Category Work
Livin’ the dream
It has been nine days since I flew to New York on a last-minute trip for an urgent client matter with a suitcase packed for two nights. In the seven days that followed, I billed 115 hours, including two consecutive days of over 20 billable hours each and only four hours in between. That means that in […]
Oh the irony
How many times have I sat in Washington, DC, looking at the New York theatre offerings and wishing I were there so that I could see a play? Lots. And now here I am sitting in New York, wishing I was in DC so I could see Theatre de l’Atelier’s production of Les Liaisons Dangeureuses. Of all […]
If it isn’t one thing, it’ll be another . . .
So I come home (and by “home” I mean my hotel room) after work today and walk into a cloud of cigarette smoke. Sickening cigarette smoke permeating the room, pouring out of the ceiling vent. Instantly I had a headache and hated whoever was smoking on the other side of the vent. For about five […]
Glory be
We got the message late last night that the client’s business team would be meeting with senior management in the morning to discuss key terms of the deal. This meant two things for the lawyers: First, it meant that we suddenly had a pile of new work to do in preparation for those early meetings […]
And another
Let’s see, I think the hours were 6am until about 1:15am. I can’t wait to tally my billables this week; I’m confident I’ll easily break my current record of 86 hours worked in a week. Today was better than yesterday, in the sense that we were super busy all day — no sense of twiddling my […]
Another day at the grindstone
We’ve finished the fourth full day of no-holds-barred negotiations and I sense the honeymoon phase is ending. Overall I’m still enjoying the experience — it’s different from any other deal I’ve worked on; it’s quite an adventure — but the pace is starting to wear. I’m tired of being stuck with only one suit and two shirts, needing a haircut (I was supposed to […]
New York – A sudden change in plans
At 5:20am I received the following email: “We’re a go. See you at the airport.” In just over an hour, I was showered, packed and en route to the airport, simultaneously directing the cabbie and leaving messages to cancel my haircut and let Amy know that I wouldn’t make it to ballet class. By 9:30am I […]
Tonight: Modern dance and surprise packing
So. Lar Lubovitch. His dance company performed at the Kennedy Center tonight, and I saw it. This was my first time seeing his work, and I really liked it. The choreography was beautiful and fun, fairly intense. Not quite transcendant in the way that Mark Morris was, but still a wonderful artistic treat. With our season’s […]
Three things of note
I. I got my teeth sanded today. Didn’t bother me too much while it was happening, but now it’s totally weirding me out — first time in my life that I’ve had space between my bottom teeth* and been a vampire at the same time. How do I know I’m a vampire? Because (a) I was bitten by vampire […]
Las Vegas – Quasi en vacances
Welp, I made it. After a hectic Saturday morning (ballet class! packing! cleaning the apartment!) I settled into my seat for a flight to Las Vegas. The layover in Houston ended up being a few hours longer than expected due to a mechanical failure. The crowd was jolly, though, and I made friends with a middle-aged woman […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 