Welcome to ECF Michael, hope you enjoy your stay here.
Man, that title was a bit terrified, I was afraid I was going to be compelled to read some post- post-modern journalistic analysis about ecigs while I thought to myself, "What is wrong with people."
So relieved to know you are just from NY and to be fair, the NYT would never use a title that included the words "Checking in" so really I should have known better, right from the beginning.
But most of all, welcome and good times ahead and all that
Anna