Former consort braved the newly reincarnated Absolute Bagels & bailed when he found 45 people in line, in the cold. One of our oldest friends, who retreated to the Bay Area long ago, always used to say: “The more New Yorkers get fucked, the more they like it.” Now with more Instagram…

And I was worried when I didn’t see a  South Asian pal for a few weeks who works in a swanky bakery known as an Instatrap in a tourist area. I thought they’d been deported. But. Nope. “My hours were cut way back. Business is dead.” How do you bankrupt casinos, anyway?