I Love New York

OOOOOOOOMG!!!

First of all, my body hurts like I been on the chain gang all day. Ladies, dont be out there killin yaself with that PX90 and Insanity and all that. If you can hang, thats cool, but trust and believe, walking (fast) will work for you too. Inclines and steps are even better, and I did ALL that today, out and about with a couple reps at work. These dudes ... IDK if they just had some long ass legs or they were really walking as fast as they seemed to be, but I felt like I was almost running half the time to keep up LOL. I am not at all exaggerating when I tell you I feel like I've lost an inch off my waist today. My whole shit is burning LOL. My damn armpits are sore LOL. *smh*

But its okay, cause today I saw a little glimpse of heaven.

Im out this morning with one rep and he's got an appt on the 16th floor of a 16-floor building. We get back in the elevator and he decides to canvas the building, since we were already in (for you non-sales folks, that means dropping in on businesses to introduce yourself and attempt to set up meetings with the person responsible for contracting whatever service or product youre selling, or at the very least, finding out who it is so you can call to speak with them at another time). We go down to ... IDK 15 or 14 and what do we stumble upon? The Miss Universe Organization offices. I knew they had to have offices, but it never really occurred to me that they actually had an office LOL (if that makes any sense). I just thought, wow, this is so cool. Someone was in one of the conference rooms getting hair and makeup done by like three people, but I dont even know who the hell Miss Universe is right now, so dont even ask. That coulda been the office manager just feeling herself, IDK LOL.

So we go down another floor. Lucky damn Brand! Jessica Simpson shoes everywhere! And when I say everywhere, I mean EVERYWHERE. On the tables, behind the couches, in the window sills. It was like Shoe Woo (or one of those other bougie stores) but all white and in a space more living room-like. The guy I was with was talking to the lady at the desk and I was off in another world, just staring. Them shoes was HAWT too! The lady's like "oh there's more down on 8." Word? I see you, 8. We comin LOL.

Down the elevator again - Steve Madden. Didnt see the layout area but the setup was fly!

Down again - Mia Shoes. *smh* The boss was outta town but the assistant was there and at that moment I envied her job soooooooo much, I literally wrote down her name and her boss's name, so I could inquire LOL. I aint even joking.

Down on 8 - parent company, Camuto Group and all the damn BCBG shoes (two different lines) you could ever wanna see in one place, plus the Camuto line. TWO showrooms like the Lucky Brand one. The lady knew we spoke to her counterpart up on 15 so she gave us the tour. The rep Im with asked if people can come shop there (come on son! LOL) and she says no, its just for the buyers at places like Macy's, et. al. She then turns to me and says "These are BCBG Spring 2012 lines."

*dead*

I wanted to take pictures and send em to my friend P so bad but they told me I couldnt. She mighta chained herself to a radiator if she were there LOL. The lady tells me how they sometimes have cocktail parties up there and I was trying my damndest to get invited to one but she was no help. "I cant even get my friends in" she says. DAMN your friends! What about me? LMAO!

Chinese Laundry, Dirty Laundry, Rocawear, Zigi, Dereon Shoes (never even knew there were Dereon shoes).... all had offices or at least showrooms in that building. And down the street, I finally got my first gander at Trump Tower and a real deal Gucci store. Man, it just dont get much better than this!

I was a little disturbed that the Abercrombie store had a velvet rope, red carpet and line outside the door though. That one Im really not understanding.

But this is what I love about being in New York. There is always some sort of surprise, especially when you deal with other corporations and the companies they are affiliated or do business with. I never even think twice about any of these brands outside of the stores. When you get up on their offices, the whole feel is just different. You just wanna be a part of it. It seriously made me wanna rethink my whole professional life LOL.

Ima do some research. I think I wanna work wholesale!