Winter Wonderland

It’s snowing in Kansas City! On Tuesday we had temperatures in the high 60s. Wednesday morning those temps started to drop (17 degrees overnight). By yesterday afternoon we had a full-blown ice storm swirling around outside. Well, the ice crap stopped last night, streets were cleared by this morning and the drive into work was pretty normal and uneventful. Now comes the fluffy stuff! Depending on the part of the city, the weather “professionals” are predicting from 4” to 10”. I think I will stay inside tonight and think warm thoughts – that is after I actually get home!

Photo from my office door - Downtown Kansas City, River Market

Hmmm

Dear Slim-Fast: Please define 'Sensible'

In a Nutshell

Here are highlights from roughly my last week – in Reader’s Digest format:

· Kansas City to New York City
· Evil Dead – The Musical (sat next to Hurley from Lost)
· People watching in Times Square (highly recommended)
· AICPA meeting (speakers, lunch, networking)
· Filled prescription for sinuses at Duane Reade
· A Chorus Line with Sally and Leisa
· Hugh-ass open-faced roast beef sandwich at Junior’s
· Breakfast at Grand Central Station with Kayte (killer waffles)
· AICPA meeting continues
· At end of day, go to hotel to nap – wake up 8.5 hours later (oops)
· Took out contacts and went back to bed for the night
· Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular with the Rockettes!
· Street Meat
· Window shopping along 5th Avenue
· Pumpkin Pie Concrete at the Shake Shack (man, they are good!)
· Passed on the 3-hour wait for the Chocolate Expo
· West Elm shopping
· Passed on the now shorter 2.25-hour wait for the Chocolate Expo
· Dinner at Lunetta in Brooklyn with Sean and Wendy
· People watching on 1 a.m. subway train from Brooklyn to Manhattan (you have no idea)
· Cashmere purchases at Bloomingdale’s (warm and fuzzy on so many levels)
· Relaxing rainy walk through Manhattan
· Fall foliage in Central Park (words cannot describe)
· Skaters in the Park
· The Shops at Columbus Circle
· Stroll through Hell’s Kitchen (rain slowed to a drizzle)
· ‘New York’ hoodie purchase
· Shuttle to Newark Airport
· Flight cancelled due to weather
· Starbuck’s
· Marriott Newark (with over 5,000 feet of meeting space for your next event!)
· Re-routed to Minneapolis
· Village People sighting at Minneapolis Airport – Sort of (actually just a construction worker, a service man, airport security and some guy in a cowboy hat…play along)
· Mini-sooo-ta to Kansas City
· Back at work today and sorting through e-mails and such

Well then, there you have it. I always enjoy the time in New York…both work and personal. There is really no place quite like it anywhere else.

Happy Anniversary!

Wow, it’s hard to believe I have been blabbing about things for a year now. While I might not have always been consistent with the frequency of my posts, I have been good about maintaining them and keeping at it. I promise my readers (both of you) that I will make every effort to post more frequently in the next 365.

In the meantime, here is a picture of Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus. Feel free to discuss the symbolism found throughout the piece, as well as your initial reaction to the tart in the arms of the blowhard - painting left. I want to see some good discourse in the comments!

Ciao!