Today's goal: make it to the AWA (American Women's Association) newcomer welcome / orientation.
Location: Starbucks inside the Alexandra house.
According to the directions I received, the Starbucks is between the Landmark and IFC (both are buildings) in the Armani building, as in Giorgio Armani. Here's the thing about Hong Kong. It's a lot like other big cities (i.e. Chicago, New York, etc.) where people know the downtown area by the names of the buildings. That's all fine and dandy, but they also refer to things based on which insanely expensive designer label has itself plastered on the outside of the building. The Alexandra house is the official name of the building I went to but it also houses the main Giorgio Armani store. It's a little bit like referring to the Marshall Field's Building in downtown Chicago except for the fact that there is a 80-story office building plastered on top of it.
The orientation (the first of 3 meetings) was good and I'm hoping that this will be a good way for Chris and I to meet other people. There are people from all over, not just the U.S. like the name sort of implies. And while they're all women in the group, it's surprising how similar people's situations are. Just about everyone has given up a good career and isn't working for the first time. It's nice to have that in common with other people as I continue through this whole inner-battle that I'm going through.
And just to show that the world is really a very small place, the president of AWA, who happened to be at our meeting, grew up in Sun Prairie, WI. Very crazy. There was another girl who is from Ohio, went to The Ohio State University (nobody's perfect) and lived in Chicago the last few years. It's nice to have some Big-10 fans and fellow mid-westerners around.
Chris didn't get home until 8:30, which has been normal so far, so of course I had a lovely meal waiting for him. A tuna fish sandwich on toast. I'm pretty sure that I'm the worst housewife ever! The good news is, he was happy with it and we even had a bottle of wine. How gourmet! As Chris put it, "It's very us." And true to form, we managed to find Fools Rush In on t.v. Thank goodness we are able to find crappy t.v. in HK as well. It just wouldn't feel like home otherwise.
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3 comments:
I don't know what you are talking about, tuna fish and a $5 bottle of wine are perfect for dinner.
That sounds like a FABULOUS meal as far as I'm concerned....and yes, it seems very 'Erin & Chris'.
Glad to hear you've got some midwesterners around...a taste of home and 'normal' people are always good. There's nothing to match a real midwesterner...people from other parts of the country are just a bit different!!
I think Tuna fish is great. Are you watching the Brewers? We are up 4-3. Can wait to hear more about the people you are meeting and the places you are seeing.
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