NYC Bound - Day 1 - Detroit
Yesterday I had planned to ride my bike on a tour of Chicago I researched and created. I was going to go with Jess but she didn't wake up in time due to a late night out. By Noon I just decided I would meet up with an old CMU friend, Bryan who was visiting Chicago for the weekend and then drive to Detroit.
I took him down Madison but we saw no brunch so I figured we could check out Roosevelt or Taylor (Little Italy) It was nearby so I took him to the site of the O'Leary barn, the origin point of the 1871 Chicago fire.
I had been laughing that I always take guests to the same 3 brunch spots and I haven't found anywhere new that I was into in a long time. So we went random, I saw Demitasse on Taylor St and we tried it. IT WAS AMAZING there was so much good food to choose from it was really difficult. Then B picked up the tab, what a guy!!
The drive home was cake, I dropped crap off at my parents house then headed to Music Hall to see The Strange play. PARKING WAS NUTS. There was nothing, all my secret spots I had over the years weren't open, anywhere else was 30 dollars. I think there was a Tigers game and a Lions game (oh my!)
I gave up. I left to go to Theatre Bizarre. I love this community. The folks that set up Bizarre are unlike characters you will meet anywhere else. A close-knit band of misfits, engineers, philosophers and artists who all go to burning man festival every year.
I hung out there till the wee hours, tried to go see Paul Z on my way home but couldn't find it. Passed out and slept ALL DAY.. now its 5pm, I'm going to go see my sister Debbie and then get on the road to Manhattan. I have 3 interviews this week and a couple meetings with Nice Shoes, who doesn't need help but Joe wants my face seen around more so when he says "lets get Dan in here to help with his job" people will know who that is. They are expanding, it won't be long before they need help, it has taken about 2 months to build a relationship with Joe and he sounds like he is really trying to get me in the door, but his hands are tied at the moment.
I don't have a place to stay until Wednesday so I am going to get a room in Jersey, The Bronx or Brooklyn somewhere and use that as homebase until my friends have room for me. Lots of visitors to NYC this week so all my friends are either too crowded to accomadate or just gave birth LOL.
I will return to Chicago an employed New Yorker, and get back to that Manhattan island full time after Vegoose Festival on Halloween.
I took him down Madison but we saw no brunch so I figured we could check out Roosevelt or Taylor (Little Italy) It was nearby so I took him to the site of the O'Leary barn, the origin point of the 1871 Chicago fire.
I had been laughing that I always take guests to the same 3 brunch spots and I haven't found anywhere new that I was into in a long time. So we went random, I saw Demitasse on Taylor St and we tried it. IT WAS AMAZING there was so much good food to choose from it was really difficult. Then B picked up the tab, what a guy!!
The drive home was cake, I dropped crap off at my parents house then headed to Music Hall to see The Strange play. PARKING WAS NUTS. There was nothing, all my secret spots I had over the years weren't open, anywhere else was 30 dollars. I think there was a Tigers game and a Lions game (oh my!)
I gave up. I left to go to Theatre Bizarre. I love this community. The folks that set up Bizarre are unlike characters you will meet anywhere else. A close-knit band of misfits, engineers, philosophers and artists who all go to burning man festival every year.
I hung out there till the wee hours, tried to go see Paul Z on my way home but couldn't find it. Passed out and slept ALL DAY.. now its 5pm, I'm going to go see my sister Debbie and then get on the road to Manhattan. I have 3 interviews this week and a couple meetings with Nice Shoes, who doesn't need help but Joe wants my face seen around more so when he says "lets get Dan in here to help with his job" people will know who that is. They are expanding, it won't be long before they need help, it has taken about 2 months to build a relationship with Joe and he sounds like he is really trying to get me in the door, but his hands are tied at the moment.
I don't have a place to stay until Wednesday so I am going to get a room in Jersey, The Bronx or Brooklyn somewhere and use that as homebase until my friends have room for me. Lots of visitors to NYC this week so all my friends are either too crowded to accomadate or just gave birth LOL.
I will return to Chicago an employed New Yorker, and get back to that Manhattan island full time after Vegoose Festival on Halloween.