Both Hamptons sales activity and sales prices are down. Ok.
The looming Memorial Day weekend – summer, beaches, vacations, getaways – made The Hamptons a favorite topic.
Hamptons Homes Drop Most Since Realtors Kept Records [Bloomberg]
The Hamptons: Economic Downturn or Killer Tornado? [CityFile]
Bargains abound for well-heeled in the Hamptons [AP]
Trivial background stuff to ignore – down to the wire via remote
Thursday night I got a call from Bloomberg TV asking if I could come to their studios to do a segment and I begged off. I had opted to work from home on Friday because one of my kids was getting an award at school in the morning and I wanted work at home…plus it was the Friday before Memorial Day weekend. Wait, why am I justifying this? 😉
They offered to set up a remote interview (third party company) in CT so I didn’t have to commute into NYC. Easy enough. Google maps said the remote studio was 10 minutes away – I gave myself 25 minutes. The address wasn’t on my GPS unit so I used my iphone, following the pulsating blue dot.
15 minutes before air time
Forgot about heavy Memorial Day traffic.
10 minutes before air time
I got to the street, but there were no numbers on the building I was ultimately looking for but I ran out of street. There was a security booth at the end of the street and a woman without teeth in the booth grunted to go around the corner.
7 minutes before air time
I enter the parking garage, which connected multiple buildings, and of course none were identified with numbers. I guessed it was the farthest building away. I was right.
5 minutes before air time
The lobby security guard had no idea where a TV studio was, so I called the contact number and they told me what floor to go to.
3 minutes before air time
I took the elevator to the floor and no one is there – just a series of glass doors in 3 directions. I picked one and started walking around trying to find the studio. Nothing was labeled.
1 minute before air time
Some came out of an unmark door, took me to the remote studio, mic’ed me up with a minute to go. And then anchor Peter Cook in DC started speaking to me to get acquainted.
air time
We went live and the TV feed was Fox News for the first 30 seconds instead of Bloomberg – a bit confusing. But somehow it worked out.
And I made it to my son’s award ceremony.
Tags: Television, NAR, National Association of Realtors
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