It took about a week for the cable company to get out to our apartment. Then about 15 minutes and $145 to have Internet and Cable TV set up. And finally less than 24 hours for a cable shortage to be declared in our area. An entire weekend later, we are still devoid of our connection to the modern world.
But I need to send emails! I must peruse my favorite food blogs! I have yet to research and personally determine who I thought was best dressed at the Oscars last night! Finding an Internet café to stay in touch/sane had become primordial, but soon proved almost as unfruitful as our cable company's attempt at fixing our technical difficulties. I went to Starbucks, and had to sit on a little stool hunched over my computer. I tried the local coffee shop, but ended up spending three times as much as I did at Starbucks to be served. I went back to Starbucks, and the connection was glacial.
Convinced that I was just going to have to accept my fate of living in a pre-tech Stone Age for a few more days, I walked by this little gem: Van Leeuwen artisanal ice cream and coffee shop in the East Village. I stepped in, gazed at their loose leaf tea selection. Asked if they had wifi, worried it might be too good to enjoy hot tea with honey and high-speed Internet in a cool coffee shop with flowered wallpaper. Luckily, it wasn't. Within a few minutes, I was sitting at a mahogany table with a cup of Mystic Mint tea (with free hot water refills!), finally catching up on all my unattended business.
Happily, I will leave this coffee shop with this - I won't be rushing back to Starbucks, but I certainly will be coming back to Van Leeuwen even when my Internet is restored.
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