Good things:
The M60 bus. From my house to 125th St. in five minutes. From Hal’s place on the Upper West Side to my house in ten minutes. I heart the M60 bus.
The Lenox Lounge. And I don’t just love it because it gives me an excuse to use the M60 bus.
Top of the Rock. Wipes the floor of the Empire State Building. No line, and if there were a line at least there is stuff to read, watch, do while you are on line. I took no photos — go for yourself!
The art of CD buying may be nearly dead (MP3 killed the CD-star?) and, indeed, the Disc-O-Rama annex has closed. But the main Disc-O-Rama on West 4th and Jones is still open. I was able to pick up three of the Nonesuch Explorer CDs for a pittance.
Bad things:
Ben Ash Deli — you suck! In a city where there is Sarge’s, is Bloom’s, is Artie’s, is Ben’s, is the Cafe Edison, is even, Lord help us, Katz’s, there is no reason to ever go into any of the midtown ripoffs. No one, NO ONE, should be charging you twenty dollars for a sandwich. Especially this piece of shit place.
