New York!
The city of lights! Broadway! Homeless people! Pretzels on every corner!
And…now the home of me and Keith, since our flights got canceled.

We’ve been spending the last two hours scrambling to fix our hotel, flight, car, El and Amtrak plans. Audrey Wisel, the menace to society that she is, got us a room for $129 instead of $350, and though she blamed me for gray hairs in the process, Keith and I now have near-definite travel plans, and a place to crash after we drink away our airplane sorrows.

Too bad the best airline on earth is also the worst. Next time I’m flying on this.

Here’s a two-bite summary of the offices we visited today:

Advertising Age: Eye-opening
City Magazine: Fierce Photography
New York Magazine: Impressively Classy
Fast Company: Insane Digs
Gawker Media: Dream Job
Media Bistro: Inspiring Millionaire

(I couldn’t wait while the shitty hotel internet started up, so I took a picture of the final bite)

Purchased at: Times Square
Texture: Slightly doughy, almost broke apart on the walk back
Cost: $2
Salt: Some areas had no salt at all
Mustard: Good, not too spicy

Wednesday vs. Thursday: Wednesday’s pretzel was better, since it was closer to the hotel and I didn’t have to deal with country bumpkin tourists.

Purchased at: 40th & 5th
Texture: Just right
Cost: $2
Salt: Uneven, but more than enough
Mustard: A little too much. Spicy, but good.

I caught up on the episode of The Daily Show I missed the night before.
Our flight didn’t land on time — it landed early.
They came around with drinks, coffee and a basket full of snacks.
Our plane was half empty, so I got to sit alone and watch two TVs, like my own tiny Situation Room in the sky.

But, most importantly, there was a Project Runway marathon. What’s better that watching Christian compete to show at Bryant Park while you’re flying to NYC to stay across the street from it?

Start out going West on E 40th St towards 5th Ave
Turn right onto 5th Ave
Entrance near intersection of E 42nd St and 5th Ave
Take the F train from 42 Street - Bryant Park station heading Downtown / to Coney Island
Pass 34 Street - Herald Sq
Get off at 23 Street/6 Avenue
Take the PATH train from 23rd St PATH station heading to Hoboken
Pass 14th St PATH
Pass 9th St PATH
Pass Christopher St PATH
Get off at Hoboken Terminal
Exit near Hudson Pl
Start out going West on Hudson Pl towards Hudson St
Turn right onto Hudson St
Turn left onto 10th St
Turn right onto Washington St

This is what it’s going to take to get to this tonight.
Totally worth it.

How did I actually think that I could go four days without blogging?
I’m a sucker for overpriced airport wireless.

I’ve been excited to take JetBlue for weeks now, and I really hope it lives up to its Direct TV/big legroom name its made for itself or that I’ve built up in my mind. Check-In was good and security was quick, except for the ass who took one of my bins from me. (I know how to count to three and grabbed that many on purpose, thank you.)

So, I’m hoping this solidifies my addiction to the internet and confirms that I will in fact be blogging from NYC about everything from food (pretzels! Jewish delis!) to the publication offices we’re visiting (GAWKER!) to how lost I get.

By the way, our hotel is less than two blocks from Bryant Park…couldn’t we have come, say, a month ago?