Apartment on the Park?
So, we appear to be nearing the home straight on sorting out the apartment. After finding a place on Park Avenue South, this was subsequently priced out of our league, so we’re now focused on a third/fourth floor (depending on whether you count the ground/first) apartment in a brownstone on West 75th Street. We’re sorting out contracts and the like at the moment, but we’re hoping to move in on Tuesday or Wednesday. It’s three buildings in from Central Park, which will be great once I invest in some blades. Some people (Mr. Stephenson) have frowned on this idea (the blades, not the brownstone), likening me to the stereotypical Upper Westsider, but I’m looking forward to it, and if nothing else it should be a way of keeping fit. I’ve only had two previous experiences of blading, both with Mr. Rainton, in Victoria Park, London and Millennium Park, Sydney – should be fun!
Went to a nice bar on 18th Street with Andy on Friday night, so yesterday’s apartment-hunting was somewhat tarnished. It’s great to go out and not have your clothes/self reeking of smoke in the morning. Not sure if they’ll ever get to the stage of banning smoking in the UK, but as a non-smoker, I’d thoroughly recommend it.
I’m gradually getting my head round the subway system, but miss the simplicity of the Tube (colours and directions being all you need to know). I think that each number/letter refers to the specific behaviour of associated trains (both in terms of routes and whether they are express or local), but I’m sure the maps don’t give you all the information you need to make an informed decision on whether to board a train. Took less than ten minutes to get from 75th to 12th on Friday, which can’t be bad. The air-con on the trains (albeit not on the platforms) is a great concept, one that London could benefit from.
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