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With a full week between blogs quite a lot has happened...

The main reason for the lack of blogs lately was a direct result of a business trip to Philadelphia this past week, but I'm back now, and have quite a bit to cover. One of the early highlights was out shiny new office building. The Comcast Center construction started in 2005, and it's grand opening was June 6th, 2008. This 58 story glass giant is the tallest building in Philly, and offered an impressive view from our meeting room on the 45th floor. Aside from the stuffy business meetings, and serious work conversations, my colleague Mark and I managed to make the most of our time in the City of Brotherly Love. I honestly don't think that we could have squeezed in any more activities outside of work hours. The purpose of the trip was to meet the new vendors I'll be managing, and build a relationship with them. We found the best way to do that was over whiskey and a nice cigar at Mahogany on Walnut, dinner at Morton's, several beers at Monk's Belgian Beer Emporium, and capped off with a late night Philly cheese steak at Geno's. We managed to cover all the discussion topics from our agenda, and get to know our new business partners a little bit better. It might seem like 'hanging out' but it was more about building trust, and getting to know these people on a personal level outside of the formalities of the office environment.

On our last day, we had 3 hours in the early morning to kill before our flight, so we opted to check out some 'tourist-ish' type things. We squeezed in a visit to Rittenhouse Square, the Philadelphia Art Museum (a.k.a. Rocky Steps), City Hall, the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, J.F.K. Plaza (a.k.a Love Park), and the Swann Memorial Fountain.

I think it's safe to say we made the most of a week in Philly..