As you can imagine food is everywhere in my beloved NYC.  However groceries have been a bit of an adventure.  Much like finding the perfect laundry mat (more on that later) I can be picky about grocery stores.  Living in Grenada has made me know stranger to small stores with big prices.  Yet another similarity between the two places, plus I also took my backpack to carry food in just like IGA.  Our first day here we realized we needed groceries so thanks to the iphone we had many choices in our immediate area.  So we decided to make a short loop and hit a few to see what would be best.  Our first was quaint little spot that had stuff but we kept getting lost and they didn’t have all that we were looking for.  The next stop we were very excited since it was a Whole Foods that was close by.  Well it is in Columbus Circle which is a just what it sounds like.  A big circle on the edge of Central Park.  Well we walked around once with no sign of Whole Foods.  We got half way around and checked the phone again, but it wasn’t adding up.  Christina had the idea of asking someone, however it seemed everyone were tourists.  Finally we aksed one of New York’s finest and explained it was in the Time Warner Center which is a big mall.  There wasn’t a sing or anything until you got inside.  So we took the escalater down to what I am certain is the busiest Whole Foods in the world.  Like most other stores in NYC this too was a bit of a maze slash circle.  I was afraid to separate from Christina and I got turned around more than once.  We gathered our groceries and now it was time to check out.  So we got in the express line.  Have you every been to an amusement park where the line to the roller coaster looks good, and then you walk around a corner and it is a way bigger line?  Well we ended up in a snake line much like at an airport.  They also had a computer to say which register was available, but they also had a person to direct you.  “register 21 is now ready, register 9 is now ready, register 17 is now ready, register 42 is now ready.”  Did she (the cpu) say register 42?  It is nuts, but amazingly efficient.  I recently watched some shows about a cruise ship and a luxury train and all the work that went into preparing them.  I think they should do a special on Whole Foods because the logistics to making that place run would require precission beyond my comprehension.  We made one last stop on the corner and it was ok but overpriced and everyone is in everyone’s way.  Well that is my dumb story about grocery shoppin in NYC.