I’m being facetious; not really going to be much “down time” this month. It seemed as though it were going to be a quieter, slow month, but apparently not.
Of the two attorneys that I support, the female one recently announced that she’s quitting to go work for a start-up that’s been hatched by one of the founders of PayPal. Her last day is supposedly the 24th. The entire finance group is planning farewell drinks with her on the 17th, as there’s too much going on individually the week of the 24th. However, she and I were tentatively planning to have lunch together on the 23rd. I’ll be sad to see her go. Not only is she great to work for, but she’s one of those people with a sunny disposition that seems to rub off on everyone around her.
The Cherry Blossom Festival in Japantown takes place this weekend and next weekend. I could go hang out, take pictures and stop in at Pa’ina Lounge in the afternoon since they’ll be opening early for the Festival. A co-worker also told me that there’s going to be a food truck featuring Hello Kitty cakes and petit fours. Those are definitely worthy of a picture, if not a few for snacking on!
The Mango Kingz, Micah G and Ekolu will be at Neck of the Woods the night of the 11th and I will be there with bells on. Although the Mango Kingz play around town frequently, I’ve never seen Micah G (LOVE his voice) or Ekolu. My intentions are not to stay until the bitter end, though.
Somehow or another I’ve gotten on some kind of list to receive free tickets to plays at the ACT Theater in Union Square. They send me E-mails every so often announcing what play is coming up, then offer me ticket(s) for certain evenings. I opted to take them up on one Tuesday night for a play called “Let There Be Love.” The following night I’m going to be at some marketing event for event planners. It’s under the dome at the Westside Pavilion and will have plenty of free food and drinks, plus prizes.
My hair cut and color is on the 18th. They booked me with Beta students this time around, so it shouldn’t take close to 6 hours, as it did the last time!
I have a redeye flight to Newark, New Jersey on the 19th. I’ll arrive at 8:06 a.m. on the 20th. My plans are to go to the hotel to freshen up and drop my bags, then head into New York City to meet up with a former co-worker for lunch or Happy Hour or possibly dinner. I’ll be back in New York City on the 21st to hang out for the afternoon, but am due back in Newark for a 6:30 p.m. dinner at a BBQ restaurant with the other administrative assistants. (We’re all in town for a Law Dept. Administrative Assistant Conference, after all.) An admin from the Chicago office will be sharing my room that evening. More than likely, we’re going to stay up late after dinner solving world problems while sharing a bottle of wine. The conference begins promptly at 8:30 a.m. on the 22nd. When it ends at 4:00 p.m., there will be a reception with food and drink. At 5:15 p.m. a shuttle is picking 5 of us up to deliver us to the airport, where we will fly off to our respective destinations – San Francisco, Chicago and Dallas.
On the 25th, 29th and 30th, I have tickets to 3 films as part of the San Francisco International Film Festival. One is French, one is Italian and one is American. I shall report back on that later, of course.
The one last thing is to see CRSB in concert at Pa’ina Lounge the evening of the 17th. It’s been announced, but tickets aren’t on sale yet.
So much for my quiet April!