A Hawkeye View Of Gotham

Latest Celebrity Sighting...

Finally, after 9 years of living in NYC, I have had a random run-in with Derek Jeter!  Yes.  It is true.  I was sitting at the Starbucks on 2nd Avenue and 74th Street earlier today when he walked in with Jorge Posada.  Nobody paid them much attention as they ordered their drinks and stood waiting.  He caught my eye; I smiled, and he smiled back!  Then they left.  Pretty cool.  I shall add him to my list of celebrities sighted in NYC. 

Oh, and I think we put this in the Celebrity / Non-Rat category. 

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Voices of September 11

I recently attend the Voices of September 11 annual benefit here in NYC, courtesy of MB3 who donated to the cause but did not want to attend the event.  My friend Lauren and I went together.  The event benefits The 9/11 Living Memorial Project, a memorial that is in the works which will highlight something interesting and special about each person who died on that day.  Usually I don't like going to anything related to 9/11, but this event was for a good cause, and President Clinton spoke.  Jon Bon Jovi also performed; he sang "Who Says You Can't Go Home", "Living On A Prayer", and "Here Comes The Sun."  I took photos with my iPhone but can't seem to download them to my harddrive at work...I really need to get a new camera.  Anyway - fun times!  I was within a hair of shaking President Clinton's hand but they whisked him away behind a curtain right as I was approaching him.  This is the third time I have seen him speak and I still have not shaken his hand!

Corporate Challenge

 

Yesterday I competed in the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge Race.  They hold this every year for all the chubby corporate people like myself.  It's a 3.5 mile race through Central Park and you may recall it was this race a few years ago that prompted me to run a marathon.  I'd never been able to run the whole race before but you can be sure I ran the whole thing yesterday!  My time was about 32 minutes.  Here I am celebrating afterwards with a couple of my coworkers.