CrankOldGuy: Men are welcome to post in the Women Travelers forum, but we do ask posters to treat each other with respect. Since you are new here, you might want to take a look at the FlyerTalk rules and guidelines. If you feel a post is inappropriate or doesn't belong, the appropriate step to take is to click on the warning (report bad post) icon in the lower left corner of the post.
MileHighMarissa: Welcome to FT. I have changed your thread title to make it more descriptive and am going to move this to the New York forum, where I think you'll get better answers.