"Returning to NYC from Europe gives you the good kind of jet lag, the kind that makes you a morning person. Suddenly you’re up at 5am naturally and ready to go full American Psycho. You could easily run on the West Side Highway as the sun rises, blowdry your hair before work…you could even become someone who (gasp!) eats breakfast. Anytime I’m up early, I head over to the Waverly Diner, which is the platonic ideal of an NYC diner—think cozy booths, friendly servers, sizzling griddles. The famous Waverly Melt is life-saving: the eggs and bacon are served in a red-hot steel skillet, and the food arrives before you finish ordering it. They also have amazing honey mustard, which you should get on the side of anything you order if you know what’s good for you." - cat cohen