Being in the same city for work for the first time
The first work week of 2020 began with Franzi being in Madison and Alex flying out to Chicago. Now we were finally lucky. Franzi had to be in Chicago for an event on Tuesday, so she traveled there Monday afternoon and we could finally meet up. We had a nice dinner together at Avli and enjoyed some Greek treats.
On Tuesday, Franzi supported the Kearney Kellogg Business School Student Lab – an initiative where we support students in a consulting project with a real client. Once we were both back in New York on Thursday evening, we were greeted by Charly & Con who even cooked us a veggie stew. What a welcome!
Friday was quite an exciting day for our firm. We re-branded from A.T. Kearney to Kearney and launched a completely new design and image. The day was filled with inspiring talks, fun activities to familiarize ourselves with the new brand, and battling each other to get the best LinkedIn post.
In the evening we were invited over to a colleague who lives just a few houses away from our place in the same street. We had a “Feierabend” drink (after work drink), before we went to a New York dinner institution: Momofuku Noddle Bar for some great Ramen and Brisket. Also the garlic noodles that come with the brisket are truly outstanding and way more than just a side dish.
Weekend #2 with Charly & Con
On Saturday we visited Williamsburg and the southern part of Bushwick. We explored the neighborhood, including a vintage market. We walked over to Williamsburg via the Williamsburg Bridge, which offers some nice views of the Brooklyn and Manhattan shore. After strolling through Domino Park, we met up with Alex’s friend Fabi and shared a drink at Gran Torino.
On our way home, to satisfy another craving of Con, we stopped by at Dan & John’s Wings for an Appetizer of guess what – Chicken Wings. After some time to digest, we cooked a nice Israeli inspired dish: lentils with roasted eggplant, cherry tomatoes and yoghurt. The recipe was out of the cookbook we got from Con and Charly: Simple from Ottolenghi.
Another day of Spring
On Sunday, it was surprisingly warm for mid-January, around 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit). We kicked off the day with a breakfast with fresh fruits at home, got into spring clothes and took a walk through the East Village to Tomkins Square Park where we bought some fresh veggies for our planned dinner.
The $1 Pizza Dilemma
On this day, Con got himself into kind of a dilemma. During the week he started a $1 New York Pizza challenge. This meant, he had to eat one slice of cheese pizza at every $1 pizza he saw. So far, that meant one or two slices of pizza per day. On this particular day however, we passed MANY $1 pizza shops. Probably around 10 until we reached our original lunch destination, Katz’s Delicatessen. This meant more food, and if you know this place, you know a pastrami sandwich is not small. Con was struggling pretty hard but also didn’t want to give up the challenge, which caused quite a bit of comedy for all of us. Unfortunately for Con, there was one more $1 Pizza shop after lunch. This time he ordered his Pizza To-Go. Surprisingly, after doing some apartment cleaning and getting Constantin and Charly’s luggage ready for departure we were (a little) hungry again and prepared some light veggies in the oven for dinner.
In summary, a weekend full of culinary highlight and lot’s of walking to offset the calories!
Schön war’s mit euch 💛