Rosevelt Park, Battery City NY.
Sunday, July 31, 2005
So Adam's birthday party went into the wee hours but I was lamely in bed at 1:30am. I just couldn't be my mojo working and was full of some really good cheese. The place was a wreck this morning so we went out and had breakfast at Bubby's, then went to a playgroud in Battery Park City. It was a really nice park on the Hudson River right next to the former World Trade Center towers. The boys were thrilled because we took a taxi car down and a noisy train back uptown. We just got back and the cleaning crew is just about done getting things back in order. More soon....
Saturday, July 30, 2005
The show we saw last night was really funny. http://broadwayworld.com/showinfo.cfm?showid=443 We started out at the Royalton bar where I stay quite often when I come to NY. A martini then a walk to the theater then a 10:30 dinner at the Gramercy Tavern.
This morning started out with a trip on the Lexington Line from Astor Pl. to 68th street. The boys really liked the noisy train in a tunnel. When then walked into the park and found a great little playground with an awesome slide. From there we went to the Central Park Carousel and rode the uppy downy horses. Then we were off to the Museum of Natural History on 81st and Central Park West to see dinosaurs.
We got back to Adam's place around 2 and the boys took a nap and I went to the gym. I'll add a few more pictures to my flickr account again for some picture detail of the day. Hey I also got an e-mail from my cousin Tony yesterday saying his movie shoot at his house went really well and he's in the midst of editing and scoring the feature. You can read all about it at www.tonyadelman.com
We're having a birthday party for Adam tonight. Should be fun, they just came with a table of cheese.
More soon....
Friday, July 29, 2005
The drive to NY last night was pretty un-eventful for once. The new EZPass meant no more stoping at toll booths all the way up and our late departure meant not a lot of traffic, except for the Holland Tunnel which was being cleaned at midnight when we hit it so ten lanes merged down to one. The boys ran around Uncle Adam's apartment until about 2am and then we went to bed. This morning we got up and went to see the USS Intrepid Museum. This had everything the boys needed. A long taxi car ride to pier 86 where we boarded the WWII vintage aircraft carrier with a bunch of airplanes on it. Good stuff. They need a nap now. This is grandpa on the deck of the ship. Go to durpenters.org for a few more pictures. More soon..
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Weatherbug says it's damn hot. The actual temp is a 101 with a heat index of 112 in this shot. A cold front is on the way and can't get here quick enough. I got back from New York this morning at 8am and Nicole picked me up at the airport on the way into the office. I know the new rug for the basement arrived today and furniture is suppose to be their as well. I'm looking forward to seeing the boys and am hoping the rug and furniture match. More soon.
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Long day in New York
I had dinner with Phil Terry from Creative Good and talked about the fundimental shift in the consumer value proposition and traditional marketing. Mass marketing is dead and segmentation is old school. Its all about customer centric delivery of goods and services and its not apparent to the typical marketing exec and even harder to explain.
Anyway, it was good to connect with Phil and get his perspective on my challenges at AARP relate to the rest of the world. I'm having a beer in the theater district right now and thinking about how to move AARP into the 21st century. Phil also suggested the Gramercy Grill for a hot spot for me and Nicole on Friday when Adam, Gil and Linda will be taking care of the kids. Sounds fantastic.
More soon.
Mark Carpenter
General Manager
Web Strategy and Operations
www.aarp.org
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New York
Nicole got on the 8am shuttle and I'm on the 9am. The boys and I played baby sandwich this morning and they really liked that. Basically, one of them would crawl on me then the other one would crawl on top of the one on me. We did this for 15 minutes with each child taking turns as the meat.
The flight is leaving, more soon.
Mark Carpenter
General Manager
Web Strategy and Operations
www.aarp.org
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Sunday, July 24, 2005
The boys and I got our hair cut yesterday and then went out to a friends party. They had a moonwalk in the back yard and we all bounced around for a few hours. They seem to enjoy wrestling each other quite a bit these days and the moonwalk made a perfect place to beat on each other. I'll post a few more of these on flickr.
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Friday, July 22, 2005
Wow, it's been 3 days since I added to this blog. I have really tried to be daily with the whole business but I guess work has really gotten in the way. Actually, I played golf yesterday but I needed the break. On that topic, I shot a 48 on the front side (not so good) and a 37 on the back (one over par). How this happened, I have no idea. Something about concentration and just letting go.
Anyway, I should have some new photos of the boys this weekend. Dylan has a temp right now so I don't know we'll be going to the Silampa cookout but I bet I'll find some opportunity to take some shot of the little guys. That or I'll take a look at what Blanca has taken on the house digital camera this week and blog those.
Chinese food is on the way, talk with you all soon.
Anyway, I should have some new photos of the boys this weekend. Dylan has a temp right now so I don't know we'll be going to the Silampa cookout but I bet I'll find some opportunity to take some shot of the little guys. That or I'll take a look at what Blanca has taken on the house digital camera this week and blog those.
Chinese food is on the way, talk with you all soon.
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
I forgot to blog about my trip to the University of Maryland to see the Human Computer Interaction Laboratory and Dr. Ben Schniederman last Friday. This is sort of a MIT Media Lab type place but much closer. They are doing some interesting things with older people and technology and we may want to partner with them on a project of two. This is Mike using his sidekick to blog himself wearing a computer eye tracking gizmo. You can see the results here. http://hiptop.bedope.com/index.php?FILTER=zyrr@gznvy.pbz&gimme_entry=14493
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