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...arrived at my office chaperoned by curator Phil Pritchard, who has been traveling 110 days a year with the Cup for the past 13 years, thereby spending too many nights sleeping on hockey players' couches instead of with his wife. Phil gave me white mime gloves so I could experience the honor of lugging the 3-ft., 35-lb. trophy around for the day. Next week I'm painting Phil's picket fence...
...returned to my office, where Phil had to make some phone calls. I organized a Foosball tournament in which the winner would get a half hour with the Cup. Two guys from the art department, Ed Gabel and D.W. Pine, took me on. Unfortunately, my usual partner was home sick, so I grabbed Max Smith, a designer who has never played before, is losing his eyesight and is really named Ken. While Ed and D.W. were running up and down the halls with the Cup, I realized I hadn't seen Phil in some time. I considered etching my name...
...Phil and I headed to the Grill Room at the Four Seasons, the hardest place in Manhattan to get a table for lunch. I approached Julian Niccolini, the managing partner, and said, "I don't have a reservation, but I do have the Stanley Cup." Julian led us to a table and placed the Cup on it. By the end of the meal, nearly every diner had cell-phoned his assistant to bring a camera so he could get a picture with it. When we asked for a check, Julian refused our money. Phil and I belched the satisfied belches...
...arrived at my office chaperoned by curator Phil Pritchard, who has been traveling 110 days a year with the Cup for the past 13 years, thereby spending too many nights sleeping on hockey players' couches instead of with his wife. Phil gave me white mime gloves so I could experience the honor of lugging the 3-ft., 35-lb. trophy around for the day. Next week I'm painting Phil's picket fence...
...budget fight, there's always one more battle. "Clearly, in the Finance Committee we will not get what we want to become law because we don't have the votes," pro-Bush taxman Phil Gramm (R-TX) said of the fine-tuning ahead. "So we'll do the best we can, pass it on the floor and fix it in (House-Senate) conference...