Ninth (!) week already...

First of all, sorry for waiting so long to post some new content on the first week of May. My week so far was jam-packed with meetings and assignments for school and work. But here it is, without further or due the content on the first week of may. I have also decided to bring you the story in a rather different way. The workweek won't be as extensive as it was before, as every week barely differs from one another; the weekends however will be more elaborate.

The week started of with a very interesting meeting with the executive team from K-Bear. As I started writing my management report, I fully participated in the meeting to get as much information out of this as possible. We also scheduled a meeting with them for tuesday afternoon.

It has also been quite some time we met with the guys from b&b pools, so we went to Chestnut ridge on tuesday. In the afternoon we had another meeting scheduled with K-Bear where we worked on mapping the results of the WOTS-UP analysis to the Marketing mix (price, place, product and promotion).

Wednesday is normally radio day, but as Doc Rick is cruising the mediterranean for two weeks, Marshall had to do it by himself. He dropped my off at the office and drove to Poughkeepsie to host an interview with a raw-food specialist in California. The rest of the day we spent at the office working both on my management report and office stuff. In the evening Marshall took me to a delicious italian restaurant on Main Street: Cathryn's Tuscan Grill where I had a delicious linguini seafood platter.

Thursday was a quiet day at the office, which gave me plenty of time to work on my notes for K-Bear and try integrating them in my management report. This report is due end of May and has to contain 10000 words. I'm afraid I will be exceeding that number as I have so stuff to write on. Ron also checked in at the office after three weeks of absence. It was really nice seeing him again as he helped my with some research for K-Bear.

 

On friday we were invited by the wife of Marc to watch her play in Garrison. The play is called 'The Way of the World' and was a really good play with a lot of energy, humor and activity on the stage. I was glad I accepted the invitation to watch because the cast did an awesome job. Sometimes it was difficult for me to understand the language they were talking as it was in shakespearean english. Afterwards we congratulated the cast and went for a big to eat in the riverview restaurant. Here are some pictures of the play.

Weekend


On saturday it was 'Cinco de Mayo' which is a famous holiday for the mexicans to commemorate the Mexican army's unlikely victory over the French forces at the Battle of Pueble on May 5, 1862. This day is both commemorated and celebrated by Mexicans and Americans. I was invited by Alexandre to go to the city and join the party - which was going on all day long - on the '230 Rooftop bar' on fifth avenue. There wasn't really a party going on there, so we just had a beer ($9) and were soon on our way to another bar where the beer wasn't that expensive. Here is the magnificent view you had from up there; too bad the weather was cloudy that day.

Afterwards we went to the brewhouse where we had a few drinks and watched the game of FC Barcelona and Espanyol. The game was not important anymore but it was to honor and say goodbye to Pep Guardiola. We also surfed the internet for some nice places to go in the evening and we stumbled upon a nice place near Bryant park where the bear was cheap and the ambiance was good. The party only started at 9pm, so I went looking for a hostel to stay the night and went for dinner to the BXL Belgian Café afterwards.

Near Bryant park there was a new TV-show being shot; a new HBO show called Newsroom. There weren't any famous actors - maybe soon to-be - playing in the show. I'll definitely check out the premiere to see what it is about.

Afterwards we went to the bar where the 'cinco de mayo' party was held. The concept of the party was really cool: you received a piece of paper with a spanish question on it and you had to find the girl with that same question but then in English. Once you have find your match, you received a free drink. The concept was really great, however the age difference was big. We stayed there for about two hours and met a Spanish guy who lived lived in New York.

Afterwards we wandered around looking for a bar to drink some beer and have some fun. We came across several bars, but none of them seemed fun. Eventually we found a place on 7 E36st street between madison and 5th avenue. The pub was called: Downtown Galway Hooker (For those of you who think I went to a strip club, Galway Hooker is a traditional sailing boat used in Galway Bay off the coast of Ireland) which is a nice crowded bar with a good atmosphere and ambiance. Here is a  picture of the atmosphere of the bar. It was 3am when we got out of dodge and wanted to see how the most crowded place in New York looked like by night: Times Square. It was really great to walk there at night; except for maybe 100 people it was an empty place. It was soooo great walking there, knowing that during the day you'd be run over by tourists.

It was 4am when I arrived at the hostel and went to bed immediately. The next morning I woke up at 10.30am, as I had to check out at 11am, and I headed directly to Grand Central Station to take the train back to Cold Spring. I spent the rest of the day watching series, catching up on some reading and writing my management report. So another week has gone by here. I begin to realize that my internship is nearing its end, only three more weeks left. But that means three more weeks to enjoy my time here and grasp every opportunity with two hands.

See you next week with more stories of my life here.