Stone Street after Work NYC

Stone Street after Work NYC, originally uploaded by quimerizar.

So this is our regular hang out for after work in the summers in NYC. The street is lined with bars and each bar sets tables out onto the cobblestone for their patrons. The entire block is always packed with people... Lots of men in suits, working women, and then the gold diggers that come to find a husband. It is a popular Wall Street hangout since it is conveniently located about a block away from 'the street'. A typical afterwork scenario goes like this.....

A group from work strolls over to Stone Street and into the first bar on the street that looks enticing. We all order a few drinks. The boys - pictured here - have a few drinks then start to meet some of the lovely ladies that have come out for the evening. They lie to them and tell them they are international equities traders and all kinds of other lines and the girls believe them. The rest of us sit back and watch it all happen and enjoy the show.

Maggie and I decided to try this once just to see how it works. We were at 230 5th Avenue (a nice bar) after work one night a few weeks ago. We ran into some guys at the bar who wanted to talk to us. We figured that telling them we were traders would probably have a reverse effect for us ... so we tested it out. About 45 seconds after we lied and told them we were traders, they left. Poor guys and their egos - fun to watch.