The man in this picture offers me a hearty New York welcome.
Plus: The airfare was surprisingly very cheap, and each seat has individual TV screens on which you can play games or watch Monday Night Football on their satellite TV connection.
Minus: The seats are shamefully uncomfortable, the food and movie prices outrageous, and I have never been more overheated on a plane. Also, and this may have been the fault of my neighbor, the entire trip to New York smelled like the inside of a colostomy bag.
Grade: D. It would get an F, but it was very cheap.
New York Public Transport
Plus: New taxis have been outfitted with touch screens that provide maps & entertainment. Also, the city has provided cheap and easy travel to and from JFK on various trains, including the AirTrain, which stops at each terminal.
Minus: You do have to lug your baggage around on said various trains, and the railings in the subway stations feel greasy.
Grade: B+. The cheap and easy far outweighs the greasy bag lugging.
My Shoes
Plus: They look fantastic.
Minus: After walking a billion miles on the first day, I obtained several blisters in key locations upon my right foot that caused me great discomfort and required me spending a small fortune on bandages.
Grade: B-. I am chalking this up to user error and lack of preparation.
I was forced to take Central Park up on its offer.
Plus: The drizzle reminded me of New York in the fall, which was good since that was where I was and when I was there.
Minus: It rained the entire time I was there. Plus, I had to buy an exceedingly cheap umbrella (cheap in both quality and price, but mainly quality) that soaked the inside of my purse and ruined an otherwise perfectly fine pack of gum. Also, rain tends to crowd up the inside activity centers.
Grade: B, because I love the rain and it was mostly a drizzle.
New York Sports
Plus: The Jets! Favre beats Warner in The Battle Of The Decrepit Old Men Who Throw Animal Skin Covered Balls For A Living. Plus, Brett Favre was my fantasy quarterback this week. The Giants! They now top the NFC East.
Minus: The Mets! They blew it again. The Yankees! Didn't even make it anywhere near the playoffs.
Grade: D+.The NFL and MLB almost balance each other out to receive a C, but to minor victories at the beginning of a season does not carry the same weight as the heartbreak of missing out on the playoffs.
Long Island
Plus: My friend lives there in a very nice home. Also, it's just a very nice place over all.
Minus: My attempt at being culturally hip by visiting the Jackson Pollock/Lee Krasner house & museum in the Hamptons failed miserably. For future reference, you must make an appointment to visit, which we did not know. We then locked the keys in the car.
Grade: B+, because although there were minuses, they were totally our fault.
I wasn't able to see Mr. Pollock's work in Long Island, but I enjoyed standing behind this lovely couple who enjoyed sitting in front this lovely work of his at the Met.
Plus: Seeing Central Park, which is always inviting, as well as 5th Ave and the West Village. Also, it was fun to see my old apartments. And the Metropolitan Museum of Art was rad, as usual.
Minus: Seeing a drunk girl throw up on the Long Island Railroad, and also seeing that Washington Square Park has been mostly closed down and that the famous fountain has been literally ripped out.
Grade: A, because New York is always lovely to look at, even at its most grotesque.
30 Rock, only much less funny without Tina Fey. I tried laughing anyway, but I just looked crazy, manufacturing chuckles for a building as I stood on the street corner.
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Who says "you can't go back again?" No, really, who says that?
Timmy
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