Well, I am leaving unemployment behind for a few days of R and R (read shopping per my wife) in my former hometown, New York; former home of quirky, fascinating ethnic enclaves, current home of Starbucks and Hedge Funders and future home of Target:

Target Big Apple

(Picture courtesy of Gothamist.com)

Target, in NYC??? What next? How about just putting St. Louis inside NYC or Sacramento?

 Well, it should be a good trip anyway even if NY is looking more like everyplace else and they are looking more like NY.

We are staying at the Millenium Hilton, by the World Trade Center Site, courtesy of priceline.com. I plan to go to the Museum of Jewish Heritage and Coney Island, a place in peril:

http://grahambrunk.vox.com/library/post/astroland-to-close.html

If I have any room left after staging my own private hot dog eating contest, I also plan to sample Lombardi’s Pizza, the oldest Pizza parlor in NYC.

http://www.lombardipizza.com/zgrid/proc/site/sitep.jsp;jsessionid=aws9iqwOO499

Will write upon return…