What this means to my teammates on our sales team is I'm really good at Influencing and Relationship-Building, I have some Execution Skills, and have to work hard at Strategic Thinking.
Part of the team building skill was hopping the Path Train over to the Meatpacking District in Manhattan and stopping by the Chelsea Pier (overlooking the Hudson River) for dinner and then to the sports complex for some bowling. My score was a pretty low 77, but poor Dave only came in at 69 (he's one of the "strategic thinkers").
The food was pretty good and I learned a little about the Meatpacking District while I was there. It was after the Civil War that the area started to become less residential and more industrial and "marketplace" like. By 1900, the area was home to 250 slaughterhouses and packing plants, and by the 1920's it became even more tightly focused on meatpacking and related activities. By the '70's and '80's it had turned in to the gay and transgender hot spot, and in the late 1990's it went through a transformation again bringing it to it's more modern day and fashionable appearance.
One of the really cool things I learned about the neighborhood is Gansevoort Street which is the original footpath that led from Sapohanikan, which was a native American trading station, to the inland to the east, is within one degree to the spring and autumnal equinoxes (I would love to see this). It's not known whether it was by accident or design but it's an impressive view during those times of the year.
The Chelsea Market in the district is where the original Nabisco factory complex was located and where the Oreo Cookie was invented and produced. Today the building also houses retail and office space as well as broadcasting companies, media and technology, like YouTube which offices on the 5th floor.
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| Riding the Path Train to Manhattan - I had never seen such a crush of humanity as I did that night riding the train back. |
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Then home to Charleston for a day to unpack, work, work, work, and repack before heading to Austin, TX. So I'm sitting at my desk at home for the day and I look out the window and see this guy "pruning" my Queen Ann palm. I love working from home!  "Pet & Critter Alert" is the topic - "Alligator in Westlake" There is an alligator in Westlake and someone has been called to remedy. Careful with your dogs and kitties... OK, then on to Austin. I'm new enough relocating from TX to still feel a bit excited when going back to Texas soil and Austin is a particularly fun place to visit.    |
On the way home from Austin we stopped for lunch at the Wok & Roll -
they had a buffet and Oreo Cookies were one of the items you could get - well that takes us full circle to end the week. Speaking of Oreos, check out the latest and greatest.
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