With the Seltzer Man, Ronny Beberman, Laid Up, Brooklyn Thirsts - NYTimes.com

Few if any have called other deliverymen, and almost all of them are spiritually allergic to store-bought seltzer, with its less-than-explosive carbonation and short fizz life.

“It cleans your tongue in the morning,” Mr. Bernstein said of Mr. Beberman’s seltzer. “It’s like coffee without the caffeine. You drink it ice-cold and it shocks the senses.”

(“Real seltzer should hurt,” said Mr. Gomberg, the factory owner.)

this is the new york I love. of all the cities I have lived in, people in new york were the most supportive (once you were accepted into the neighborhood) and "neighborly"