Your parents are in town and it's a Big Deal.

For some reason they're insisting on staying in Union Square?

The pressure of having to “host” out-of-towners, if you’re even remotely like me, is an all-consuming event. Striking the perfect balance of showing off the breadth of your knowledge about New York as a whole, without subjecting anyone to a crowd of tourists (god-forbid); making it a special occasion without making it too special and exposing how heinou…