Start Spreadin' the News

Actually, it's a bit late for that since I'm already here and have been since Monday. And all I can really say for now is that it's been a very. Um. *Angelina* trip.

First off is that I've been working most of the time. Got here Monday night and spent Tuesday, Wednesday and today preparing for, sitting in or writing notes about client meetings.

Secondly there is the fact that I asked for not one but two hotel room swaps so that I could get something resembling a view. I'm in midtown and not in a super high highrise so there isn't much to see but at the least I want to see the little people down there on the street lining up for their organic lunches or buying luggage or hailing cabs or whatever it is New Yorkers do most of the time.

I was very nice about it. This last week or so has taught me a Jedi mind trick worth remembering:

Almost everyone you meet wants to make you happy. But only if you are nice to them and appreciate it.

There were profuse "thank you"s and there was some gushing about how excited I am to be here and there was some honest to god wishing out loud that I could just see something like the REAL city when I'm sitting in my room and not the wall of a building next door.

As a result, I am sitting in a nice wide windowsill right now instead of parked on my bed in a dungeon.



See? Yay!

Third is that I've made a bunch of friends. Well. Acquaintances. The gents at the bar downstairs didn't even know what a French 75 was until I taught them. And my first night here I met the strangest man ever and he tried to have sex with me but that didn't work out too well for him.

Oddest thing about him: it was almost just like getting into a time machine and seeing my ex boyfriend in 15 years. There was a magnetic sleaziness about him, which is why I even gave him the time of day to begin with. But he was easy. And I was repulsed. Plus dedicated.

Still. I'm chalking that near miss up as an NYC adventure.

There are more to come. I have a gang more photos but would rather stare out of my window and prepare for dinner than upload them right now.