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Spring Dumpster Diving for Free Furniture!
April 30, 2008 – 3:16 pm | No Comment

Dumpster Diving
It’s a pretty great term, right? It sounds almost exotic—maybe even hipster cool these days. I mean, Mary-Kate Olsen’s even made running around like a Hobo look hot. Hear me out though …

Transference: blaming your apartment is easier than admitting moving to a new city is hard
April 23, 2008 – 2:38 pm | No Comment

As ya’ll might have guessed, I’ve been having a rougher time of it of late. And, yeah, I realize that much of it is in my head – and has little to do with …

Did I take that apartment too soon? EEK!
April 21, 2008 – 1:47 pm | 2 Comments

As you’ve probably noticed, most of my advice comes from my own experiences. I don’t claim to know everything(oh, oh, I laugh), but I do have 20/20 hindsight vision. That said, I’m still unsure …

Moving to a pad in a new city: Part 2
April 18, 2008 – 12:11 am | One Comment

So, as promised, here are some more tips on how to move cities without pulling all your hair out. Never done that yet– but yeah, come close. Shudder.
4) Be realistic about how …

Finding a pad in a new city
April 14, 2008 – 12:45 am | No Comment

Word on the street, is that many of you are attempting to not only move apartments, but move cities as well! Firstly, congratulations – that’s a big, scary move and no matter the impetus be …

You’ve Found a Great Apartment — How do You Find that Great Roommate?
April 6, 2008 – 10:57 pm | No Comment

The past few posts have dealt with what to do when you don’t have a place, don’t want to deal with the hassle of finding a place, and basically just want, a la Virginia Woolf, …

Questions to ask when visiting prospective roommates
April 4, 2008 – 1:34 pm | No Comment

Hopefully the sample email regarding how to write potential roommates was helpful to ya’ll. Getting you in the door is a good start – but what to do once you’re there? Ah, grasshopper, I am …