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December 04, 2005
I'm Sold
As a friend said, "only a New Yorker would stay in a hotel in his own city." This past weekend was Sell Weekend, when the firm gathers the people who just got job offers in New York starting next fall to try to convince them to sign the offer. I signed my offer a while ago, but I was still there. Sell Weekends have become urban legends on campus, with stories of limos, fancy dinners, trendy hotels, and unlimited $350 bottles of Grey Goose. I won't confirm if any of these are true. And in the case of the Grey Goose, I don't remember that part of last night.
I realized that I'm really coming to like Philippe Starck as an avant-garde designer. Starck designed Felix, the penthouse bar at the Peninsula Hong Kong, which features sweeping views over Hong Kong harbour. Friday, we had drinks at one of Starck's early designs (1988), the Royalton Hotel in midtown. The lobby bar is a block long and evokes thoughts of early steamship travel. The maritime theme was continued Saturday with dinner and late-night partying at the Maritime Hotel's Hiro Lounge. With so many well-designed places in town, why do people get near the Marriott?
Here's a picture from the weekend...
UPDATE: Another fellow at the weekend writes:
SUBJECT: Man I knew you were crazyI just didn’t know how much.
Now that I’ve read your blog, I do.When I saw you flirting with the cute girl across the table yesterday at breakfast I didn't realize you haven’t just met her.
Now that I’ve read your blog, I do.
Posted by adrianjo at December 4, 2005 04:10 PM