holiday Inn and quite central but at night it left a little to be desired which from what I learned later was a fairly quiet and safe area. So about mid trip when I decided to bring Lucas up with Ximena as an escort on the flight, I booked a nicer hotl actually quite an amazing hook-up in MidTown at the W "the Court" location on 39th and Lexington. What a great hotel, great service, great vibe, fun bar packed every night, music was great all over the property really a great experience.

I did so much I slept so little that it's hard to capture it all, next time I will blog daily. I started out trying to figure out work things like where the sites were, where the storage with parts was, the command center etc.. I met with Kasim, the first night we met in Union Square at the Heartland Brewery, a very goo Brewery and restaurant. Afterwards, we went to McSorleys for some good beers with him and his friends.

The next day I decided it was time to plan my days better so I bought the Time Out Top 100 things to do in NYC. This is from a publication for New Yorkers but I got a book which covered way more than the weekly. I started labelling pages and tackling things to do, I labelled a whole lot more than time allowed, albeit if the book were laid out by area it may have been easier. I will list some of what I did and can say I have done in NYC...later.

I got a few calls for work minor issues and minor problems but nonetheless it was a work week.

Once Ximena and Luke arrived we had three days to tackle a whole lot, he wanted to do stuff, I had things marked in my book, there was timing involved, taxis, trains and a lot of walking and again very little sleep. I would say we did A LOT A LOT A WHOLE DAMN LOT! But that was the intention and maybe he now sees it like I always did, I think Ximena left loving it just as much also.

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Small list for them mainly Lucas would be, Empire State, ChinaTown, FAO + Apple store underground, Central Park + Zoo + Midnight Carriage Ride, Museum of Natural History, MOMA Tweens Tour, Shopping Shopping Shopping, Rockettes Christmas Show at Radio City Music Hall, Prada Changing Rooms and round glass elevator, Thai Dinner, Pretzels, Cookies from Treat Truck, Rockefeller Center Visit, Time Square, Coffee shake from Juan Valdez, Trains and taxis, Tunnels, Bridges, Little Italy, Lower East Side + Trash Vaudeville + Andy Cheapies + The Cube + Free BDay Starbucks Frap, Haircut at the Astor Place with NY Yankees shaved into his head, MTV Studios, Queens cemetery, walking the Brooklyn Bridge...and so much I can't remember.