GETTING HIGH: Stephanie Working on The Plaza Hotel

Hello All,

Since the wall project is almost over (have one moremidnight shift to do tonight) I thought that I would send you a picture of me up high instead of down low.This is me taking paint samples from the ceiling of the lobby of the Plaza Hotel. As you may know the Plaza was bought by someone new and they are converting the majority of the upper floors into"Luxury Condos," so we are working on the restoration of the public spaces.

Never has working on a project like this helped more to foster my ever growing dislike for the rich. The snooty Realtors (really just glorified sales people) often complain that it sounds like they are working ina construction site. I just want to tell them that with the wholesale demolition of the upper floors it may be because they are working in a construction site.

When Trump bought the building he did a complete renovation of the interior and as gaudy as it is, at least he did have the bucks to use real gold leaf and not fake gold paint. It will be a pleasure to watch them paint over it.

The wall was a fun project to work on and I got to collect several little mementos that the archaeologists did not want. I got a yellow dutch colonial brick to add to my brick collection and several pieces of pottery shards.

Stephanie