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NYC Day 3 – 9/13/08

By georgegsmithjr ⋅ September 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I ventured into the shower sometime around 8am. I’m not quite sure if I actually got any sleep. I was actually wide awake. After the shower, I got dressed and felt completely refreshed and ready for action. It wasn’t until around 11am, when we were sitting at Balu for brunch, that I realized I was probably still drunk. Bulu had the most amazing Eggs Bennie that I’ve had in a long time, and while it may be the drunk talking, I felt ready to tackle another day in the city. Mira and I said bye to Connie and Dave and ventured into the city.

We met up with Max and John, who were eating a BBQ lunch on the Upper West Side. Mira, constantly alerting us to her craving for New York City Cheesecake, ushered us on to our new mission. John and I spent the day choreographing meet ups with various friends in the city. Chris Morris, one of my good friends from college, got a hold of me while we were in the Museum of Natural History, and we made plans to meet up later in the weekend. We made it up to Artie’s Deli, where John met up with Ashley and I had my brief encounter with Justine. Mira finally got her cheesecake, and then I realized that I had to bring her to Brooklyn AND catch the 4 up to Yankee Stadium. At 4pm, I realized the rest of my day would be spent underground. Getting Mira to Brooklyn was simple, but the 4 train up to the stadium for the make up game due to the rain delay was hell. My train didn’t even have AC. I’m trying not to remember those details for now…

I arrive at the game sometime around the third inning. Josh Roberts, another friend from Syracuse, was there along with Max, John and Ashley. We watched the game and it was nice to see John really enjoy it. He cheered the loudest when Jeter hit a “classic Jeter” hit over the head of the second baseman. Jeter had a few hits in the game – and would eventually become the career hit leader at Yankee Stadium a few days later. As the close game progressed, we got to see Joba Chamberlain pitch and Mariano Rivera came out for the save. As this was the last game I’ll ever see – after countless ones before it – it was nice to see classic moments from Jeter, and a save by Mariano.

After the game, we headed down to the East Village where we bar hopped. I got in touch with Chris Morris where we met up with him for a bit. Chris and I made plans for Sunday night, and then our group ultimately went our separate ways. We bar hopped for a while, I got some Pizza, and we just spent the time having the normal idle chatter that John, Max, and I are famous for. All in all, it was a great night – that ended with me crashing at Josh’s house and staying up all night telling him about the various things going on in my life: the start up, girls, etc etc. Again, the sun was rising as I slowly laid my head down on the pillow for what I hoped would be some sleep…

NYC Day 2 – 9/12/08

By georgegsmithjr ⋅ September 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Yankee Stadium, for me and many others, has a special place in my heart. In many ways, it’s what I assume love is like. In my travels, I’ve encountered other stadiums with a better form, with better function, but at the end of the day – I always come back to Yankee Stadium. It’s everything I ever wanted it to be.

Mother Nature was not our friend on Friday – as rain showered polluted the sky and kept us from watching the game. I feel for my contingent of friends from Syracuse, who made the trek down (some to see the Stadium for the first time), and were only able to sit in the bleachers for a few moments before the game was officially postponed. Still, sitting in the friendly confines of Ball Park Lanes, we were able to enjoy a few brews and catch up. Mother Nature can’t put a damper on good friendships – and this was a great night for that.

After the Syracuse contingent bid adieu, the rest of us decided to power down to Queens. Anthony, coming up clutch as always, was able to drive and thus allowed us to avoid annoying public transportation. In Astoria, we got some food at the Blackbird and stumbled our way to the Irish Rover. At the Rover, I ran into some friends from my days in Syracuse and caught up and toasted the night. Sometime around 4am, we went back to Connie’s. Connie and I opened a bottle of wine and finished it as the sun was starting to rise over the city that never sleeps. My second day back in the city was over and the next one was starting.

NYC Day 1 – 9/11/08

By georgegsmithjr ⋅ September 16, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

After arriving in NYC for the first time in over a year, I felt strangely at peace. In juxtaposition, my travel companion Mira was completely overwhelmed. Still, after squeezing into the Q33 and heading toward the subway – I was very excited for the weekend.

The weekend was a blur of memories. The first night was a simple night of catching up with some old friends, checking out Manhattan with some newbs, and attempting to synchronize your pulse to the heartbeat of the city. We walked around Times Square and The Rock, we went to the bar Social and Wags and Heather had Cosmo chugging contests. Overall, it was a fun night. Here are some pictures:

The night ended relatively early – as our host had to work the next day and most of us were tired from our travels. No one really cared, the weekend just started and we were excited for what was in store…

Mira’s First Impressions of NY

By georgegsmithjr ⋅ September 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Minneapolis – 9/11/08

By georgegsmithjr ⋅ September 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Live from DIA (sort of)

By georgegsmithjr ⋅ September 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Hey Hey -

I’m at DIA (Denver International Airport) on my way to New York via Minneapolis. It’s effin’ early in the AM and I don’t feel like typing so I did a little video blog for your entertainment. As you watch, you can also see that I didn’t feel like making eye contact…enjoy

Machu talking about, Willis?

By georgegsmithjr ⋅ May 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The fourth Indiana Jone – in my humble opinion – was everything that I thought it would be. While people critique and criticize, It was very similar to all the other movies. The mythos that those movies have attained over the course of 20 some years makes it difficult for people to accept – but I really stand by that.

One thing that movie rekindled inside me was the desire to visit Machu Picchu. Perhaps sometime in the next year I can do this. Here’s to setting some goals and finalizing some plans…