I Love NY (?)

Well we made the Chicago to NYC leg on the Lakeshore Express. Left Chicago at 8pm last night and got to NY around 6:30. Didn't really get to enjoy the "Lakeshore" namesake of the train we were on because it got dark shortly after we pulled out of the station. Good thing though is that we were in the last car of the train and NEVER heard the train whistle the whole trip. The reclining seats weren't quite as comfortable as the sleeper, but the lack of noise made up for that....lot's of good sleep on the way, just a little sore from the positions!!



We got to Hotel Edison and they didn't have a reservation, so called Hotelconxions and they said the Edison had overbooked. Said they could put us up in St James and if we liked it could stay there. It is a hotel undergoing renovation so we should have an all new room. I said...how do you propose to get us there, we JUST walked to the Edison so they agreed to pay for the cab. Well the first cabbie didn't want to take us because it wasn't far enough away for him...but the next guy did, a guy from Afghanistan that came to America when the Russians came. Very nice and friendly, I just have to turn the receipt in to Hotelconxions.
Well, made it to St. James....kind of a dump, but by now just wanted a room. Showered, changed, and headed out to get something to eat and asked for recommendations at the front desk. They said Comines Italian, so we started down the street but John can hardly walk (new shoes!!!) so we went right across the street to a Jewish desert (as in sweet things) place. We sat on the patio and waited, read the menu, waited, got our water, read the menu, waited, told the water guy I'd have a glass of wine and he said didn't the waiter take that order....I said "well, we haven't even SEEN a waiter yet"!!! We waited a couple more minutes and got up and left.
Went around the corner, not knowing it was Times Square and went to Comines....$28 an entree, so went to Takee Outee next door and had Chinese. I shoulda known when the egg roll came, it looked like a burrito...HUGE...I'm SO FULL!!!!.
Well that ain't all, we decided to go back to the hotel and get some rest...wouldn't you know it, when John looked at the bed there was a worm in it!!!! Can you believe that...well we don't have a choice tonight....John's sleeping on a towel...but this night is free for sure. I made John take a picture of it with the hotel keys next to the worm!!!! I have every intention of getting the whole five days free before I'm through with Hotelconexions!!!!