New York in Review

So this is my first blog, post-New York and I thought it would be appropriate to do a review of New York.

Top 5 or so things about New York:
1. MOMA & Frida (my oh my!!)
2. That view from the Empire State Building
3. Having my fat ass pedalled around Central Park
4. Broadway baby. "I'm defying gravity!".
5. Staten Island Ferry. I have a thing for Ferries....
6. MOMA gift shop!
7. Sure beats the hell out of being here in Edmonton!
8. Bagel Buffet. I miss having freshly cooked bagels with 4 inch cream cheese and real jalepenos in it. YUM!
9. THE WRECKERS!!!

And the Top 5 or so things I hated about New York:
1. That smell. That putrid sewer smell!
2. Those sullen, grumpy New Yorkers who never smile, say thank you or overall feel fantastic about the fact that they are living in New York fucking city.
3. How damn expensive everything is. Do I need to sell a kidney just to be able to afford a cup of coffee?
4. Mass commercialization of stores. Gaps, Starbucks, J. Crew, Papaya something, Barnes & Nobel on every single street corner of the entire damn city.
5. The absence of my beautiful, comfortable, Laura-isized bed.
6. The prevalence of what New York sushi shops call "spicy mayonaise". It ain't spicy mayonaise. It is thousand island dressing with chili powder and it does not deserve to be on my spicy tuna/salmon rolls goddamnit!
7. Regular Canadian condiments. Where is my plum sauce for fucks sake? And I don't want no dijon spicy mustard! I want good old regular mustard!

That is New York in a nutshell folks.