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Networking leads to a great night in the city
We celebrated my husband's birthday with an evening in the city. We went to three exceptional places, each resulting from Jack's constant networking.
We met our son, Jonathan and Emily, a senior at Ohio State and interning with Ann Taylor marketing department in the city. We started for drinks at the Stone Rose in the Time Warner Building at Columbus Circle, overlooking Central Park. It's an upscale watering hole with a great a view of the park. We split after one round since we had a dinner reservation and because we couldn't get a table close enough to the front windows to really enjoy the view. But this is a place worth knowing about for drinks before or after an event in the city.
Dinner was at the French restaurant, Boite en Bois on west 66th that was recently reviewed so enthusiastically in the restaurant section on this web site. Among the four of us we had their Asparagus soup and Escargout. Entrees included two different steaks, their baked chicken and their salmon special of the evening. We finished with a selection of their terrific desserts after splitting bottles of their house red and white wines. Everything about this intimate, long established French restaurant is first rate...ambiance, service, food. Try it.
To wrap up the evening Jonathan took us to the Kimpton Hotels' INK 48's roof top indoor and outdoor lounge with amazing views of mid town and the Hudson River. The place is fantastic if you enjoy great views, a great environment and terrific people watching. By the time we left around midnight the place was starting to hum. There was electricity in the air and a line down in the lobby waiting to get on the elevator. We sat outside which was glorious despite being a bit chilly in the mid 50's. Thankfully there were plenty of blankets available that the women were all bundled and snuggled up in.

We believe networking is the 4th skill everyone should have along with reading, writing and arithmetic. During the year, starting on May 20th, Garden State Woman will be organizing events to help women learn some of the techniques for successful, life fulfilling and career building networking. Find out more here.

Judy Chapman
Judy Chapman founded Garden State Woman, Inc. in 1998 and the Garden State Woman Education Foundation 501(c)3 in 2007. In recognition of the need for women everywhere, including New Jersey, to take firmer control of their futures and their families’ futures - in a world that is still not equally balanced between the opportunities and rewards provided men and women - for equal efforts in many aspects of their personal and professional lives.
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