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| Fun photo booth at the party! |
The
last time we were in New York City, we had dinner with Kim/Tom and Mark/Alicia. Over dinner, Mark mentioned that the four of us would be invited to their son Alex's Bar Mitzvah. So a year and four months later, we were attending our very first one!
We were both on the road the week before the event: Shawna in Minneapolis and Keith in Vegas. So, we both arrived in NYC on the Thursday night separately - Shawna checking into the
AC Marriott Times Square in the late evening, with Keith crawling in to bed at 1:30am. The hotel was pretty cool - the bed super comfortable, the room and bathroom spacious, and the lobby airy. We did both manage to get up on the Friday for a workout: Shawna to the hotel gym and Keith to do a live Jennifer Jacobs 80s ride at the
Peloton Studio. The rest of Friday we both worked: Shawna in the room and Keith in the lobby of the hotel. The day did include one celebrity sighting: Katie Couric passed through the lobby. Keith was well behaved and did not run up to her to say he saw her on the tarmac at the airport in the Galapagos! We wrapped up our work day at about 4pm and managed to squeeze in a power nap - which helped set Keith up for a later night than otherwise!
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| Slate - Bar Mitzvah Party |
After receiving text updates from Kim and Tom who were also staying in the same hotel, we showered and headed up to the rooftop bar at our hotel for a few drinks before dinner. We were a bit earlier than the cool crowd so were able to get a prime table and chatted before heading to dinner at
Cosme. The style is contemporaneous Mexican - it was very flavorful with quite a few veggie options for Kim. Of course, the veggie items were very flavorful so we "helped" Kim out! The food was served as shared plates, with the best being the duck with tortillas. We were able to make it through three bottles of Albarino over dinner, and then made the "wise" decision to have a final glass of wine back on the hotel rooftop before bed.
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| Feinbergs |
On Saturday morning, Keith did a quick run to Starbucks for caffeine and breakfast before we met Kim and Tom in the lobby at 8:45. The first stop was Tom's office to grab his jacket, then a store to get Alex a card, and then over to
Temple Shaaray Tefila for the 2 hour service. We had never been to temple before so it was really interesting - and the rabbi and cantor were fantastic. We skipped the Kiddush luncheon and instead went next door to
Calexico for a Mexican lunch. We all decided a nap was in order before going to
Central Park for a walk. We walked the bridle path for a softer surface and stumbled upon our old favorite singer
Guitar Man. We listened to him a bit: it appears that his songs and stories are roughly the same as 20 years ago - though age seems to have motivated him to wear a shirt now! After the walk, we were back at the hotel to change for the evening's festivities at
Slate. The event started in the lower level with appetizers and drinks, then moved upstairs for the dancing and dinner. Just like Mark and Alica's wedding, Keith was unaware that the appetizers were not the main dinner! The evening was pretty cool - and Alex and his friends danced the night away. We got silly trying on all of the party favors that lit up! We wrapped up the evening with a drink on the rooftop bar at our hotel again.
On Sunday, we met Kim and Tom for a walk again - this time down the west side - starting at
Hudson Yards and finishing at
World Trade Center. We saw the fountains at WTC and then went into the new Westfield Mall and transportation hub to take the subway back to the hotel. Our last stop on the weekend agenda was to meet Carmen at
Demarchlier on the upper east side. It was a good lunch and fun to catch up - then we took a cab - first to Penn Station for Shawna to train up to Hartford, then Keith went to Newark for a flight back to Vegas.
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| Walk along West Side |
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