Diet Anything

Got sushi in the neighborhood (UES, word) tonght; two women seated at the next table wanted diet Coke. The place was out-bizarre, since that's the UES version of a house wine. "Do you have diet anything?" asked one. "Is green tea caffeinated?" asked the other. The woman seated at the table on the other side of me (it's kind of a girly place) was head-to-toe Burberry. A man was charged for a minute amount of rice for his toddler and all hell broke loose, the manager was summoned, and a certain family may never go back to a certain sushi place ever again, ever.

New York, how I've missed you.