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Author Message ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 86 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Tuesday, August 02, 2011 - 04:25 pm:    Hi there. Just wanted to confirm the rumor that I have moved to Boston to join Payette. Great firm. If you want to reach me, please use my LinkedIn account at http://www.linkedin.com/in/kenhercenberg Anyone else out there moving around? Thanks Colin! Brian E. Trimble, CDT Senior Member Username: brian_e_trimble_cdt Post Number: 51 Registered: 08-2005 Posted on Friday, August 12, 2011 - 11:12 am:    Congrats! Be wary of the Boston Baked Beans... Lynn Javoroski CSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1293 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Friday, August 12, 2011 - 11:20 am:    And don't take the Big Dig tunnel ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 87 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Friday, August 12, 2011 - 12:21 pm:    My train keeps taking me to the Sam Adams brewery. Lynn Javoroski CSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1295 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Friday, August 12, 2011 - 01:04 pm:    Sounds like a better train than the Chattanooga Choo Choo! ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 328 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - 04:36 pm:    Well, that was short lived. While I loved working at Payette, my family was less than pleased with Massachusetts. Turns out lots of people there live down to their reputation as being cold and mean-spirited. Shame really. The people I worked with were really very nice. I will miss them. I am now at STV/Ralph Whitehead Associates in Charlotte, NC. Today is my first day and so far no one has asked me to leave. Not a bad start. If you want to reach me, please use my LinkedIn account at http://www.linkedin.com/in/kenhercenberg J. Peter Jordan Senior Member Username: jpjordan Post Number: 490 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - 06:15 pm:    Well, you might have thought you were moving to the deep south, but you are still way north of I-10 which is where I believe the Mason-Dixon Line ought to be. Lived 4 years in Atlanta and never want to live that far north again; had to move to Hawaii to get far enough south after that. Paul Sweet (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 12:49 pm:    Congratulations! Carolina barbecue is much better than Boston baked beans! ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 331 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 01:18 pm:    I just had to work through lunch. I may have to go out and treat myself to some liquid smoke tonight. John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: bunzick Post Number: 1441 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 03:16 pm:    Ken, I heard the news through a mutual acquaintance. Sorry to see you go. (Oh, and Paul, for the record, I've lived in Boston for nearly 40 years, and have yet to see baked beans served anywhere!) It's true that New Englanders are (or seem) cold, especially at first. We're sort of a skeptical, live-and-let-live bunch. Which means we may ignore you for a while. But it's not personal. It takes a long time here to make good friends, but when you do, they're very good friends. Maybe this has to do with the weather, or our Puritan background. I don't know. Strangers are not known for greeting each other on the street here the way they do in many other places. Here, we may think you mistook us for someone else. If approached by a stranger, we think that either a) you're begging or want money for a cause, or b) you want to convert us to your particular religion. I remember in Bermuda a number of years ago we noted arriving customers in the restaurant we were in being greeted by everyone. We thought everyone knew each other - nope. They're just friendly. Maybe this is part of the reason folks from other parts of the country sometimes seem insincere to New Englanders, or maybe even flaky if you go far enough west. But, we're definitely not mean-spirited. Honest. We like people, but need time to do it. Winter, can bring out the worst of us. Cold and snow - who has time for niceties. But, I get tired of this aspect of the New England culture myself. (And particularly of the cold.) Good luck in your next venture. ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 334 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 09:01 am:    Thanks John. Thankfully I was treated quite well at all of my professional activities such as CSI. I truly enjoyed meeting you and the other folks who I had only known through discussion forums and online interactions. A lot of people have told me the same thing, that it takes time for New Englanders to warm up to new people but once they do they are very dedicated friends. Unfortunately, it seems to take a couple of generations to build up that trust level, at least where we were living. Still, I will miss the friends I made during the past year. Thankfully, I've already met with some fantastic folks here in Charlotte. We just moved into our new place yesterday. Can't find a thing. Wish I could be in Phoenix right now for the convention. Hope everyone is having a great one. Paul Gerber Senior Member Username: paulgerber Post Number: 139 Registered: 04-2010 Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 03:01 pm:    Phoenix was horrible, you didn't miss a thing!! (shhhhhhh for those of you who were there, I'm trying to make my buddy feel better for missing a GREAT week!!) Luckily I found someone to share a cigar with since you let me down by not coming ;)...and he just happened to be a newly elevated Fellow!! I was hangin with the big kids!! Ride it like you stole it!!! Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1560 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 03:18 pm:    Nashville should be close enough for you to walk there, Ken, so we expect no excuses for next year. And Paul? I think you'd like Nashville, too. Please plan to attend...I promise to recognize you next year (I'm so embarrassed) John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: bunzick Post Number: 1444 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 03:27 pm:    Nashville...Now that's a destination I'd like. Paul Gerber Senior Member Username: paulgerber Post Number: 140 Registered: 04-2010 Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 03:27 pm:    Lynn: Nashville was "pencilled" into my Outlook Calendar by Wednesday for three reasons: 1) I was jealous that Wayne Yancey was able to ride to Phoenix instead of flying, so next year it will be me on two wheels!! 2) I've been to Nashville for another convention a few (well quite a few) years ago and have been wanting an excuse to go back again!! 3) I was blown away by the warm reception I received from specifiers I have "gotten to know" here and though interactions with the #CSI Tweeps on Twitter!! Making IRL connections with online friends is always something I enjoy when it happens!! I'll be sure I wear a Canada shirt to the SCIP meeting next year to prompt your memory!! ;) (and force myself to say eh? a lot!!) Ride it like you stole it!!! Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1561 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 03:41 pm:    If you're riding a motorcycle (Harley?), I don't think you'll need the shirt to be recognized (although that might present some problems at the SCIP meeting, depending on where it's held). I was working in downtown Milwaukee during the 100th anniversary; even on the 8th floor, the rumbling noise was loud and constant and something I'll not forget. ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 337 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 04:19 pm:    Paul, I heard rumors that you're planning on riding through Allentown and that you and Mitch Miller may ride down together. Now that sounds like a fun ride. Thanks for making me feel better. Actually I'm glad to hear that CONSTRUCT was so good this year. I have high expectations for Nashville, especially since I don't expect to be unloading a moving truck (again) at the time. Richard Fost AIA, CSI, CCS Junior Member Username: richardfost Post Number: 2 Registered: 12-2008 Posted on Monday, October 22, 2012 - 12:04 pm:    In my family, we didn't pay much attention to the Mason-Dixon Line. What matters is "the grits line" - south of that line you'll find grits come with your order without you having to ask for them. Then you know you're in the south. Ken - if you're out for a weekend drive, make your way up 321 towards Boone. A little short of Boone you'll pass through Lenoir. On the left you'll find Hannah's BBQ, which makes some of the best corn fritters you'll find anywhere in the Carolinas. If I could get Hannahs to ship 'em to Chicago, I'd have a standing order. ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 343 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Monday, October 22, 2012 - 12:35 pm:    There are quite a few places in Maryland where grits come as standard fare, you just need to know where to look. Wish I had known about Hannah's yesterday; took my family to Blowing Rock and Tweetsie Railroad up near Boone (even the train robbers were friendly - www.tweetsie.com) and went right through Lenoir, then went for a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Fall Foliage is in its full glory right now and the weather was absolutely perfect. Hoping to head out to Asheville in a couple weeks as peak Fall Foliage should be a bit further south by then. Anyone who has seen Fall Foliage in the Blue Ridge Mountains knows that this area is one of the most beautiful places on Earth (and the BBQ ain't bad for those who partake).