Chrissy's Blog

For Travis’ birthday, I bought him tickets to see one of his favorite bands, The Slackers, out in Brooklyn. They were playing at a venue called the Brooklyn Bowl, which is a huge bowling alley attached to the Brooklyn Brewery. The concert was really fun, dancy music, and we were right up next to the stage.

This is Travis’ manager. He is a very loud British man whose volume only increases with each beer. And boy does he love beer. He has, on occasion, been rather rude and obnoxious, but he seems like an all around nice guy. After all, he did buy us Schnapps as soon as we walked in the door of the bar.

The Think Coffee Holiday Party! It was a good time and only cemented in my mind how I am actually going to miss working there. It is time for me to move on, but I am going to miss the people there a lot. The party was at a small bar in Greenpointe. I didn’t realize until I got home that I didn’t take a single picture. So this is Think Coffee sitting on my counter.

An evening wrapping presents for our favorite people!

I’ve really enjoyed witnessing how Christmas-ified New York gets. In our own corner of the city, our super hung wreaths on the doors and lights on the awning above the doors. It isn’t the glittering lights of 5th Avenue, but it was a cute surprise to come home to. This is a backwards picture of the wreath, but it was too cold to try and take it from the outside.

Mom C sent Travis his childhood Christmas stocking. She made one for me as well, so that I wouldn’t feel left out. His family likes to refer to me as “Chrissy Baby,” so as not to confuse me with his cousin whose name is also Chrissy. “Chrissy Baby” is the result of a very embarrassing story, which I will not disclose here. But as far as nicknames go, I’m pleased with it.

Travis attended the Santa convention in Midtown. I had to work but planned on meeting up with him and his friends when I was done. He was pretty exhausted by the time we met up, so we just headed home. But we wore our Santa hats on the subway.

Friday night, we went on a double date with Travis’ co-worker and her husband. They had hard-to-get tickets to Comic Strip Live which is one of the most famous comedy clubs in New York. While everyone was filtering in, they were playing old routines on big screens. They played bits by Jerry Seinfeld, Robin Williams, Gilbert Godfried, Eddie Murphy. The comics that we saw were hilarious. Plus, clubs like this have a two-drink minimum. The drinks cost around $12, but they sure do make them strong. Halfway through the show, I was drunk and laughing uncontrollably.

I was mildly distracted, though, by this obnoxious woman near us. The best way to describe it is by citing an episode a “Seinfeld.” The one where Kramer is dating Toby, Elaine’s annoying co-worker. Kramer takes her to one of Jerry’s show, and she obnoxiously ruins it by constantly saying “That is so funny!” and eventually booing and hissing. We had that girl. She had to yell out “That’s funny!!” after everything. Finally one of the comics started making fun of her, but she just got more obnoxious, a security guard came over and told her to knock it off, and she left. But it’s another New York moment almost straight out of Seinfeld!

I accepted a Receptionist/ Office Manager position in the Upper East Side. It is not my dream job, but it is a step in the right direction, and I can finally make a living wage and begin to enjoy New York City. I took this as I walked back from my lunch break. The grand building on the left is The Plaza. Everything around the office is really swank. My lunch that day was a tuna melt for $12, and it didn’t come with fries!! I will be packing my lunch in the future.