Whoa. It’s been a long time since I’ve made an appearance.
Where have I been?
Well, for month of November I’ was out of the state and I didn’t stop spinning spinning spinning until recently.
First, I was in New Jersey for business, where I had the pleasure of meeting my colleagues from all over the country. It was both humbling and inspiring to see that some of these incredibly smart individuals are considered my equals. Every day I was there, I focused on trying to absorb all the information I could and avoid food coma. Every night, I bonded with my fellow Financial Advisors at the hotel bar over great conversations and gin and tonic.
Then, I was in New York where Erika and I ate too much good food and drank too much booze and five days went by like a blur. I can recall eating the most delicious pork buns at Momofuku Noodle Bar, going to a speakeasy themed bar where the cocktails were served in teacups, and watching a rock band performing in Chinatown. Besides reuniting with some good friends, New York just wasn’t the same anymore. I’ve been there back quite a few times now, but it was my first time in New York for a purpose besides vacation and having a non-tourist experience …well let’s just say it made me glad I work in California.
And then after what seemed like months, Mr. Y and I reunited in Detroit to celebrate Thanksgiving with his family. At that point, I was sick of airplanes, cabs, living out of a suitcase and mostly exhausted. But Detroit was by far my favorite leg of my East coast mini-tour. In the media, it seems like the word Detroit is synonymous with depressing and indeed, driving through all those empty streets, I wondered if it was doomed to be a future ghost town. But then, I got to see a part of the city that seemed to want to just tune out all the noise and focus on having a good time. By day, it was all boutique shopping in midtown Detroit, Richard Avedon at the Detroit Institute of Art, dim sum, and getting pampered. By night, it was all midwest hippies and a Greatful Dead cover band, motorcity techno at a downtown loft party, Yugoslavian brandy, the border of 8 miles and bars with indoor smoking.
Also, sometime throughout this whirlwind I had a birthday. I found myself literally at the top of Detroit dining with the love of my life at Coach Insignia.
Now I’m back here in wonderful California, sort of detoxing and adjusting to a new schedule. The three weeks since I’ve been back have been filled with potlucks, long meetings, long nights, more overeating, and the frenzy otherwise known as the holiday season.
No promises, but I’m going to try and be better about this whole blogging thing… see you all on the flipside!
Cheers to everything being as it should be.
