A week has passed...
You think It has been hectic week at work and I haven't had time to update? ==> wrong, it has been very quiet at work, and busy in the eveings... Anyway, same consequence, no news on the blog.
So, on the professional side, I have been learning learning and learning in the past week, which means reading tons of lines on a computer screen all day long... Not that interesting I have to admit. The good side is that it left me a lot a free time, they kicked me out of the office everyday between 5 and 5.30pm!! Du jamais vu!
Tuesday, a trip to the East village, Elise bought a rusty bike with a flat tire to a Chinese guy in a dodgy corner of Avenue A. Bringing back the bike home in the subway was funny : everybody looked at us and made comments abou the bike. We had a nice dinner at Mini Thai Café (Avenue A and St Mark's place) and a drink at an adjacent Mexican place.
On the way back home, it was like treasure hunting, we just figured out tuesday evening is the day when everybody is throwing away stuff in the street. This time we picked up some brand new plastic cases and a nice metal chair, which will join the nice armchair (also found in the street) in our living room... Can't wait until next tuesday ;-)
Thursday, rock climbing at Chelsea piers with Elise, Richard my usual climbing buddy and June, a new acquaintance... Easy routes, but a very high quality wall with nice overhangs, with rather stupid staff. I think they had almost no experience in climing at all ;-))) Anyway, we ended up at the pub...
Friday was the monthly VoilaNewYork French meeting at Sutton Place, Upper East Side. We came a bit too late for this afterwork party but still had a good time with Anne from Québec, Daniel from Romania, Helen from Taiwan and of course Laurent the New York night life expert from... my workplace...
Saturday was the day we expected : the housewarming party, with Richard, Laurent, Abdel, Vincent, Juliette, June and her 3 friends, Elise and her magical quiches and ... exclusively, DJ Jn and his incredible iPod!!
My old roommate Kevin didn't show up... It's a long story....
We had a really good party, everyone appreciated the place I think and want to come back to the terrace for BBQ... Thanks to June for offering us a subscription to TimeOut!
Sunday... Of course I couldn' t do anything.... Walking 10 blocks to Turkuaz for a nice all you can eat Turkish delight brunch was already a big effort! By the way, I ate so much there the walk back home was even harder... Really good food, nice décor, it which reminded Elise and me of last September in Turkey.
And today is monday night, I'm getting ready for our first guests from France, namely Babeth & Marco (aka Antoine) ;-). Are they going to bring us saucisson??
Planning for this week: to be specified, we'll try to make themn discover a little bit of what we know in the city ;-)
So, on the professional side, I have been learning learning and learning in the past week, which means reading tons of lines on a computer screen all day long... Not that interesting I have to admit. The good side is that it left me a lot a free time, they kicked me out of the office everyday between 5 and 5.30pm!! Du jamais vu!
Tuesday, a trip to the East village, Elise bought a rusty bike with a flat tire to a Chinese guy in a dodgy corner of Avenue A. Bringing back the bike home in the subway was funny : everybody looked at us and made comments abou the bike. We had a nice dinner at Mini Thai Café (Avenue A and St Mark's place) and a drink at an adjacent Mexican place.
On the way back home, it was like treasure hunting, we just figured out tuesday evening is the day when everybody is throwing away stuff in the street. This time we picked up some brand new plastic cases and a nice metal chair, which will join the nice armchair (also found in the street) in our living room... Can't wait until next tuesday ;-)
Thursday, rock climbing at Chelsea piers with Elise, Richard my usual climbing buddy and June, a new acquaintance... Easy routes, but a very high quality wall with nice overhangs, with rather stupid staff. I think they had almost no experience in climing at all ;-))) Anyway, we ended up at the pub...
Friday was the monthly VoilaNewYork French meeting at Sutton Place, Upper East Side. We came a bit too late for this afterwork party but still had a good time with Anne from Québec, Daniel from Romania, Helen from Taiwan and of course Laurent the New York night life expert from... my workplace...
Saturday was the day we expected : the housewarming party, with Richard, Laurent, Abdel, Vincent, Juliette, June and her 3 friends, Elise and her magical quiches and ... exclusively, DJ Jn and his incredible iPod!!
My old roommate Kevin didn't show up... It's a long story....
We had a really good party, everyone appreciated the place I think and want to come back to the terrace for BBQ... Thanks to June for offering us a subscription to TimeOut!
Sunday... Of course I couldn' t do anything.... Walking 10 blocks to Turkuaz for a nice all you can eat Turkish delight brunch was already a big effort! By the way, I ate so much there the walk back home was even harder... Really good food, nice décor, it which reminded Elise and me of last September in Turkey.
And today is monday night, I'm getting ready for our first guests from France, namely Babeth & Marco (aka Antoine) ;-). Are they going to bring us saucisson??
Planning for this week: to be specified, we'll try to make themn discover a little bit of what we know in the city ;-)
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