Sometimes... a day sneaks up on me and is simply amazing.
Muh wife and I planned to take two of our nephews to the Liberty Science Center for a day of fun and exploration -- and because my work had something to do with one of the really cool new exhibits.
We got there and went to purchase tickets to enter the exhibits.
Luckily for us, my contact through work set us up nicely and we didn't have to pay a dime to enter the place.
That was a nice little perk!
We took the boys home after buying some Dipping Dots for them and we headed back to New York City for the birthday party of a co-worker of Tangentwoman.
We were about 90 minutes early so we decided to try our hand at finding street parking.
Luckily... 10 minutes later... we found ourselves a sweet ass free spot a block away from the restaurant!
That's a cool $40 not spent!
We killed some time at a local watering hole and then hopped over to the restaurant where we joined the other 12 or so people for the intimate din din.
Yummy!
As the dinner was winding down, we all started to look for the bill but we were "dismayed" that our host had picked up the bill.
Here was what I learned that day -- Koreans pay for their own birthdays.
That was the explanation plain and simple; it's probably a lot more involved than that, but who am I to argue with culture?
So... yeah... sticklers... I paid for some tolls and for a round of drinks for just the two of us after dinner, but seriously... when a day where you think you are going to spend a bunch of money turns into no money spent?
That's pretty cool.
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