Hello from NY and my hotel. The flight was fast and comfortable. I was a little further back than I like, but still in an extra leg room seat (all the front seats were taken - that is very unusual - I have a second row seat coming home). I thought traffic was going to be horrendous, but it wasn't bad at all. Had a very nice cabbie. The hotel, which is new to me and I found on Quikbook with really good rates, looked a little funky when I came in (it's on 46th on the East Side, but just off Fifth) - no check-in desk - totally weird. There's a little office and I gave them my name - they already had my key and I was taken to my second floor room. Once their all funk disappeared. The room is really nice, everything is new, there's room to actually move around and there's even a little patio with a table and chair.