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Lots of big news coming outa Cali – Frank the Tank is gettin’ hitched!  All he’s missing is the white picket fence.  Been quite busy at work: couple of cool pitches, XM, HBO and coming soon : Columbia.  Also been working on getting my book updated, haven’t touched it in a couple years.  Summer has been a bunch of funky humid weather.  Politic, politics.  Waiting for the NBA season to start, tick tick.  No time for blogging.  Been reading a few poker books for next year .  Parents were in town!  Sophie started school.  I walk her in the mornings.  Tired, very tired.
Below is what I seem to write/think about.

Rob came up with the idea to check out the Elastic Minds exhibit at MOMA. So the Hutt team took a quick break and checked it out. Nice day out, some nice pieces at the exhibit, good time with co-workers. The perks of working in midtown.

Flexed a little home improvement muscle and finally finished my home studio/office. I turned this closet / storage area into a private, closed door, home office. Its right next to our bedroom, so I’m within reach of Joanne and Co., but with a closed door policy – much needed creative space and productive work can be done. Here’s some quick iPhone pix:

The kids make their way to Manhattan, and to my work specifically.

Yes, I know I haven’t posted in a while.  Been very busy at work during the week, I mean VERY busy.  And on the weekends I’ve been dedicating most of my time to getting the house to feel like a home.  Painting, moving furniture, building furniture, setting up rooms, laundry, buying household supplies, going to Target, Home Depot, etc.  On top of all that I’ve been trying to spend a lot of time with the kids.  I think they really enjoy the new house.  I also purchased a 12ft diameter pool for the backyard.  I’ll post some pictures soon of the kids playing in there.  There is actually A LOT of room in that pool.  Lots of summer fun.

Another thing I have to get used to is the on and off rain that NYC gets.  It has been raining at least 1 day a week for the past 3-4 weeks.  Not used to having rainfall that often, especially when its still 80ish degrees outside.  Been wanting to wash my car, but everytime I’m inclined to do so, I check the weather forecast and rain is in the picture.

Work: Ah, been flying to Richmond almost every week.  We’re really moving on design right now and we’re up against a tight deadline.  I drastically switched the IA and design in the 11hr last week, in hopes to salvage this project – a risky move.  I presented the work in Richmond this past Tuesday, and the client gave me “two thumbs up!”  Phew!  I’m glad that happened, as I now have a new burst of energy on this project.  We’re looking to launch in a couple of months, so once we’re live, I’ll post the link.

Home & Family:  The living room is finally in order.  We totally did a job on this room.  Painted the whole room, re-organized all the furniture, added some new pieces.  We just ordered some window treatments, and some other items for the room.  The kids really like spending time in there ( I don’t blame them – huge tv to watch cartoons on, nice soft area rug to rumble on, and a comfy leather sofa to lounge on).  Oh, we also received our Barcelona lounge chair.  Took about 2 months to get here, but the cream leather feels and smells soooo good.  MMM.

Next post I’ll include some pictures of the house and kids.  We miss you all in LA.  Bye.

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I never thought I would be working for Uncle Bill.

As some of you guys may already know, we had “bring your kids to work” day at aarf. Moonbounce + cotton candy machine + popcorn + ice cone machine + clowns + balloon animals = 30% Productivity. Oh and if you want to throw in the 30+ running and bouncing little kids you get = A very loud creative studio. Here are a couple pix i took of those little buggers. I wish the kids were here in NY already ;(

Pretty cool digs. Nice people. Everyone seems like they know their shit. I’ll give a more in depth breakdown after I digest all the info. In the meantime, here are some pix of my walk/to from the AARF office.

Also, this past Sunday in the NYTimes, they published an article on our office. Here is the article: http://tinyurl.com/37kkke

Here are a few images from the article:

So today I started preparing for my first day of work.  Went to the company website and did some reading and research.  I confirmed my arrival time at the office and found out I have orientation at 9am till 11ish.  Last night Wali and I did a dry run of my train ride into work.  Not bad at all.  Jump on the 6 train, transfer on 42nd to the S train, and them I’m 1 block from work.  Roughly a 30-35 minute commute!

I also ironed all my work shirts and completed my unpacking.  Everything is now in the dresser or hanging in the closet.  Getting used to staying here, now I just have to get used to my surroundings and the city.  Tomorrow I’ll be doing some errands with Jenn.  Groceries, household supplies, etc.

In regards to food, I ordered some fresh sandwiches from a local joint and it was pretty decent.  Trying to find all my food places.  Tomorrow I’ll try something new.  My goal is to keep trying new things until I have a good collections of good places to eat.