Friday, June 04, 1999

iXL's Impromptu Xcellent gaLa (IPO)


With a skip and a jump I wound up at Decade on the Upper East Side -- with over 100 other jumping-for-joy newly IPO'd iXLers. With loud music, lots of dancing and an open bar for three hours, this impromptu party was fun! Mark Swanson, president of iXL New York and his lovely wife were enjoying the bubbly atmosphere, and to juxtapose the situation -- we met and chatted with iXL's most recent hire (from earlier that week) -- the mail guy (dressed in a fine beige summer suit with carnation pink dress shirt and complimentary tie!