For one reason or another I normally travel to New York
several times a year. Sometimes it’s for fun or inspiration but this time I
found myself working in the Blue Pheasant booth at the NY Now Show. Friends
were launching their third company and needed an extra person so off I went. I
scheduled a couple of days on either end for a little wandering.
Side note: I have been traveling all summer and haven’t been
able to schedule a haircut. Needless to say, with the NY humidity, my hair was
a frizzy rats nest. As I wandered through the city I was thinking how nice it
would be if someone would grab me off the street and offer me a makeover. Hold
on to that thought.
Subway map in hand I explored Uptown, Downtown and
everything in between. I rode the #1 North to South, the L to Brooklyn and the #7
East to West. Throw in the J, the Z or maybe it was the #5 for good measure,
and that about covers it.
I hit the beautiful New York Public Library, the charming
Bryant Park and marveled at its famous little public bathroom.
My friend Zazel and I hit some of the hot spots of Harlem;
St. Nicholas Historic District or Strivers Row, The Apollo and The Cathedral ofSaint John the Divine and had a delicious vegetarian soul food dinner. Zazel
has this amazing head of hair that could be interrupted as curly/frizzy and
people kept stopping her and complementing her on it.
No one mentioned MY hair.
One day, while running around the Flatiron District, a guy stops me
and says, ” Hey pretty lady in the Harry Potter glasses, I work with L'oreal and
we are having a promotion, would you like a makeover?” If you recall, I was
hoping for this earlier in the post but now that it was happening I wasn’t sure
if I was offended or happy that he saw potential. Based on his approach (Harry
Potter, really?), over use of Botox and the fact that I was leaving town the next day, I
passed.
Ego in tow I headed to Brooklyn to see my friends Thomas and
Hiroshi. We walked around Williamsburg and, that evening, they hosted a lovely
birthday dinner in my honor and assured me that I was lovely “as is” but that I
probably could use a haircut.
All in all, it was quite the adventure and one of the best
trips I have had to New York.
Oh and I am getting a haircut today……..
September 2
