Apr 2006 Moving on UP!

Finding a new apartment in New York proved to be a challenge. I found a beautiful place in Long Island City, Queens. Now now...before you go judging Queens....put the image of 'Coming to America' outa your head!! It's no Manhattan, but certainly is a reasonable alternative. It is 10 minutes from the city and 20 max to/fro work. I live ALONE and have a cute decent sized place.

I moved in April 22nd. The move was quite the story. It was, of course, raining and both my roomie and I were moving the same day. She was moving to the Upper East Side (lucky girl!) and I was of course going to Queens. We were not able to rustle up any help, so we were faced with moving all our stuff and furniture alone. It wouldn't have been so bad, but my futon and tv were rather heavy. We panicked the night before and by the grace of God an angel in the form of a friend of a friend came to help us (Larry - Love you dude!) as well as some kind strangers. I finally landed in Long Island City (LIC) late afternoon...ordered us up some pizza and was ready to get start my NY experience properly. :)

Here are some pics of my new bachelorette pad before I moved in.

my china cabnet in the kitchen.


The rest of the kitchen.

My livingroom.

My bedroom with a built in mahogony closet.