After four days of marketing meetings, Laibond, Wayne and I came down to New York City to do some market research on higher end specialty toy stores here in New York.
As in Japan, mad cap comedy did ensue. More in later blog postings on the goings on.
The trip has been long and exhausting with us trekking all over the city, seeking out the interesting, famous and merely bland. In the meantime, this was Wayne's first trip to NYC so we tried to at least point out the major points of interest as we blew past them.
"Oh look, Wayne, that's Juliard, a famous music school (as he snaps a photo out the cab window)"
"Oh look, Wayne, that's Grand Central Station."
"Oh look, Wayne, this is Rockefeller Center."
"Oh look, Wayne, this is Times Square."
It was fun to rediscover New York with someone who's never been here before.
He thought that Times Square was like the Times Square back in Hong Kong, only about 10,000 times more crowded. He also liked Central Park, pointing out that it was more natural than our equivalent in Hong Kong, Victoria Park.
Today, at the end of the day, after discovering that the final toy store on our list had gone out of business, we went to the Museum of Natural History and did our one and only real touristy thing.
I was happy to see it again.
It made me think about the last time I did the Natural History Museum and FAO Schwartz - when I was a young child with my father.
Now, I am almost at the point where I will bring my own daughter on excursions such as those that I was brought on as a child.
It made me miss my dad.
It was nice to be in New York again, if only for a couple of rushed days.
There's nothing like summer in New York, and it's been simply amazing to be back and able to soak some of that New York energy back into my being.
Between the market research, the al fresco dining, the trip to the museum and the friends I've reconnected with, it's been a great trip.
Tomorrow, I'm back of to Maine to finally take a few days with the family.
All in all, pretty much perfect.
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Thanks for the whirlwind visit to NYC, John! I enjoyed getting a dose of it myself.
Five hours away and I haven't been in years.
I have fond memories of being in NYC with my parents as well.
Seeing the original Sound of Music with Mary Martin,
Attending Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein and of course ice cream sundaes at Scraffts.
More recently with Eliza: Les Miserables and Rent, The Hard Rock Cafe, The Dave Letterman Show (yes, we got in and Luke Wilson was the guest host!) and the Picasso/Matisse show at the Museum of Modern Art.
I love New York.
What wonderful memories you have to treasure; exploring New York with your dad. Your co workers look like great company too!
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