But of course the one week I am in NYC, the subway happens to shut down (or at least the line headed downtown). Now I know what the streets of NYC look like minus trains: chaos. Going to be remarkably late for work but at least I miraculously managed to squish myself onto bus. Pretty harrowing. At some point I seriously considered walking 60 blocks in heels, so I'm glad it didn't come to that.
I wonder how I used to survive without smartphones and google maps on the go to tell me what to do in an unfamiliar place!