Week Three

So week three has come and gone in NYC... Work had ups and downs... I had some interesting projects pertaining to market timing and patent infringement, but there were also some down moments with not so much going on. Over-all I definitely see the potential of this place of work, and hopefully this will pan out in the coming years.

On the social front, Wed. was the 4th of July, and I saw the fireworks with a few friends. I was invited to join friends of friends on the porch of the StrawberryFrog advertising agency on 25th and 5th. It was a great view, wathing the fireworks through the buildings that line 26th street (see photo below) Then Thursday Jacob joined me in the city on a visit. We had a great time. Thursday night and Friday night we went out with friends. On Thursday we joined his cousin, Chantalle (who happens to be the lead singer of Morningwood), and her friends for dinner at this great Italian restaurant called Li'l Frankies. To further add on to the Celebrity sitings, Leelee Sobieski was there as well (I also saw Steve Buscemi last night). Then Friday night Jacob and I went to friday night services at the orthodox temple across the street. The Rabbi was a midget, seriously. And the only people there were very old men in short ties like they used to wear in the 30's. Then we went out to the east village with some friends.

On Saturday we met up with Jeff and Lindsay and the baby for lunch in Union Square. The baby is MASSIVE. He is 6 months old as in noticeably bigger and heavier than Uri, my little cousin who is a year and a half. From there we walked all the way up to 79th and 5th Ave to meet up with Melanie and Noam and sit in Sheep's Meadow in Central Park. Its a 5.5 mile walk up... And then we walked all the way back down as well... it took about 1.5 hours each way.

Below is a photo of Jacob with one of the freaks in Central park. I believe the "freak" was pretending to be a Scottish gnome, or at least was he was faking a Scottish accent.
Then today I met up with Colin and his roommate on Kenmare and Lafayette for the New York Bike-share project. They are trying to get a free bike sharing program in the city like they have in cities across Europe like Oslo, Paris, Barcelona, etc... We took a bike through Chinatown, across the Williamsburg Bridge, and then hit up the new Aroma Cafe store on Green and Houston. Aroma is the first Israeli franchise to get to the states. The coffee shop is not as good as in Israel, but it was packed with Israelis (no surprise there...)

All in all it was a great weekend... Tomorrow back to work.