trains, planes, and robots
May. 19th, 2006 05:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jayYesterday... mission accomplished. I spent a long two-hour lunch with my program manager, eating very good sushi overlooking the Potomac, and we caught up on projects and Headquarters outlooks. And met with the guy who is taking over the program from her. Gave both of them invitations to our summer final demonstration on Devon Island, and the former will accept. Also wandered and handed out other invitations around Space Science and Exploration Systems. Dropped one off with the NASA Administrator's receptionist (he wasn't in).
Then off to the airport and to New York. Weather delayed us a half-hour or so. On arriving at Penn Station, the taxi queue was a block long... on the other side, nonexistent, so a short walk saved me 20 minutes. Which I then squandered after dropping off my luggage, trying in vain to hail a cab on 6th Ave. and finally taking the subway to dinner withelissaann... hit up for cash by a homeless woman in the train, then tried to be oblivious to a Bible-thumping guy standing 5 feet away, bewailing us all in a loud Caribbean accent. Elissa was understanding, though, given that I was a half-hour late.
She was very pretty in a new, low-cut green dress. NRE certainly agrees with her, I kept feeling compersive about her and J and grinning at her across the table. The restaurant was across the street from her building, had a reasonably-priced prix fixe, and I enjoyed my pistachio-crusted chicken. Although I enjoyed the company more. :) She had some startling news for me, but it's hers to tell...
Afterward, I wandered over to the East Village and found McSorley's Ale House, had a couple, and people-watched. Looked at the nineteenth-century knickknacks , clanked mugs with strangers in agreement about something. I stop there on most NYC visits, it was where I first had beer... in college at MIT, I was visiting a friend on Long Island over a weekend, and he insisted (correctly) that I'd like it there.
Today... about to head to Honeybee Robotics, then back this afternoon to California, hopefully in time for a date tonight withpatgreene.
Then off to the airport and to New York. Weather delayed us a half-hour or so. On arriving at Penn Station, the taxi queue was a block long... on the other side, nonexistent, so a short walk saved me 20 minutes. Which I then squandered after dropping off my luggage, trying in vain to hail a cab on 6th Ave. and finally taking the subway to dinner with
elissaann... hit up for cash by a homeless woman in the train, then tried to be oblivious to a Bible-thumping guy standing 5 feet away, bewailing us all in a loud Caribbean accent. Elissa was understanding, though, given that I was a half-hour late.She was very pretty in a new, low-cut green dress. NRE certainly agrees with her, I kept feeling compersive about her and J and grinning at her across the table. The restaurant was across the street from her building, had a reasonably-priced prix fixe, and I enjoyed my pistachio-crusted chicken. Although I enjoyed the company more. :) She had some startling news for me, but it's hers to tell...
Afterward, I wandered over to the East Village and found McSorley's Ale House, had a couple, and people-watched. Looked at the nineteenth-century knickknacks , clanked mugs with strangers in agreement about something. I stop there on most NYC visits, it was where I first had beer... in college at MIT, I was visiting a friend on Long Island over a weekend, and he insisted (correctly) that I'd like it there.
Today... about to head to Honeybee Robotics, then back this afternoon to California, hopefully in time for a date tonight with
patgreene.
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Date: 2006-05-19 02:41 pm (UTC)hit up for cash by a homeless woman in the train, then tried to be oblivious to a Bible-thumping guy standing 5 feet away, bewailing us all in a loud Caribbean accent.
And welcome to my fair city *grin* ;-) That would be a more or less typical subway experience...
*Waves at you from across the river, and sends hugs...*