Okay, boys and girls! Since I’m a semi-brain-dead vessel of viral plague today, I figured I should take a break from messing up important tasks and give you guys the play-by-play of our fantastic trip to NYC and Comic Con.
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Stacy (Exec. VP), Greg (Stacy’s husband/Brute Squad/Jolly Green Giant - he’s tall, carried the heavy stuff and is always in a good mood!) & I departed from Houston on Thursday and landed at LaGuardia Airport. It was my first time going to NYC, so I pretty much had my face plastered to the plane’s window trying to guess what we were flying over. I think by the time we got over Virginia, my boss was ready to stuff me in an overhead compartment. :silly:
Once we arrived, it didn’t take long to get a taxi (the only time that we were able to catch a cab so fast!) but with rush hour traffic, road construction and an accident or two, it took a long time to get through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel and into Manhattan.
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Then the real adventure began… heading to the hotel.
I was staying at a friend’s apartment, but everyone else was staying at the Radisson. Now, as it turns out, there are two Radissons in relatively close proximity to each other. Of course, we end up at the wrong one and get to have the door man flag us down another cab and load all of our bags, including a 60+ pound suitcase full of DVDs and BluRays. At this point, I was the only one enjoying this (I could enjoy a 9-car pileup on I-10). We finally make it to the correct hotel, just down the street from the Waldorf Astoria. (squeeeeeeal!)
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(That’s the Chrysler Building in the background)
Next, comes dinner! After checking in and dumping all of the suitcases, we met up with Lance, the network’s Creative Director who had flown out ahead of us. Our merry quartet takes off into Midtown East in search of food and adult beverages. Of course, we can’t agree on anything… until we come across http://www.manchesterpubnyc.com/ on 2nd & 49th. This, my friends, could be a home-away-from-home for me. Fish & Chips, Mushroom Burgers, Beer, World Soccer, more Beer… The Yankee’s game was on, so that had everyone happy!
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After dinner, I went to meet up with my friend and fantastic host, Jon at his office in The New Building (aka The Daily News Building). Yes, kids, I was about to lose my mind and melt into a puddle of geek goo right there in the lobby. (I was raised on the Superman movies!)
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After that, I headed for Jon’s apartment in Lower Eastside & had a fantastic night’s sleep with the symphony of 1st Ave traffic.
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More coming later… my Pumpkin Spice latte is giving me a forlorn look!