Hanging Out with the Kiewit Crew

Philip and I have been going out with his work friends a bunch lately. Since Philip mostly works with guys, it's always nice to hangout with some of the girls that work at Kiewit or some of the girlfriends. I have really gotten to know Andrea who is one of the girlfriend's. She dates Kyle who works at Kiewit and works on the same job as Philip. Andrea and Kyle both went to Purdue and so they are big Bears fans like Philip. So for their first game, Philip and I met up with Andrea and Kyle at the new watchsite bar for the Bears, the Overlook. It was great - we were outside and they had this screen on the side of the building to watch the game - and everyone was Bears fans. Andrea found the bar through this website called meetup.com where you can find about any hobby/interest/sport that you like and find a group that has organized something in NYC. It's great and you'd be amazed at how many types of groups there are - 1,000's! So anyways, the bar was great and so was the game! Bears beat the Colts at their new stadium. I'm now a Bears fan!

Philip and I also met up with Andrea and Kyle at the Ship of Fools last Friday. We were going to meet for happy hour, but we ended up extending the night when the rest of the Kiewit crew showed up to Ship of Fools and a couple other girls showed up too - Katie and Merideth. It was Merideth's birthday and she wanted to sing karaoke - which I was excited about since I love karaoke but hadn't been yet in NYC. So the whole group went to this karaoke bar called Reats on 45th & 2nd. It was perfect! I put a song in right away and ended up singing "Cruisin" with the bartender (since it's a duet). It was fun. Here's a photo of us girls that night. (Andrea & Meredith on left and Katie and me on right)

The following day one of Philip's Kiewit buddies, Nick, was having a Birthday/Housewarming Party at his apartment that he shares with two other Kiewit employees - Katie and Casey. They live on 108th & 5th Avenue. From the subway at night it was a little shady on our way to their place but they do look out to Central Park on 5th Avenue and they have very nice apartment. It was fun - there were lots of Kiewit friends there and we all decided to go to The Joshua Tree to end the night. I love the 80's music videos and dancing at the Joshua Tree...but I do think it's time we branch out a little bit and try a few more bars. So I will be encouraging new places next time we go out! But it was definitely still a fun night!