Well the big news to kick off ’08 is that after a month of job-hunting, I’m no longer recently-laid-off, I am newly-hired! So from the freight elevators, mannequin stores, and sidewalk plant shops of Chelsea, I’m bouncing back to the black glass skyscrapers, tourist clots, and corporate cafeterias of Midtown. Some things remain the same: I’ll still be tinkering with the webernets, but this time in the magazine world.

Lunches I will miss, in no particular order: honeycrisp apples from the Greenmarket, pretzel croissants from City Bakery, coffee from Blue Dog (and thank you to the adorable bespectacled boy who would pour my daily medium black coffee without my having to say a word), fresh mozzarella slices from 33 Brick Oven, sweet corn relish hot dog and fries with garlic aioli dipping sauce from F&B, and gruyere + avocado burger with sweet potato fries from brgr. I’ll have to do some research in the new hood, and read up on Midtownlunch.