Apparently Howard Johnson’s in Times Square is going to be closing at some point in the near future – the space has been put up for rent. It will be a sad day. The food there is unspeakably dreadful, but the atmosphere is incredible, and I’ve sat at the cocktail lounge dozens of times. Seated on a brown bar stool, there is pretty much nothing in you line of vision that would tell you you’re not in the 1970s. It definitely beats Toys R Us as a midtown meeting place… The links here are all taken from a fascinating site, http://www.autoage.org/, America’s landmark: under the orange roof, dedicated to Howard Johnson’s diners and hotels