Had a great day of work-stuff in NYC today, and then headed out for fun/reunions with old friends. After work, stopped at Bryant Park Cafe and caught up with Kim, a friend from college who’s now a muckety muck at ESPN (you go, girl!) — was great to see her — deep thoughts, I know, but we were both amazed about how 15 years can disappear. Our parting comment was, “see you when we’re 50!”. As an aside, Bryant Park was packed with people as the weather was ideal — everyone seemed almost starved for sun.
Then off to meet high school friend Peter and his wife Lori at Bar Pitti in Greenwich Village (delicious Italian food) — and then they showed me some New York history (the courtyard over which the original Rear Window was shot, and for a special capper event, took me to Chumley’s — I had always wanted to visit, as I had a friend in college with the nickname Chumley, and I know it was related to the bar — what a fantastic pub — you enter through a pretty much unmarked side door, and then descend into a throwback cozy environs — I could see a person easily losing track of a day/week/year in there. Spent the rest of the evening discussing tsunami, g w bush, iraq, red vs blue, and more… was really wonderful.