New York
Strat College was absolutely amazing! Exposure to the top minds shaping the strategy offering in the Firm. Built geat raport with a number of the top guys driving Corporate Strategy and M&A! In retrospect last week is a blur: feeling ill, jet lag, info packed, loads of networking, a little bit of party, some exercise and not much sleep doesn't support a feeling of being control - but what a ride!
Jetted off to New York straight after class on Friday. Arriving a tad early at O'Hare and traveling with carry on luggage only, I managed get a spot on an earlier flight as standby! 2nd time in a week - seems like the way to go in the States! Then the wait... as we taxied off the captain announced that nothing's taking off - some weather system on the horizon & we'd be re-routed via Canada! After 80 minutes on the runway we finally had lift off and headed for NY (LGA - Laguardia airport)! Upstate NY is beautiful and certainly a place I could live! Hundreds of yachts on the Hudson River. From the sky it looked like paradise.
In typical Hennie-style I opted of Joe-soap public transport and not some fancy (expensive) airport shuttle. $25 buys a 7 day unlimited NY MTA pass - get them at any Hudson News Stand. Took the M60 bus to Astoria Blvd and then into midtown on the yellow line metro to 57 St 7 Ave station. From there its a short walk to the Hilton New York on Ave of the Americas (6th Ave). Was delighted but annoyed only arriving at 20:00 after leaving Chicago 7 hrs earlier (plus another hour from Q-Center to O'Hare).
Times Sq was the mission for night #1 in NY! Wow, what a vibe! Around midnight I was spent walking around and headed for a recharge session.
I snapped more than 250 pics during my NY trip! Could labour on & share the whole lot... but why bore you? In short: I need to live on Manhattan Island! I'm madly in love with the place and am convinced that the worst part of the trip was leaving today. As I told a friend: NY is to America what Paris is to Europe - equal wow factor! Not quite sure how I'm supposed to focus on my course this week - my mind is elsewhere.
Some pics (selecting a sample of the total universe does an injustice to the rest):
Times Sq
Nasdaq booth
Brooklyn Bridge
Financial district from Brooklyn Bridge
World Trade Center site
It took me 30 yrs & a career change to finally make it to the NYSE!
Grand Central Station
NY Public Library - hard to avoid reading here!
And another pretty big building - oh wait, its the Empire State!
Great exploring-NY-weather!
Happy Father's Day Oubaas!
Typical NY scene - steaming gutter!
Well done to the Opperheimers for this spot on 5th Ave!
Chris & Steve - this is where the Mac goodies come from!
Park Ave on my Sunday morning run
Concert in the park anyone?
And that dear friends... is just about what there is time for in less than 48 hrs in NY! I'm going back for more!
Jetted off to New York straight after class on Friday. Arriving a tad early at O'Hare and traveling with carry on luggage only, I managed get a spot on an earlier flight as standby! 2nd time in a week - seems like the way to go in the States! Then the wait... as we taxied off the captain announced that nothing's taking off - some weather system on the horizon & we'd be re-routed via Canada! After 80 minutes on the runway we finally had lift off and headed for NY (LGA - Laguardia airport)! Upstate NY is beautiful and certainly a place I could live! Hundreds of yachts on the Hudson River. From the sky it looked like paradise.
In typical Hennie-style I opted of Joe-soap public transport and not some fancy (expensive) airport shuttle. $25 buys a 7 day unlimited NY MTA pass - get them at any Hudson News Stand. Took the M60 bus to Astoria Blvd and then into midtown on the yellow line metro to 57 St 7 Ave station. From there its a short walk to the Hilton New York on Ave of the Americas (6th Ave). Was delighted but annoyed only arriving at 20:00 after leaving Chicago 7 hrs earlier (plus another hour from Q-Center to O'Hare).
Times Sq was the mission for night #1 in NY! Wow, what a vibe! Around midnight I was spent walking around and headed for a recharge session.
I snapped more than 250 pics during my NY trip! Could labour on & share the whole lot... but why bore you? In short: I need to live on Manhattan Island! I'm madly in love with the place and am convinced that the worst part of the trip was leaving today. As I told a friend: NY is to America what Paris is to Europe - equal wow factor! Not quite sure how I'm supposed to focus on my course this week - my mind is elsewhere.
Some pics (selecting a sample of the total universe does an injustice to the rest):
Times Sq
Nasdaq booth
Brooklyn Bridge
Financial district from Brooklyn Bridge
World Trade Center site
It took me 30 yrs & a career change to finally make it to the NYSE!
Grand Central Station
NY Public Library - hard to avoid reading here!
And another pretty big building - oh wait, its the Empire State!
Great exploring-NY-weather!
Happy Father's Day Oubaas!
Typical NY scene - steaming gutter!
Well done to the Opperheimers for this spot on 5th Ave!
Chris & Steve - this is where the Mac goodies come from!
Park Ave on my Sunday morning run
Concert in the park anyone?
And that dear friends... is just about what there is time for in less than 48 hrs in NY! I'm going back for more!
posted by Hennie at
5:04 am
