As of Monday, I will not be responding to email or phone calls after reading this article.
Great to see that Alan was successful in the London Marathon last Sunday, both in terms of getting round the course and the amount of money raised. As Spencer rightly pointed out, I'm somewhat dismayed that there weren't regular blog updates every mile, on the mile, given his penchant for technology. The lack of an update until late Tuesday prompted me to get the information myself.
It's been quite a quiet week, following a week of revelry associated with Ben's visit and Penny and Patrik coming over too.
It seems that the Queen Mary 2 is a little more reliable than the subway trains, it making its third passing (to my knowledge) yesterday evening. It sets sail from the west side at 5pm each Friday, getting down to our place around 6.30pm. Earlier in the week (Monday), the Norwegian Dawn sailed past the office (which is on the other side of the river from our apartment) at a similar time, following the freak storms that had hit her the previous Saturday.
It's nice having a view over the river. Sail boats, canoes, rowing boats (of the Oxford vs. Cambridge genre) water taxis, ocean liners, tugs, ocean-going barges all wend their way past our window, up and down the Hudson. Meanwhile, light aircraft, helicopters and once in a while the Goodyear Blimp fly above them. It's pleasing to see the river being used so much, and it's soothing to watch the various craft as they ferry tourists, workers, funseekers and the like from A to B.
