yeah, i know about the flying into LGA...and i
am going to the east side (well, 48th and lex) but from AVL, where i am this month, the cheapest and easiest way to manhattan was into EWR via co. i arrive around 2p, so hopefully that won't be too awful.
still think i might end up with a car service, but i'm off to research the airtrain. don't think i ever took it when i lived there.
thanks for the help, guys. if you have more to add, by all means chime in.