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Travel · 3 min read · 08 Aug 2023

A Work Week in New York

A work trip to New York that still found room for hot yoga, ice skating at Rockefeller Center, and a lot of very good food.

Photo by Thomas Habr on Unsplash Photo by Thomas Habr on Unsplash*

A work week in New York, logged day by day: client site during the day, the city everywhere else.

Day 1: Saturday

Meals:

  • Lunch: Mom's food
  • Dinner: Ramen Ku-Raku, spicy tofu vegetable gyoza and ramen
  • Stay: Airbnb

Activity:

  • Flew into New York, Uber from JFK to Upper Manhattan

Day 2: Sunday

Photo by Fred Moon on Unsplash NYC skyline (mood shot, not confirmed taken from The Edge) · Photo by Fred Moon on Unsplash

Meals:

  • Lunch: Mom's packed fried rice
  • Dinner: Screamer's Pizzeria (vegan pizza) and Van Leeuwen ice cream
  • Stay: Airbnb

Activity:

  • One-mile morning run around the neighborhood
  • Evening at Edge at Hudson Yards
  • Train to Brooklyn for pizza and ice cream

Day 3: Monday

Photo by Sigmund on Unsplash A sushi roll (mood shot, not confirmed to be from Beyond Sushi) · Photo by Sigmund on Unsplash

Meals:

  • Dinner: Beyond Sushi, with a friend
  • Stay: Airbnb

Activity:

  • One-mile morning run before the train into work

Day 4: Tuesday

Photo by Kris Tian on Unsplash A coffee shop (mood shot, not confirmed to be Gregory's Coffee) · Photo by Kris Tian on Unsplash

Meals:

  • Breakfast: Gregory's Coffee, coffee and a pastry
  • Lunch: Beatnic
  • Dinner: LadyBird
  • Stay: Airbnb

Activity:

  • Coffee with colleagues, then donuts from Dough on the way to the client site

Day 5: Wednesday

Photo by Frankie Lopez on Unsplash Tacos (mood shot, not confirmed to be from Jajaja Mexicana) · Photo by Frankie Lopez on Unsplash

Meals:

  • Breakfast: Caffe Vita, chai latte
  • Lunch: Jajaja Mexicana
  • Dinner: Chipotle (to-go)
  • Stay: Airbnb

Activity:

  • Hot yoga at Fierce Grace
  • Worked from a colleague's apartment, then moved the afternoon to the Mexican restaurant, churros for the whole table
  • Subway back to the office for a late night

Day 6: Thursday

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Work Views · Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Meals:

  • Lunch: Beatnic
  • Dinner: Thai
  • Stay: Airbnb

Activity:

  • Client site all day
  • 30-minute meditation session at a sangha with a colleague

Day 7: Friday

Photo by Aveedibya Dey on Unsplash Vegan on the Fly · Photo by Aveedibya Dey on Unsplash

Meals:

  • Lunch: Leftover Thai
  • Dinner: Vegan on the Fly
  • Stay: Airbnb

Activity:

  • Worked from the Airbnb
  • Ice skating at Rockefeller Center, a stop at Adidas, and a walk through Times Square

Day 8: Saturday

Photo by Martin Adams on Unsplash Photo by Martin Adams on Unsplash*

Meals:

  • Dinner: Mom's food, back home
  • Stay: Home

Activity:

  • Lyft to JFK and the flight home to Los Angeles
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