What can I say…I’ve had a great time in New York.  I reconnected with old friends and made new ones too.  I also happened to learn a few things along the way about the future of the web.

I got up around 9 am and was still feeling the effects of our wine escapade from the previous night.  I went downstairs and got a couple hats for the kids, checked-out, and then hopped in a cab over to the Javits Center.  You could tell that it was winding down as most of the sessions were empty.  My favorite session of the day was definitely The State of Web Development which featured a lengthy talk on JavaScript and AJAX.

After lunch I was off to the airport.  I originally set up a shuttle to take me to the airport right from Javits.  They had a booth there which I had made reservations at yesterday.  Apparently, the genius that was working booked me for a shuttle that left the day before I purchased my ticket.  The guy working informed me he couldn’t get a shuttle until 4:30.  Of course, that would make me late for my flight, so he processed a refund and I went to hunt down a cab.

After around three minutes, I hailed a cab and told him I was going to JFK.  I was riding in the cab for a couple minutes when I glanced over and noticed this:

That’s right…BUTT WAQAR!  Are you kidding me?  I’m looking around for the hidden cameras.  I mean, there’s no way this guys name is Butt.  Then I thought to myself, “My name is Lindsey…so who am I to judge!”.

The trip to JFK was long.  I spent an hour and a half with Butt driving to JFK, 40 minutes getting out of the city alone.  Here’s my last picture of the city before we turned into the Midtown Tunnel.

We finally made it to the airport around 5:00 pm which gave me plenty of time to make it for my flight.  Once again, I headed to the Red Carpet Club to enjoy a drink and relax a bit before my flight.  The inbound plane was a couple minutes late, then I boarded and sat down in 6D…again.  After about a 45 minute wait in the queue for take off, we made our way back to LA.  I snuggled up in the Westin Comforter and pillow and slept for almost the entire flight, I was wiped!

Thanks for a great trip NY.  Hope to see you soon…

Tags: AJAX, Butt Waqar, Cab, JavaScript, Javits, JFK, Midtown Tunnel, United P.S, Web 2.0, Westin