5 for the price of 1 Thurs 11.22.7

Up until now I’ve believed the hype, well maybe not so much the hype but the reality about New York City. And that reality is that its one of the most expensive cities in America.  And you know what, its true. But for any person who knows how to stretch a dollar you can find ways to live healthy, organic and still look the part of a fly New Yorka.  

However, today I was heading out to my beloved hometown – the city of angels and I had a layover in Vegas.  I really hadn’t eaten anything all day and decided that I’d have a banana.  This was after I passed Burger King, Starbucks and a host of other fast food pit stops that are calorie driven. 

 So I stopped at “On the run, On the go” you know those 7-Eleven like spots that have fresh fruit and packaged goods that have been sitting in some kind of frigerated incubator.    So, the banana looked nice and ripe, almost too ripe but I figured it would be nice and soft as a snack. 

As I got ready to dig in my bag for some change assuming that it wouldn’t cost no more than a buck she said,  “$1.39, please.”  I said,  “A dollar thirtyNINE!” You’ve got to be kidding me.  She laughed.  Shooooooooooot… I laughed and then I dropped that tired, sized banana like I had just found out it had leprosy or something. 

I looked at her and then I stepped away and checked the banner of the restaurant again.  I was like this “On the run… On the go” ought to be ashamed of itself. 

“A dollar thirtyNINE!” 

And then I felt like an old lady who is penny pinching but come on. … now… in New York I can buy 5 bananas off the fruit man in my neighborhood in Park Slope for 25 cents a piece.  And for A dollarthirtyNINE I would still have some change left.  

So, dear readers, I’m here to tell you don’t believe all the hype. There is a city more expensive than New York; it’s the Las Vegas Airport, aka Sincity if you will. I see why its been dubbed that because if I would of paid that for that banana, a medium sized one at that, that would have been a true sin, an unforgivable one. Ain’t no amount of convenience worth that kind of inflation.  Besides, I wasn’t that hungry anyway. 

cde