Taking a page from Eddie's book, this song seemed appropriate for the recap of last night's events.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMWzYip6R30
What a great event. I am so glad I was able to make the NYC GTG. I got back home this morning after a whirlwind trip, where I spent about 23 hours on the ground in NYC. I landed Saturday morning and after checking into the hotel and a quick trip to the Boutique (hi Lindsey and Chad), I headed to the Village to meet the gang for lunch. Sidekick arranged for two tables of ten to have the Bo Ssam special at Momofuku Ssam, which was an entire pork shoulder served with rice, oysters, and condiments in lettuce leaves.
We started out with the pork buns, which are fantastic.
Then they brought out the main meal, which was excellent.
It was great to spend time with everyone before the bigger event.
After spending the rest of the afternoon looking at incredible pieces at an AD, it was time for the main event.
Ill let the organizers relay the details, but it was a fantastic party. There were large prints of the calendar images on the walls, the video link from Down Under, and a room full of the best people I know.
Paddy, Eng, RobNY
Cap
Random crowd shots.
Bo and Kevin
Mike111 and his better half.
Micah
Eddie and Stephanie Sanchez
Aurelio being the Buddahlicious MC
Paddy, expressing his appreciation for the organizers and everyone who made it such a big night for the Mulliganeers.
Strap King getting the auction going.
Mike2zero participating via Iphone.
I heard they were redoing Tron, maybe Chad can be the lead?
The winner.
A little gift for our gracious host, Eng.
Then it was off to dinner next door.
Farhad and Cap
Micah and Larry
Everyone else
A shot of some of the Chicago folks (sorry Retto, I think you were still at dinner at this point). I did not get the waiver from Neeraj, so the photo has been edited to avoid legal repercussion.
The calendar and special surprise are amazing. Eng, Martin and Arif I cannot thank you enough.
I dont want to leave anyone out, but I wanted to give a shout out to my friends that I got to hang with yesterday.
Cap, Eddie, Micah, Nick, Gary, Valerie, Neil, Socko, Kevin, Terry, always a pleasure. Ill see all of you in Nashville.
Eddie, awesome seeing you and your lovely wife. I hope to see you in Nashville too.
Greg, great to finally meet the man who outfitted my dog in Risti style.
Rob, keep planning that Western GTG.
Steve, it was great to talk bikes with you. Your Alaska ride sounds like an amazing trip.
Mike, good to see you again. Good pickup on the 232.
Mike 111, Guilio, Lou, Ly, Jose and everyone else, it was a blast.
And of course, Paddy. Always a pleasure to see you and Mikki. Lets get together soon.
Until the next one.
Ralph
