Quote of the Day

J1, K1, Slim, and I were standing on the corner of Houston and Lafayette last night, waiting for Joe. A Ford Escape pulls up, window rolled down, and motions for help. I walk over, to see two women sitting inside -- one probably in her mid to late 20s, the other in her late 30s or early 40s.

"Can you tell us how to get to the Village?" the passenger asks.

This is something of a vague question -- it's pretty much anywhere. "What part of the Village?" I reply.

"Oh, anywhere!" says the passenger. "We want the part with all the bars."

"All the bars." Once again, this is extremely vague. This is New York city -- there are bars almost everywhere. The Village, in fact, has several bars, and they're not all in once place. Of course, the fact that I'm not much of a bar-going person -- and I certainly don't hit bars downtown -- made answering the question even more tricky.

So I directed them to St. Mark's area. There's a bunch of bars around in that general area, and it's about as tourist-friendly as the Village gets.

But yeah, if you ever want to know where "the Village" is, then ask me.