"Working" in New York

For the last week of May, Chris and I worked out of the New York office. The office itself is really nice, with fresh free sushi everyday, and Legos everywhere! The weather was gorgeous, and I got to explore a lot more of the city than on any of my previous trips. Usually New York City intimidates the hell out of me, but having so many familiar people (and familiar California-esque weather) around made it seem much more friendly and fun.

Chris and I managed to time our trip so that it would coincide with the Red Sox's visit to Yankee Stadium. It was our first trip to the Bronx, and we had a really good time. Here's the view from our seats the first day:


And here were our seats from the second day:

Sadly, I think this particular point in history was the start of a depressing losing streak for the Red Sox, but we did get to see them win one game at least!

Other highlights of the trip:

• Tons of shopping with Colette and Jinger! Now usually I am not a big shopaholic (and Chris even less so), but Jinger took us to some really cute shops in SoHo, like Mango and Helen Wang. I also discovered how *truly* huge the Macy's is. Wanting to spend a little more time looking at earrings, I told Jinger and Colette that I would meet them "in the dress section" when I was done -- not knowing that there were like three FLOORS of dresses and probably DOZENS of sections!
• Caught up with John, Alex and Jing over some delicious meals.

Anti-highlights of the trip:

• I got a fishbone stuck in my throat! Lots of you have already heard this story so I won't belabor it, but I ended up walking over to the NYU ER to have it checked out (just to be safe), and that hospital was *gross*. There were only like TWO magazines in the whole waiting room and they were both totally crumpled and water-damaged, splattered with occasional mysterious brown stains. And the bathroom sink was all clogged with dirty used bandaids. And here's the new development to the story: yesterday I got a letter from them saying they'd taken my insurance information incorrectly so they couldn't bill it properly!
• I also watched Shrek the Third, which was kind of disappointing. But maybe I would have enjoyed it more without a fishbone in my throat, and also if I hadn't tried to wash down the fishbone before the movie by glugging down a Long Island ice tea. (Yeah, that was probably really dumb.)