friday friday friday !!!!! i heart jeans fridays! TGIJF!
man times have changed. i remember starting work at lehman brothers in 2003 fresh out of university and it felt great to put on a suit every morning. everyone looked so trim and proper, and to be honest, it allowed you to focus on your work and less on what the woman at the end of the next aisle was wearing. in addition, the wardrobe rotation was simple - ten suits and then mix and match tops and accessories. brilliant!
sometime in mid-2009 (after the brunt of the financial crisis), when i joined nomura new york, the work dress code changed from "business formal" to "business casual". what this meant essentially was the same outfit, but drop the jacket, five days a week. fairly simple.
flash forward to december 2012: upon joining instinet, i learned that every friday all year round was JEANS FRIDAY! it was a little appalling to me at first and the sight of my coworkers in their unruly tops (which apparently range from tshirts to hoodies to polo shirts to crisp dress shirts) and varied jeans style made me want to gag a little.
started off the beautiful crisp friday morning with an apple cinnamon cake donut from the doughnut plant. two thumbs up! the doughtnut plant rarely disappoints!
after a non-stop afternoon of working on a few different forecasts and notes at work, i finally finished - thank you s&p for not making a slew of announcements - around 5:45, totally exhausted and brains fried. i don't like afternoons like that ...
the evening made up for the crazy afternoon as we met up with good friends for dinner at cafe mogador in williamsburg. the restaurant had rustic decor and a very comfortable and fun vibe. also noticeable was the spaciousness in the restaurant relative to manhattan restaurants. despite the roominess of the resto, we still ha trouble fitting our drinks, apps, and entrees on the small tables, even with our tiny dinner plates!
we shared all the dishes and ordered: slow-cooked meat-falling-off-the-bones lamb, chicken with couscous, seated salmon, hummus, naan with various dipping sauces, and a greek salad. everyone was in high spirits and we finished the night off with desserts at momofuku milk bar and a little tour of the loft.
i couldn't have asked for a more relaxing and fun evening with our great company.
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