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Super-busy week so far at work, haven't had a second to breathe, 12+ hour days, juggling so many things.

Have some business to conduct in Kansas City tomorrow. Meeting with a company to see if we can help them. David from the Cinci office will be there too. I have a very early flight out of LGA , and won't get back in town until very late Wed night.

Meeting Bobby Thu evening for dinner and drinks. May drive back to Boston with him on Fri, and spend the weekend there to disconnect from everything. That'd be fun. Although, as usual, I am bit scared of Nina, Judith's giant and intimidating doberman:

Saw Red Eye tonight, featuring the attractive Rachel McAdams. It was OK, but I never quite got into it. Talked to Bill, he saw Wedding Crashers, also with Rachel McAdams.



I talked to Bobby as well. He will be in town this week. I will be out of town Wed for sure, so we are going to try and hang out Thursday and/or Fri. He said Judith is out of the country, in Denmark, for work, so maybe I will go spend the weekend in Boston with him.

BTW, I went out for a while Saturday night. Stopped by Bar Nine, it was Beth's - one of the bartenders - last day, she is moving to L.A. They had a going away party for her.

After that, I went into Gaslight for a bit, hadn't been there for several weeks. Saw Colleen, and Russel. Met somebody new, Jessica. She was there with 3 friends. Russel and I talked to her and one of her friends, Natasha, for quite a while. She was cool

The 3 US credit bureau's - Equifax, TransUnion and Experian - are finally required to provide a free credit report to consumers once a year, upon request. They've been testing this for a few months in phases, but I believe after September all states qualify. Pretty cool. Here's the link:

https://www.annualcreditreport.com

I went out to the The Lion King Broadway show yesterday with Bill and Lee. The words that come to mind to describe it are: colorful and very creative, it's a lot of fun to watch.

After the show we went out for dinner, ended up at fashionable Markt in the Meat Packing District. Here's Citysearch's editorial profile:

The sprawling dining room features dark-wood details, brass railings and a gleaming 60-foot bar, complete with raw-bar selections on ice and more beer taps than you can count. The Belgium-inspired restaurant, which specializes in seemingly countless varieties of moules frites, gets especially busy on warm summer nights, when groups take to the sidewalk tables and to the bar for icy ales, oysters and everything from lobster salads to simple fish entrees.

We didn't finish until late, left the place around 1:15 am.