I may spend five days a week in Manhattan, but the workaday grind hardly allows much time to get to know the city. And since we live in New Haven, Conn., we figured that qualified us to call ourselves "outtatowners" for a weekend and make a special trip to Manhattan for the holiday festivities.
Hotels are twice as expensive Saturday nights as they are Sunday nights, so booking a room above Times Square on Sunday felt like a bargain. We had drinks with a friend of mine, braved the mob packed into Rockefeller Plaza and then grabbed dinner at an Italian restaurant on "Restaurant Row" in the theater district.
I would have preferred if there were a little bit of snow to enhance the holiday atmosphere, but no matter. We rounded out the trip Monday morning with a visit to the flagship Macy's store (where the Thanksgiving parade ends) and the Top of the Rock, an experience similar to riding to the top of the Empire State Building, except that you can see the Empire State Building from this view.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Tribune Co.
The company I work for, Tribune, filed for bankruptcy Monday. Tribune not only owns the Hartford Courant but several other newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune and the L.A. Times, and several television stations.
Read more here.
Read more here.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Just some stuff
Sorry for not posting anything in some time. Although it seems time flies in general, it seems to go even faster this time of year.
We traveled up to Corning, N.Y., the weekend before Thanksgiving to celebrate the holiday with Dave's mom, sister and niece.
Dave and I spent Thanksgiving Day at home in New Haven. I had to work but was able to do so from home. Dave made me a wonderful turkey dinner with all the traditional trimmings. We still have leftovers....
Our fake tree is up and decorated. And Callie, the cat, has already managed to eat a little of the plastic tree and throw up twice. She loves plastic. She licks the blinds, plastic tubs. We are considering a rehab program.
On the work front --- We are getting by. My wonderful boss, Jeanne, resigned this past week. As online editor at the Hartford Courant, she truly had the toughest job in the newsroom, balancing the demands of an anti-online print newsroom with the ever increasing pressure from corporate in Chicago. Her resignation means a tough and uncertain few months ahead for me and my fellow webbers at the Courant.
Also, rumors of more layoffs continue. The newspaper industry has been declining for years now, but with the recession, it's rapidly getting worse. In fact, the Wausau Daily Herald, where Dave and I once worked, as well as other Gannett newspapers, axed some newsroom positions this week.
But, alas, Christmas is near, and we have much to be thankful for. We are heading to Wisconsin to spend time with my family. We both haven't been back to Wisconsin since our wedding.
TTFN
We traveled up to Corning, N.Y., the weekend before Thanksgiving to celebrate the holiday with Dave's mom, sister and niece.
Dave and I spent Thanksgiving Day at home in New Haven. I had to work but was able to do so from home. Dave made me a wonderful turkey dinner with all the traditional trimmings. We still have leftovers....
Our fake tree is up and decorated. And Callie, the cat, has already managed to eat a little of the plastic tree and throw up twice. She loves plastic. She licks the blinds, plastic tubs. We are considering a rehab program.
On the work front --- We are getting by. My wonderful boss, Jeanne, resigned this past week. As online editor at the Hartford Courant, she truly had the toughest job in the newsroom, balancing the demands of an anti-online print newsroom with the ever increasing pressure from corporate in Chicago. Her resignation means a tough and uncertain few months ahead for me and my fellow webbers at the Courant.
Also, rumors of more layoffs continue. The newspaper industry has been declining for years now, but with the recession, it's rapidly getting worse. In fact, the Wausau Daily Herald, where Dave and I once worked, as well as other Gannett newspapers, axed some newsroom positions this week.
But, alas, Christmas is near, and we have much to be thankful for. We are heading to Wisconsin to spend time with my family. We both haven't been back to Wisconsin since our wedding.
TTFN
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