Gothamist: 2003 Blackout Celebrated

Joe

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:32:28 -0500

Ooh, the blackout's about when I started reading Gothamist. BTW, that's some nice pottery grumpygirl.

grumpygirl

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:25:37 -0500

how comes there's never a party for the big, big black-out, the one in 65? because that's when i was born, during that black out

Seth Amphetamines

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:09:54 -0500

I know what we were doing. SHOPPING. Seriously though, we definitely got some great deals...mostly from delis that wanted/needed to get rid of a lot of inventory. The ones that didnt want to gouge did us right. We're honoring the day by playing a show TONIGHT at Manitoba's Bar(Ave. B btw 6th & 7th). Blackout Shoppers & The Bullys. FREE show, starts 8pm!! www.blackoutshoppers.com

dkstar1

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:46:43 -0500

I was in the middle of an interview with a potential employer during the blackout. I had made it through several rounds of interviews and this, was the make it or break it one...I was meeting with the CEO. The interview was going as well as I thought it would. We even got to the small talk part to find out that we lived two towns apart (back when I lived in NJ). Then it was suddenly quiet and dark. We continued for a minute or so until her secretary came in and said we need to pack up and leave. So, we did. Everyone filed out as quickly as possible and I could sense that the CEO was looking at me thinking "why doesn't this guy offer me a ride home so I don't have to worry about the bus/train? (she knew I drove in). Fact of the matter, I had a carfull of people to take care of first (dad, wife, friend). Needless to say, I didn't offer her a ride and I didn't get offered the job. But I did pick up my wife, dad and two of my wife's coworkers and got us out of that traffic debacle relatively quickly.

Aristocrat

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:57:08 -0500

I'll celebrate by shitting into someone's water glass.

Bill Cosby

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:25:55 -0500

WHoops! Typos... ya see

Bill Cosby

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:25:05 -0500

It was a Non-issue for me. I took the day off that day knowing it was going to suck. I can see into the future, ya see. suckers