Well, I know one place we'll be during the NYC trip: Seeing Neil Gaiman talk! From the man's journal, though I believe some sort of web creature - goblin? elf? - is posting for him at the moment:

NYC on 9/30 ( Read more... )

The redeye from Portland to JFK (JFK! FIE!), arriving at 8:10 am Friday, September 25 ( Read more... )

And I love the waterfalls.

By the way, I finally got over my Klosterman hatred.

Why did I hate Klosterman?

Simple:

The Lloyd Dobbler thing. The essay that I believe begins Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs. The, if you ask me, most overly obvious essay that ever began a collection of essays by a rock music/pop culture critic. "Every woman wants to fall in love with Lloyd Dobbler ( Read more... )

Martin has alerted me to a tragedy of semi-epic proportions:

Ulrika's is closing on Saturday ( Read more... )