Trip to NYC with Twos VC
by Joe · 124 things on Twos
- TPA -> JFK
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- NYC Day One
- What is a Met?
- Per Gingras: Metropolitan
- Is JFK in New Jersey?
- Also per gingras: Queens
- Had to ask for help finding the right train. Girl I asked is Argentinian. Low key in love.
- She said bye at her stop. The only logical next step is marriage.
- New York City: the Disney world of people watching
- Felipe - Andrea’s roommate
- Avenues go north / south (vertical)
- Streets go east / west (horizontal)
- Sala Thai
- Worked at Felix coffee shop and talked to random influencers that were walking by
- Sabina
- Jose
- Went to the Empire State Building where Nandini WORKS - not as a tourist. Wild.
- Varun (Nandini’s associate)
- Told Sam (when he jokingly told me to go fuck myself) “Fuck you, Twos.”
- Jersey side
- Uptown side
- Brooklyn side
- Saw Marcus King (country singer) on our walk back. He’s playing at the Beacon theater and people legit clapped for him.
- Made in New York Pizza on the way home - 8.9/10
- Life would be a lot easier if they had one number per train direction. Close call on going the complete wrong way.
- Nandini gave me a ticket to see Harry Styles at MSG for FREE
- ✓ First rat experience in the trash room
- Chase - guy I met it line at the concert
- 317-679-7103
- Bought a $32 double watermelon sugar drink. Totally worth it.
- “The line for booze would’ve been much longer if the crowd was older”
- Concert was pretty amazing
- Recommended I check out Blood Orange
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- NYC Day Twos
- Started day twos with a run in Central Park (2.22M, 6:36 min pace, my PR)
- Daily provisions for coffee and bakery. The everything croissant and chocolate chip cookie.
- Café Mogador
- Domino Park
- Meeting with Jason Grad in Brooklyn, NY
- Walked through little Italy during the San Genarro festival
- Joe and the juice for destressors (a delicious juice) and work vibes
- Walked past the New York Stock exchange and talked about $TWOS going public
- Went to an Amazon go store and walked out feeling like I stole a kombucha
- Walked around the World Trade Center and where they filmed the boat scene in wolf of Wall Street
- Went to Eatly for Negroni’s before dinner with Nandini
- Moti Mahal Delux (Indian Cuisine)
- Walked through Central Park to get to Tiki Chick on the upper west side
- Cruised to Caledonia which was playing great oldies music
- Went to Tiki Chick and got Dark and Stormies to start the night
- The dead poet night cap
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- NYC Day Three
- Started the day with another REALLY nice run in Central Park - 3.22M, 7:10 pace (my longest ever)
- Saw the founder of Uber during brunch at the Dutch- Travis Kalanick
- Got the cheeseburger and fries 8.6/10
- Meeting w/ Erik De Stefanis at The Dutch
- Went to the Mason Jar for a bud light and to watch the cocks get smacked by Georgia in football.
- Very pretty girls and a lot of buzz at Mason Jar though.
- Andreas negotiated (bought a coffee for) some girls to switch tables with us so I could have access to an outlet. Had to plug my external charger in to the wall to get juice. Major founder problem solving moment.
- NYC - the land of dead devices
- Song e napole (TwosVC rec) 9.4/10
- Started our going out experience at a Speakeasy in a Five guys - "The Garrett"
- Under Cote
- 40/40 club for Canelo vs GGG
- Walked to Teddy Roosevelt’s building and billionaire row (until 4am) talking about making Twos as successful as it can be.
- If Theo can do big things, so can we.
- “A GREAT LEADER OF THE YOUTH OF AMERICA. IN ENERGY AND FORTITUDE IN THE FAITH OF OUR FATHERS IN DEFENSE OF THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE. IN THE LOVE AND CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND IN THE BEST IN LIFE AND IN MAN.”
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- NYC Day Four
- Everything croissant from Daily Provisions and Kombucha - 9.2/10
- Watched the Jags stomp on the colts and ate buffalo wings at Blondie's
- Met Michelle (marketing) and Christy
- Started making content in Time Square
- Ran up on Made and Lali in time square
- Content content content! (Got a lot of love and learned to call it a “game show”)
- Got buckets of bud lights at Tailgate outdoor sports bar
- Went and got a chopped cheese at a traditional bodega 7.4/10
- Walked to the river side of upper west and looked over to New Jersey
- Ended the going out fest at The Gibson which was a dive sports bar (also known as the gib). Cheap beers.
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- NYC Day Five
- Industrious SOHO is the same building they film Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
- Kacey (front desk)
- Leon’s bagels at Industrious - 8.6/10
- Meeting with Alexa for user study 408 Greenwich St
- Alexa Murray - User Interview
- Meeting Mike MacCombie at the Ace Hotel
- Happy hour wine with Twos VC in the middle of the city
- Rintintin with Heather for Burrata and my first time having orange wine
- Vanessa’s chive and pork dumplings (get chili sauce) 9.1/10
- Got invited to a party in the basement in Bo Peep’s with Ja Rule.
- Ran into and talked Twos w/ Ja
- Wore a Harry Styles t-shirt (people noticed)
- Threw Twos with Ja Rule
- One of Ja Rule’s favorite drinks is a Moscow mule.
- Got arrested in Cancun until he yelled “USD, USD!”
- Met Enoch, Yadira, Kiera
- That’s all folks
- JFK airport bagels are NOT New York City bagels - do not be fooled.
- JFK -> TPA
- NYC to-dos