I'm visiting New York City this week and have discovered that there's nothing more pleasant than walking around, or taking the subway while listening to my iPod. Obviously, I'm not the only one. The white earbuds are evident all over. New York is a perfect city for iPod listening, and I'm starting to wonder if Apple didn't have big cities in mind when they designed the iPod.

You put on your headphones as you leave your apartment and don't take them off again until you reach your destination. If your phone rings, you might remove one headphone to answer it, but while you're underground the phone's are useless anyways. If you're listening to your iPod, the crazies are less likely to talk to you and you've joined a brotherhood of music afficionados.

This has truly been a vacation of music for me. Oh to be a New Yorker and get to do this every day.