Lunch with andy in NYC

patch29

I was able to visit New York City last week and lucky enough to meet our infamous andy for lunch.

So wanting to gain insight on a day in the life of andy, I requested nothing special just a regular day.

What would we do first? :scratch Go to B+H of course. What to do there? SOP of course, buy a lens, flavor of the day..... 85/1.2.





with that taken care of time for lunch. MMmmmnnn steak.





Baldy was gracious enough to ring in.



Mission Accomplished. :eat



Thank you andy for the great steak lunch. :thumb It was excellent and I will have to return there on my next trip to NYC and B+H since they are so close to each other.

and what post would be complete without my macro attempt of a dragonfly.

gluwater

I'm confused.....
I just checked the fleamarket and didn't see the 85 1.2 up there yet, did you wear Andy out? Well it looks like you had a good time, and got well fed. But I wouldn't really expect anything else. So did you have to use the 10-22 to fit that steak in the frame or what?

Nick

patch29

gluwater wrote:

I just checked the fleamarket and didn't see the 85 1.2 up there yet, did you wear Andy out?

He likes it, He likes it!!! really I do not know, perhaps it will be FS soon.

gluwater wrote:

So did you have to use the 10-22 to fit that steak in the frame or what?

I took those photos with my S70, nothing fancy.

ginger_55

Wonderful looking steak bone. I can send my address: my dogs............

ginger (looks like fun: any juicy gossip? Inside stuff? Andy might still be out of town, you can tell me.)

windoze

i was there in the store ( same day ) at around 1:00, now i know why i couldnt get someone to help me.... I even had that very lens in my "cart" but just couldnt pull the trigger. great pics !! btw, love the dragon...


troy

Harryb

:jawdrop Good Lord, the shock just about killed me. You spent some time with Andy and ended up at at B&H and you ate red meat!!!!! No stop at Starbucks?

dragon300zx

Those steak pictures are making me hungry. No fair.

I can't beleive andy had to stand in line like a normal person at B&H. I thought for sure he would get to walk right into a private VIP room somewhere and relax in a big leather recliner while their staff got him his stuff.

And I'm with Harry how can you not make a stop at starbucks?

not quite lunchtime yet.

Andy

patch29 wrote:

dang, patch - that was a fine fine steak, wasn't it? uncle jack's did *not* disappoint :food excellent piccies, too!

the bh trip was a good one - it really pays to buy in-store, as you saw, i refused the first copy of the 85 1.2L they brought out for me, there was a big dust bunny inside... the second one's the charm!

thanks for the lunch report - fun!

see you soon.

Andy

Harryb wrote:

:jawdrop Good Lord, the shock just about killed me. You spent some time with Andy and ended up at at B&H and you ate red meat!!!!! No stop at Starbucks?

jealous?

Andy

i can't believe it, either

dragon300zx wrote:

I can't beleive andy had to stand in line like a normal person at B&H. I thought for sure he would get to walk right into a private VIP room somewhere and relax in a big leather recliner while their staff got him his stuff.

please send an email to hposner@bhphoto.com (henry posner) and give him your suggestion. it's a wonderful idea!

kind of like the casino vip room, i dig it, dragon - *excellent* idea!

patch29

andy wrote:

please send an email to hposner@bhphoto.com (henry posner) and give him your suggestion. it's a wonderful idea!

kind of like the casino vip room, i dig it, dragon - *excellent* idea!

B+H Champagne Room. :uhoh

henryp

andy wrote:

the bh trip was a good one - it really pays to buy in-store, as you saw

Glad you had fun. We're always happy when a visitor is satisfied,

please send an email to hposner@bhphoto.com (henry posner) and give him your suggestion.

Thanks, but it'd be better to e-mail henryp@bhphotovideo.com. :-)

dragon300zx

So Henry does that mean you like my VIP room idea? Just think of the big big spenders it could bring in. And think of how much more money andy would spend if he was relaxed, eating, and drinking something.

Steve Cavigliano

You lucked out Patch

I've never gone to B&H with Andy, but I (and my waistline ) can testify that the only thing better than shooting with Andy is the meal afterwards :eat

How he maintains that girlish figure consuming all that red meat, starch and all those lattes is beyond me

I've even come to believe that's why Andy is such an Ultrawide kinda guy. UW is perfect glass for shooting food shots at dinner.....lol Now those are some memories


Steve

Andy

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

Now those are some memories


Steve

hey steve, get your appetite ready for sept 6-9 i'll be on the left coast again

Harryb

henryp wrote:

Glad you had fun. We're always happy when a visitor is satisfied,


Thanks, but it'd be better to e-mail henryp@bhphotovideo.com. :-)

Hi Henry,

Would it be possible to have my pension check sent directly to B&H? Since I'm just the middleman now this would really speed things up when I order stuff.

B&H is about the only thing from NYC other than Andy that I miss since I moved down to Florida.

wxwax

That meat looks good. :eat

patch29

I don't think andy has one of these yet. I am sure the B+H can get him 95% of the way there and to think andy has been selling all of those unused lenses.

gus

patch29 wrote:

Mission Accomplished. :eat

talk about 'knock its horns off & wipe its bum' ..You like it raw mate ?

Andy

Humungus wrote:

talk about 'knock its horns off & wipe its bum' ..You like it raw mate ?

:nono i like it medium rare

Andy

patch29 wrote:

I don't think andy has one of these yet. I am sure the B+H can get him 95% of the way there and to think andy has been selling all of those unused lenses.

patch, *that's priceless* :lole

patch29

andy wrote:

patch, *that's priceless* :lole

I thought you might like that.

Andy

lunch with 4labs
just had a repeat, minus the b&h trip :cry with 4labs - a lovely lunch, sparks steakhouse in nyc. thanks eric!

wxwax

What did the dogs have?

Andy

hmm no word from henry on the b&h champagne room idea, i wonder why? seems like a perfectly reasonable request, to me....

luke_church

andy wrote:

just had a repeat, minus the b&h trip :cry with 4labs - a lovely lunch, sparks steakhouse in nyc. thanks eric!

I'm looking forwards to your next trip this side of the pond... Maybe a limp leaf salad and a trip to Jessops?

(I think not... : )


Luke

patch29

andy wrote:

hmm no word from henry on the b&h champagne room idea, i wonder why? seems like a perfectly reasonable request, to me....

The least they could do is offer a champagne room on release night for new cameras andy buys, sort of a camera christening.

Andy

patch29 wrote:

The least they could do is offer a champagne room on release night for new cameras andy buys, sort of a camera christening.

seriously.

i think henry's dodging the issue. burn him!













:hide

dragon300zx

andy wrote:

seriously.

i think henry's dodging the issue. burn him!

:hide

And to think I was going to save up some money and go in there and do an andy style shopping spree. But if there's no VIP lounge, I guess I'll have to use the money on something else. Maybe a 1995 twin turbo nissan 300zx.

DanielB

what be the tax rate in NY i might convince my pops to take me up to NYC for summa

cmason

DanielB wrote:

what be the tax rate in NY i might convince my pops to take me up to NYC for summa

10% :cry

Depending on what you buy, it isnt a whole lot more than shipping. But if you are doing a big white lens purchase.....