Oh, for the love of Pete, Times Square haters of Gawker, give it a rest. Yes, it is irksome and crowded. Big deal, that's city life, genius. There also amazing things there.
You're the kind of people who cannot see that extraordinary girl in the room because she's not wearing lipstick and showing her cleavage.
Her rants make more sense when you realize that she's Ms. Swan from that oh-so-PC skit on Mad TV. (What? You haven't seen it before because you were once too lazy to change the channel?)
She's pissed off about fit, tanned men smoking in an outdoor tourist attraction? Does she also hate kittens looking cute? Children waddling because they've not quite got the walking thing down yet? The Hipster Grifter?
While Mr. Van Der Molen is basking in the neon of the Toys R Us sign lazily puffing a Capri, he is blissfully unaware that the KLM flight he was supposed to depart on is now aloft over Times Square itself.
Seriously, a trip back to EWR during a business day + TSA line + customs bullshit + hour before check-in is not a good equation stacked against four fucking hours. What cabbie told him he could make it to Times Square and back with plenty of time to spare? a resourceful one!
@Harry Pelotas: One hour from EWR to Penn Station, 2 hours of lounging around, one hour back = 4 hrs.. what about customs arrival bullshit, TSA line, check-in ? He'd have a half hour tops.. just enough time to be accosted by the angry black jews..
Times Square is a nexus of awful. I can't imagine actually wanting to drink coffee or read a book in the middle of it. Call me crazy, but dense crowds of tourists, chain restaurants, and buildings plastered with ads isn't my idea of a nice place.
@son of spam: I find the spectacle of watching crosstown traffic slightly moving to say the least. It's a bit like glacial shrinkage, only with more cursing.
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You're the kind of people who cannot see that extraordinary girl in the room because she's not wearing lipstick and showing her cleavage.
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Seriously, a trip back to EWR during a business day + TSA line + customs bullshit + hour before check-in is not a good equation stacked against four fucking hours. What cabbie told him he could make it to Times Square and back with plenty of time to spare? a resourceful one!
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And as bad as Times Square is, it's better than 4 hours at an airport, or three in downtown Newark.
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Apparently local lunatic Andrea Peyser.
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