dealing with density?

• Homo affection actually makes me appreciate hetero PDA.. until they keep at it the whole ride to Union Square.
• NYC is like a huge sauna. It's a wonder how not everyone here is skinny.
• If some people were just a little slimmer, we would be able to fit more people in a car. It's true. This makes me look forward to winter time, when everyone is all bundled up.. not.
• There are way too many people in Times Square. It's unlivable.
• I hate trailing smokers.. but it seems to happen all too often.
• Starbucks is my bathroom stop.. because there's one on every other corner. Unless you're in the shopping district on the Upper East Side.
  

• If you're in a car in Soho during rush hour and you really need to pee and you're not the driver, you do have time to get out and use the bathroom of the gourmet grocery store at the corner, and the car will still not have moved by the time you've done your thing and returned.
• Express trains are also handy when you have to pee. Subway restrooms are not. It's for those moments you should always carry toilet paper and hand sanitizer around at all times. [Though Purell should really inject some moisturizer into their formula.]
  
• Never go to Trader Joe's during rush hour. Unless you want to be examining chicken breasts next to customers standing on the "12 items or less" line.. which wraps around to the front of the store. [But do go to TJ's in the mornings. And do buy the 99cent "I used to be a plastic bottle" tote bag - you also get entered into the $25 raffle every time you use it!]
• Unless you plan on purchasing bootleg merchandise, walk on the south side of Canal Street.
  
• Bring a book with you wherever you go. One good thing about public transportation is that you can travel and educate yourself simultaneously.. or just educate yourself when the E train gets stalled for 50 minutes due to falling debris. Yes, books are key. Plus, if you have the right one, it can be a useful conversation starter [ie: Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol]. Oh, but carry them in ziplock bags to avoid wear and tear - thanks to ktachong for that piece of advice! Those books will go through a lot in this city.
  

• Still too many churches here to choose from for my liking.. :(