As I am watching SEC football and trying not to work (not as easy as it sounds when you work from home), I figured I would take some time to write about how amazing my recent trip to the City was.
Highlight #1: Seeing Dr. Wright. I hadn't seen Jaime in 15 years, and seeing her again was the best. We rode the subway, dined Italian, walked the City streets. It was a better visit than I could have hoped for and completely reinvigorating and eye opening. Totally what I needed.
#2: Web 2.0 Expo. This is the reason that I ended up in NYC, and it was totally worth the trip. Most of the sessions that I attended were very well done, full of useful and practical information, and chill on a very socially destratifying plain. Paramount to the sessions, however, was Tim O'Reilly's keynote speech. It was humbling, yet inspiring; statistics-driven, yet open-ended; honest, yet unpretentious. This was my first time hearing Tim speak, and I was very impressed. In addition, I had a great meeting with the threepress.org. I can only use the words "inspiring", "amazing", etc. so many times in one post, but she was all of these and more.
#3: Flynn. For those who know, enough said. F-Club Flynn.
#4: Mood. My only real priority when touching down in NYC was to get to Mood. And it was awesome. I bought a yard of fabric and five buttons. Random, sure, but I've been to Mood, and that means that I rock.
#5: the City. I had never been to NYC before and was quite intimidated the morning of my trip. However, I have to say that the people were friendly, the weather was amazing, and the coffee was dark. What more could you ask for? Well, I guess I could've asked for someone to whisk me off the street and beg me to record a platinum-selling album, but I guess I have a better shot at that happening here in Nashville (and that shot sits at 0% as of today).
All-in-all, a very successful trip, which has led to a pretty boring post. Sorry about that. I know that stories of almost-muggings or walking into the Amazing Race would have livened things up, but it just didn't happen. I visited, I learned, I was inspired, and I survived.
Stay tuned, however; there might be an amazing end to this story yet...
shanti,
mjh
5 comments:
i am totally excited for you. my mom and i went to mood, but it was like 15 min after they closed! the guard was like 'they'll be open tomorrow!' i guess we looked pretty disapointed.
Very jealous of your trip to Mood! Now that I am sewing, all I see is potential when they walk in that store on the show!
You are quite inspiring.
Matthew, it was a pleasure.
Turns out, even after all these years, I am still, like, SUCH a big fan of the Hollowell boys. Go figure...
awesome job....
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