back from new york

Well, I'm back again, and immediately into the regular rythm of boring work.
Here's a quick recap of the last few days in NYC.

Photoplus was fun and hectic. Not a big show to european standards, but still very busy. Great showing off a product you love and see the positive feedback the users have. Bibble 5 has the potential to change the imaging industry, really. Just wait and see for yourself once it's released.
Or have a quick peak at the interview:
NYC is very nice. Went to quite a few bars, some of them were meh (see my previous post), others were nice. Food is great, if you know where to go (obviously I didn't, but others did...).

Visited the 5th Ave Apple Store (hey as an Apple fanboy I should go there, right?).. which to me is completely overrated. Yeah, the outside is nice, but once you're inside there's nothing special about it. So I was gone quickly.

I planned on going around town on sunday, the day I left, but once I got walking my feet were killing me, so after about an hour I decided to get to B&H and pick up the stuff I ordered at photoplus (a very cute girl called Jessica.. *swoon*), and take off to the airport. So didn't see that much, but enough to get an impression of the general atmosphere there. Definately have to get back someday not too far into the future.

I got a very nice present in the form of a nikon D700 plus 24-120mm VR kit, which is simply an amazing camera. Very *very* happy with it. Need to arrange some shoots soon! At Photoplus I ordered the new Lens Baby composer for it. Nice gadget. I have the original LB, thought it was time to upgrade now they finally have fixed the aiming of it. looking into the 50mm 1.4 nikkor as well, but that won't be available until december, probably january.

a night at NYC

Wellll... just got back from a night NYC
actually evening. For me it's now about 8.00am in the morning, but locally it's about 2.00am. So I guess, the real partying is still starting.

Anyway. After dinner a couple of guys (me included) went to the Meat Packig district in NYC. Sounds like a gay gathering place, but supposedly Chelsea is the gay place to be. Whatever, as long as everyone is happy, who cares, right? Chelsea is a nice place to be actually, I noticed a dutch couple when looking for a restaurant. Dutch gay couple of course. Dressed in black leather. Ok, be gay whenever you want, but I mean, there's no point in emphasising the obvious. So, black leather, even if you're gay, is a big no-no. Even if you drive a motorcycle. There, I said it. :-)

Anyway, after dinner we went back to the hotel, and on to Plunge, which is a very posh club on top of the Gansevoort hotel at 9th Ave, 13th St. Posh and hot. DAMN, I wished the girls would be in bikini.. Way too warm. And really expensive, even for NYC standards. 10 shots of whatever (contained alcohol, who cares what the name is) was about 150 US$.. fuck off, way too expensive.
Met a funny couple there, Greg and his "girlfriend" who wasn't, but she was hot hot hot. Although typical brainless blonde. "I'm hot, I know it, who needs brains". Whatever. Superficial. Disposable girls, I guess.
So Greg was an attention whore and treated all of us.. well, the closest people around on shots. I guess it was wodka something. Pussy drinks, really. I could drink a bottle of that stuff and still drive NASCAR. $150 sir.. geez, poor Greg. He was cool, a bit sad he didn't really "have" the girlfriend.. I forgot her name, I think it was Erin. Blonde, great body, expert in hairclips. Wearing bright red nail polish. Big no-no for blondes. Too cheap. Probably intentionally.

Anyway, after the Plunge (nice drinks, too posh, too expensive, great location, too warm and fucking PLASTIC glasses!) we went to the Hog Pit. Bar, LOUD rock music, voloptuous bar girls with cleavages from NYC to Amsterdam.. DAMN! Unfortunately we were into scotch, after the pussy Wodka Sour drinks (lemonade people, lemonade!), but they only had some blended bourbon crappy shit, so we decided to opt for an irish whisky and get off back to the hotel. Have to get up early I guess.

Still, nice drinks. Funny no-one noticed I'm not from the US. I guess my english is quite ok. Madison guessed I was from Alabama. Sure. Most US people think I'm from Canada. Close enough :-)

For lunch, Irish pub/restaurant Oldcastle at 160W 54th St. is pretty good. And the pub Stout NYC 133W 33rd St has Smithwicks and an excellent Fish&Chips.

Off to bed now :-)