Open the Door, It’s Domino
Welcome to 7-11, New York: the biggest convenince store in the world.
Someone once said that "The four corners of the world can be found on 14th Street." I’ve also heard that "Everything you’ll ever need in your life is within six blocks from your apartment - wherever you are in New York: the laundromat, the nails salon, the grocery, and Blockbuster."
That’s sooo last year.
In the New York City of the mid-2000s, changing out of your PJ’s and putting your coat on for deli downstairs is too much to ask. All you need is wireless internet and a wireless phone and your needs are sent to your doorstep in a blink of an eye and a click of a finger.
Grocery: Fresh Direct.
Blockbuster: Netflix.
Nails Salon: Home Service Spa.
Laundromat: Pick-Up and Delivery Wash and Fold (Yahoo!)
For everything else, there’s Ebay or Amazon.
I won’t be surprised when Match.com offers a free service to deliver new friends and lovers to your home. If they don’t come with a money-back guarantee or a self-addressed stamped envelope, the old slam-the-door-on their face manuever might still work.
