Laundry Day

Last week, the first visitor from the  New York office came to town to do some business. It was great to see a pal from 1515 Broadway. We all planned to go out to dinner and drinks on Friday but Melissa and I wanted to run home first to take care of some errands that were waiting due to our busy week. I NEEDED to do laundry because I don’t own a lot of non-gym socks. I’m not used to wearing socks everyday so I depleted my stash immediately and had been wearing airplane socks, trouser socks, you name it. When we stopped at home, I QUICKLY threw in my first load of laundry. Now, I love doing my own laundry. Never been a fan of wash-and-fold, no matter how cheap and easy it is. As usual, a couple of language related speed bumps: Frank Wollfram showed me some tablets that I had to put in the washer because the water is very hard (at first I thought he said hot…) so it seemed said tablets also had at least fabric softener but also maybe detergent. I didn’t have time to translate the whole box. In my closet, I also had two other bottles that had pictures of laundry machines on them. So I decided to put in a little of each. But not too much because I didn’t want it to overflow with bubbles! So a little of each in each compartment. Then I translated the temperature settings and selected the German equivalent of “permanent press”. I set it to go and crossed my fingers that I wouldn’t come home to a  bathroom full of wasser.

Neil’s friend recommended an Italian place that was know for it’s burgers. We all ordered a cheeseburger (insert belushi sound clip) except Neil’s came with no patty! When he tried to ask the waiter, he was confused and said “I don’t know what ‘no burger’ means” then we showed him. As Neil put it, where’s the beef? After dinner we went to a bar for a few biers and called it a night. Here are some pictures of the interior design:

 But my night was not over! I went home to dry my laundry. Luckily no water on the floor and things smelled clean. As I layed each of my socks on the drying rack I thought that I don’t really mind this process. It may take longer but think of all the energy that is saved! Nearly everything dried overnight so with proper planning laundry won’t be the hassle I thought it would be. I really like the idea of not using a dryer although when I move back I'm sure I won't be using a rack anymore.