New York Trip - Part 1/2

Alie and I are home from New York, with stories to tell and photos to show. Unfortunately, the computer with all the uploaded New York photos is currently being a jerk. I'll have to forage for the few photos I have in my inbox, on my phone, and those I've already posted on my Tumblr. Hope ya don't mind.

It was an amazing, probably-life-changing trip. I love New York more every time I visit, and I have to say that this trip topped all others. We went to the AOL building to film a segment for the awesome website Lemondrop, dropped by the Sirius offices to meet the delightful Lea of Cocktails With Patrick and record a segment for her upcoming show, and took important meetings in tall office buildings with a bunch of awesome people.

More details to come, but please enjoy these photos in the meantime.

Our VERY FIRST Dunkin' Donuts experience. Yeah, it was pretty amazing.

If asked, Alie will gladly tell you about our harrowing experience with a gypsy cab, and about how we ended up - not at Chelsea Market where we were headed for an important meeting - but somewhere in Chinatown called Cherry Market, and no, we do not want to pay you, Shady Gypsy Cab Driver, twenty extra bucks to get us back to Chelsea Market, thankyouverymuch.

She will also tell you that it was all my fault, which technically it totally and completely was. Personally, I'd rather focus on the above photo, which makes me look oh-so cosmopolitan as I run to catch a YELLOW CAB. Lesson we learned the hard way in New York City #45: never get in a cab that ISN'T YELLOW.

On the stoop of our awesome little East Village sublet, which we found via Airbnb thanks to a tip from a friend. Sublets, you guys! That's the only way to hotel, in my opinion.

I've been a fan of Howard Stern since I was a kid, so this was a big deal for me. I kept hoping he'd walk out of the door and maybe give me a high five at least, or even better, pose for a photo with me that would make me the envy of every big brother and fiancé I have [one of each]. Sadly, he was off that week, so we only got weird looks from passersby.

More photos and stories to come. This month is sure to be an exciting, highly bloggable one, and I'm looking forward to sharing all the happenings with all you lovely peeps.

This coming weekend, for those of you in the LA area, finds Alie and I demonstrating some of our new cocktails on an actual stage at the LA Times Food & Wine Celebration (with a She & Him concert, to boot!). Please ignore the fact that we're scheduled to go on at the same time as one Miss Pioneer Woman. We're passing out free samples of cocktails, and she isn't. So there.

And on September 13th, we're terribly, stupidly excited to present the first of 12 brand new cocktail videos which we made for the Food Network site, Food2 (bookmark our page at www.food2.com/drinks).

We'll be doing tons of press and awesome events for the show (see the aforementioned Lemondrop and Sirius radio visits), as well as hosting some guest-bartending gigs which I hope to see some of your pretty faces at.

photo by my awesome sister Leah

Have I mentioned how happy I am lately? Because I am. Endlessly, deliriously happy.