Observations:

1. Work is two stops up on the subway. Cool.
2. It's easy to get turned around when coming out of a subway stop, but just as easy to figure out when you're going the wrong way. Most streets are numbered, so after two blocks, if the numbers are going in the wrong direction, so are you.  
3. My Marta stop was one block away in Atlanta. My subway stop now is 6 blocks away, but I can still walk there in the same amount of time. That's how much smaller the blocks are in NYC. 
4. Coffee and a bagel with cream cheese from the street kiosks is only $2. That's cheaper than coffee and a bagel in Atlanta. Weird, but cool. 
5. In the time that it took me to walk to my grocery store in Atlanta (which we did frequently), I now pass 3-5 grocery stores. And a dozen restaurants. And a dozen bars. And shops. And ... you get the point. 
6. Anything you need is pretty much always accessible, and probably on the way to where you're going. Neat.
7. Free internet is in-free-quent. 
8. So far, no one has really been rude to me. The standards of politesse aren't quite what they are in the South, but everyone seems to respect each other. 
9. It's windy. Chapstick is a must.
10. At this point, I'm convinced that New Yorkers walk fast, not because they have somewhere important to be, but because walking slowly doesn't get your blood moving enough to keep you from freezing to death.