Boulder to London

It seems like we arrived ages ago, but it’s only been 7 days.  We spent last weekend exploring the area around our apartments,  getting supplies for the week, and checking out central park.  Central park is incredible and last weekend was beautiful with blue skies and temperatures reaching 80 degrees.  I was able to make it out for a few runs and also enjoyed an afternoon hanging out on the roof-top deck for our building.

After several logistical complications, we got the team fully up and running on Wednesday.  The client is great, but we definitely have our work cut out for us.  The next two weeks will be critical and we have a ton of ground to cover.  On the non-work front, we have enjoyed some good food (aside from a mishap in China Town) and are beginning to get out and see some of the many things NYC has to offer.  Today we’ll be hitting a Yankees game which will be fun as we have a few Americans and several non-Americans that will likely be as confused about Baseball as I am about Cricket.  One of the interesting things in the week is how often baseball terminology comes up in business meetings in the US.  Going to the game may actually help the team understand what people are talking about when they use terms like swinging for the fences, striking out, batting clean-up, bases loaded, bottom of the 9th, etc.  I believe all of these terms came up in interviews and team meetings this week.

On a totally unrelated note, I tried out a new product this week that I absolutely love.  It’s called “Odwalla Superfood - Original”.  It’s a gross looking green color, but tastes much better than it looks.  It’s stuffed full of antioxidants, vitamin C, etc and has sort of a smoothie texture.

Anyway…need to get a few things done before heading out to check out the new Yankee’s stadium.