New York in June

[gwyn]

I keep thinking New York in June is some kind of lyric from something... I'm just on crack, though, right?

Anyway. I have to go to NY for this gruesome work "retreat" on the 22-24. I'm coming in in the late afternoon/evening to JFK and I have to go to this wretched party with snobby, asshat writers and editors, at the public library because it's our big 10th anniversary shindig. I'm hoping to make an appearance and then ditch as fast as I freaking can. On Friday I'm stuck in a meeting all day, and then there's a ghastly dinner planned that I also would love an excuse to ditch early. I've heard about how heinous our most asshatted contributors and staff people are to others and to me there's nothing worse than spending time with east coast prep school snobs who name-drop and treat waitstaff like shit.

So, any NYers think they might have some time to spend at night? On Friday my dear friend from DC may be coming up to join me for the evening, but he is entirely fannish and mixes well with others. I am afraid my plans are very shaky at the moment, really, and it's next to impossible to know what I can plan because I've never been to one of these before, but I'm staying at the Warwick on like 54th or 56th or something, and so I'll be close to a lot of things, I hear. If anyone's interested in meeting up, I can try to figure out what I can/can't do and maybe we can connect and make what we could laughingly call a plan as I learn more.

Comments

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

I like New York in June,
how about you?
I like a Gershwin tune,
how about you?

Its from the Mickey and Judy movie "Babes on Broadway." And for once my default icon is almost fandom appropriate:-)

[merricatk.livejournal.com]

Van Johnson & Lucille Ball did it on "I Love Lucy," too, so unless you've been living in a cave all your life, you couldn't have avoided it. *g*

[sweet-ali.livejournal.com]

Right now we're all waiting on my sister popping my next niece/nephew out, so that is always a variable, but all that considered, I'd be up for a meetup :)

[superplin.livejournal.com]

Why oh why are you coming out here while I'm on another continent? I would absolutely make the trip to NYC to hang out with you.

Dammit.

[par-avion.livejournal.com]

I'll be here! Let me know how things shake out.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

GAH! How did I not realize that? What a dumbass -- that's one of my favorite songs! This two jobs thing has apparently killed of what few brain cells I actually had left.

thank you, thank you.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Apparently, the cave is my brain. I can't believe I didn't connect the dots. I don't know how I've turned into this much of a space cadet.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Oh, how cool -- a new niecelet or nephlet! I really want some time to meet fellow fans. I will be cranky if it's all work related stuff.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Waaahhh! I would so totally have skipped out on meetings, too, to hang with you. Well, I am hoping to get out to Washington DC soon, since I couldn't swing it with a trip there this time on the way to NY. I have such a hard time traveling that I can't guarantee anything, but I do want to try to get out there more. ANd I will be in Chicago in Aug, but I realize that is a lot farther away... waaahhhh!!!

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Yay! I will -- I am hoping that i can figure out when I can skip out or ditch by next week... we'll see. The biggest hurdle is that there are a couple co-workers I do really like, and want to spend time with them, but I also want to see some fannish friends!

[merricatk.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I think memory problems are also part of grief. I was very nearly in a car accident a couple weeks ago. I'd stopped at an intersection I know has a lot of red-light-running, so instead of just going when the light turned green, I waited, & yeah, some jerk sailed through, & would have hit me if I'd gone as soon as I could have.

I was pretty shaken by this--I don't really know why I didn't just go, but something told me not to--& when I got to work, I was trying to tell my boss about it, only I couldn't remember the word broadside. I kept making a sideways T with my hands & saying, "Hit like that!" every time I've told this (not that interesting) story, until finally when someone said broadside, I *wrote it down.* The word had somehow escaped from my brain, & I had to recapture it! And this is not the only instance of "how did I forget *that*??" I've experienced.

[wolffire.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you want my sister's digits.

[criesbella.livejournal.com]

hey, i'm one of your fan-fic fans in nyc, i've been on your friends list for ages :) 24/25 is both MERMAID PARADE in coney and PRIDE PARADE in nyc. this is totally random, but if you are having a grand meetup of pen pals in nyc that wknd, copy me? my pen pal of 18yrs from UK is coming to NYC that week, we would love to meetup w/you & gang if it works out :) ((pps, i'm surely not your only nyc connection, but if you need ANY navigation hints or tips for your time here, delighted to help you...ellescriba@aol.com)) xoxo, anne/nyc