In the beginning...

Hello everyone!

 

I know I'm a little late to get this going, but it has been a very busy week!  I flew in to New York last Friday, just in time to see the 4th of July fireworks over the East River.  Unfortunately, it was a little bit rainy, so our view was blocked by some cloud cover and a few poorly placed umbrellas.  Even so it was still a patriotic start in city.  

Joey and I found a place to stay on Saturday, the first day we started looking!  We love our new place and we are all set to move in in about one week.  We are moving to Tribeca (on the map I posted it's the teal neighborhood at the South West tip of the island), and we love the neighborhood and how central it is- close to almost all of the subway lines!  Here is the link to our new building. We have one of the alcove studios.

Right now I'm staying at my friend Elyssa's apartment (she and her sister are double-leased right now so I have my own room and bathroom before I move into the new apartment).  It is a three bedroom but right now it is just me and Elyssa's old roommate Rebecca who is packing up to move home to Louisiana.  Her place where I am staying now is in Gramercy (the hot pink square on the map South East of Midtown) just on the border of Stuyvesant Town (where Elyssa and her sister moved to and live now).  Stuyvesant Town was built in 1947 for WWII vets and their families.  The apartments are now being bought up and remodeled and are a trendy place to live because of their relatively large size.  I can see Stuy town across the street from my living room and bedroom windows here.  I can also see double-decker busloads of people at eye-level thanks to my second story location (see the photo at left). 

The past few days I have been job hunting and orienting myself in the city.  It helps that I have a lot of friends up here that I can hang out with after they get home from work!  Please keep the phone calls and emails coming!  I would love to hear from all of you.

Much Love,

Karen