À La Grande Ville
So horray! I'm sitting in the Java again, planning my trip/escape/escapade to New York, and I get an email from my friend Hayley from Paris, telling me I can stay with her while I'm in the city. Horray! Hayley lives in the Village - that is, lower Manhattan - so I'll be right in the middle of everything, and I won't have to pay to sleep in some hovel of a hostel and risk having my belongings stolen. Mexcellent!