revved up
I'm going to New York City this weekend, and I can't wait.
We usually go around Christmastime -- there's something about the city all dressed up in its winter finest, with the miniature snowdrifts next to the subway stops and the bite in the air and the tree at Rockefeller Center. It feels like walking through a holiday movie.
But we didn't make it this year. There just wasn't time and, anyway, the newspaper doesn't have a recreation association that plans cheapo bus trips to NYC and Boston (like my last employer). And I missed that annual tradition.
This weekend, though, we're going to see a Broadway show. The bus is supposed to drop us off in front of the theater with just enough time to sprint to my favorite shop -- the NBC Experience store. I can pick up "Office" supplies!
Now I just have to decide what I want: a dorky Dunder-Mifflin polo shirt, like the ones Dwight and Michael wore in the conference episode? A mouse pad? A coffee mug? I've already been to the store Web site, so I know what's available. Here's hoping I can decide by the time we get there ...