BEST OF NEW YORK CITY

Best Brunch: 202 Café, 75 Ninth Ave., 646-638-1173
Best Takeout: Lassi, 28 Greenwich Ave., 212-675-2688
Best Upper West Side bar: Emerald Inn, 205 Columbus Ave. , 212-874-8840
Best Midtown bar: BUtterfield 8, 5 E. 38th St., 212-679-0646
Best t-shirts: snerko.com or Odin, 328 E 11th St., 212-475-0666
Best Dive bar: Cordato's Deli and Bar, 94 1/2 Greenwich St., 212-233-1573

MUSIC

This song reminds me of a John Denver song, in the most flattering way I can imagine. It also reminds me of taking a ferry up the coast of British Columbia, with the gray mist hanging on the mountains...

GREY ICE WATER - Sun Kil Moon

you're standing by the grey ice water
out in the wind above ground out in the weather
you had yourself a crazy lover
becoming frozen trying hard to forget her
you got a job up in alaska
it's easy to save what the cannery pays
cause there ain't no way to spend it
at home on a boat, it's a fish trap
you took the path of least resistance
on the phone cutting out talking
short to long distance
you're standing by the grey ice water
out in the wind above ground out in the water
you had yourself a crazy lover
become unfrozen trying hard to forget her
you got a job up in alaska
it's easy to save what the cannery pays
cause there ain't no way to spend it
on the arctic blast