First day of work?....A great reason to celebrate!

Day one on the job! I had an interview with a head hunter/recruiting agency this morning, then started work at 11:30.

The recruiting agency interview went well. I was referred by yet another girl from SCAD, so I figured what the heck. It's worth a shot. I showed her my work and signed my life away, then hopped on the train uptown. I arrived at the building of my work a bit early, so I grabbed a yogurt and banana and headed up.

I'm working under a guy named Roy, and he is very nice. I started on my first two assignments right away...one, fixing a former freelancer's mistakes, and two, designing a piece from scratch. I got them both pretty much done in less than a work day. Not too bad, especially considering that I haven't used Quark for a year.

To celebrate, both of my roommates (Turner and Guevara) separately said that they wanted to take me out to dinner, so I thought we could all go together. We went to a fancy fusion place called Indochine (Lafayette, by 4th/Astor Place), where Guevara's sister Mena is the manager. I had the house martini, which had ginger, mint, and who knows what else in it (delicious, though). Then, Mena ordered a bunch of her recommendations for us and the three of us enjoyed two courses of food, plus some tiny desserts (after we had passed on the dessert menu). Turner snuck off and picked up the tab, which was very, very nice of him.

Afterwards, the three of us headed to another bar that Mena's boyfriend runs called 60 Thompson (Thompston St, btwn Spring and Broome Sts). They have a restaurant downstairs, a lounge upstairs, a hotel, and a very very exclusive rooftop bar that is frequented by celebrities. We only hung out downstairs, waiting for Robert, but Guevara said that we can go back pretty much whenever we like to check out the lounge and rooftop. Nice! Once with Robert and his fried, Frank, the five of us took Frank's car to the Parkside. I played Ms. Pacman while the boys played pool, then I caught a cab home (thanks again to Turner). Fun night...now, work tomorrow!