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What is it about hotels? I'm obsessed with them. Courtesy of my friend Michelle, easily the most glamorous resident of Minneapolis, last nite I stayed over at the brand-new Hotel on Rivington, the tall clouded-glass building that suddenly popped up on the Lower East Side. "Is this a good neighborhood to be staying in?" Michelle wanted to know, which was funny, because we were a block & a half from dinner at Schiller's, less than a block from drinks at the Johnson's, & mere paces away from about a thousand other perfectly swell options. I didn't even have time to smoke a proper cigarette between dinner & drinks, nor between drinks & the hotel, but I didn't mind much. Over fish & chips (mine) & steak frites (M's) we talked about how horribly unfashionable fashion people are, our crazy old boss, my checkered love life, & how happy Michelle is to be married.
We had a drink & a half apiece at the Johnson's, but we forwent another round in favor of bad TV at the hotel. The beds were like heaven. The mattress started out hard & then molded itself around you like magic. Before bed we put on Garden State, which I'd already seen & liked even less the second time around. As soon as Natalie Portman appeared on screen I shut my eyes & went to sleep. This morning when we woke up we put on the terry-lined robes & ate a continental breakfast of very crumbly croissants & blood oranges, looking out at the snow-capped tops of the tenement buildings from our big bright windows. I put sugar in my coffee as a treat for myself & this morning I feel very alert for the first time in weeks.
In unrelated news, I haven't talked about my iBook in awhile. I have a question for all you Mac peeps. Keep in mind this may be stupid, but here goes. You know how with a PC, you have a backspace button that lets you delete characters to the left of the cursor, & a delete button that deletes characters to the right? So, on the iBook, where's that second button? I can only delete to the left & it's driving me crazy. I asked my roommate about this & she didn't seem to understand the need for both options. She said, "Can't you just go to the right of it & then hit delete?" Well, actually, no, I'd really rather not, thanks. I can't believe there isn't a better way. So I hope someone out there can help me...