Deutsche Bank invited Nazy and I to attend an Atlantic Council awards dinner in Washington last week. (Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann was getting an award for trans-Atlantic business management success.)
Reader Interrupt
The Atlantic Council gave a management award to a banker?
Yes
They gave an award to a banker in 2010?
What do you think about this?
I will address that question in a subsequent entry. Disclaimer: I like Joe Ackermann.
This entry is focused on the critically important item of: “What will we wear?”
It was a black tie event. I had been trapped in the USA by the volcano, but since my initial purpose in coming was to attend a wedding, I had appropriate clothing. Almost:
“And get a cummerbund while you’re in New York.” Nazy mandated.
“I can just use the one …”
“You want something black, Dan. Pink, Yellow and Purple polka dots will not do.”
“Actually,” I thought. “I do not want something black. I like Polka Dots.”
“Yes dear,” I said.
Thus, I was ready when we arrived in Washington. Moreover, Nazy, who had planned to stay in the USA until the dinner, had packed everything. [She was unaware of the deplorable baggage surcharges.] Because she had tried everything on before leaving Zürich, she knew how it looked and what she’d wear. You can imagine my astonishment:
“We’ll borrow Shahrzad’s car so we can go shopping," Nazy explained.
“Shopping?”
“I need a top for my dinner outfit.”
“You brought a top. In fact, I seem to recall that you brought several tops.”
“Dan..”
“And Shahrzad said that you could borrow one of hers if..”
“Dan!”
“I just don’t see the point.”
And, missing the point, I sat in the changing room as Nazy tried on a massive number of different tops. In the end she..
“…. decided on these two, Dan.”
“Two? What is this, a failback in case one fails?”
“I don’t like your formal shirt, Dan. Let’s go look at the Nieman-Marcus men’s selection.”
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