Happy Hour Recap: December

Mod Note (Andy): The next NYC HH is coming up on Jan 10th, 8pm, at the Galway Hooker's Guinness Room (upstairs). More info to come soon

”Best one yet. Left a little before midnight…got trashed.” - @"karypto"
“These need to happen more often—like twice a month, not once a month!” – Multiple WSO Monkeys

Lately, I’ve been getting an increasing number of requests to have WSO Happy Hours in New York more often. If happy hours are all as well attended and successful as this last one was, that’s a distinct possibility.

Admittedly, my first impression was that this one would be a dud. We had selected a new Midtown venue, 48 Lounge (on 48th Street across from the Financier). Along with a different crowd from the Galway Hooker, this meant a dramatic increase in the price of drinks from the specials we were normally used to. @"IlliniProgrammer" would have had a heart attack. And because the venue had “lost” our reservation, we settled for a few tables near the front of the bar.

I introduced two monkeys who had answered my call for new Happy Hour Chairs, and although we were the first ones to arrive, we soon had about 25 people in attendance, with a good mix of professionals and older students. I was especially pleased to meet @"happypantsmcgee" and welcome back @"TheKing" , who could only be described as “high on life.”

There was good Christmas cheer all around, and numerous monkeys complimented the choice of venue as it was closer to where they worked.

Some of the conversations I remember having included a real-life career advice thread with happypantsmcgee, and a serious discussion with @TheKing about how one could possibly get paid to just drink and meet new people (we’re still figuring out how to turn that into a career). The Lounge also had an excellent Ommegang Hennepin available--@"Zargo", make sure you check that brewery out next time you’re in Cooperstown.

The leader of an undergraduate finance society had led his group into town from Cincinnati and dropped by to shake a few hands, introduce himself, and tell us how excited he was to organize a group of about twenty attendees to next year’s WSO Conference.

Then of course, the rounds of tequila shots started happening. You always know it’s been a good Happy Hour when you end up leaving over two hours after you had originally planned to.

I’ll turn it over to @happypantsmcgee for the final word, which he uttered as a round of inviting tequila shots made their appearance. He raised the thin shot glass with a smirk and said,

“To WSO…even better in real life!”