Time Flies

August 23, 2007 | By Kelly AuthorMy First Apartment

It’s almost been a year since I made my move to the Big Apple (well, across the river from the Big Apple, anyway), and I’ve been having a blast. The Jersey City apartment is still wonderful. I thought it was going to be really inconvenient living in New Jersey, but I’m actually closer to a…

NYC at last

September 8, 2006 | By Kelly AuthorMy First Apartment

Well, it’s been an interesting summer. In my last entry, I believe I had been rejoicing about finally finding a place that I could afford and everything was looking up. Unfortunately, the Morningside Heights/Upper West Side place fell through 24 hours before I was supposed to drive up there, so I spent my summer lamenting,…

Something, at last.

May 8, 2006 | By Kelly AuthorMy First Apartment

So, after being incredibly busy with school and also trying to find someplace decent to sublet in NYC for this summer, I’ve finally made somewhat concrete plans. A friend is moving way uptown on Manhattan, and said I could live with him for the summer. It’s a fifth-floor walkup, but I’ve been meaning to lose…

now it’s just getting ridiculous!

April 17, 2006 | By Kelly AuthorMy First Apartment

Still no luck. I’m starting to wonder if it’s because I’m from out of town or something – finding a sublet cannot be this hard! I’ve sent out countless emails, and received nothing but bad news in return. “Hi, my name is Kelly, I’m graduating from University in St. Louis this May, and was wondering…

Time is running short…

April 13, 2006 | By Kelly AuthorMy First Apartment

and I still haven’t found anything! Everything I check out seems to look great at first, but then when I hear about the roommates who smoke, the moldy toilet, or the rotted-out windows, it all falls through. I just want a place where I will be comfortable; a place where I won’t feel that I…

too good to be true.

April 8, 2006 | By Kelly AuthorMy First Apartment

So, the place that I mentioned in my last post has gone the way of the dodo. The people who live there and who were supposedly moving out in early May, have decided not to move at all. I guess I’m back to looking at sublets. A friend of mine is planning on moving out…

could it be?

April 4, 2006 | By Kelly AuthorMy First Apartment

a lead? on a real apartment? Perhaps. I’ve heard things about a two bedroom place in Williamsburg where the heat is free and the lease starts in May. My friend and soon-to-be roommate Jackie has a friend who knows a guy (seriously) with a place available May 1st. I obviously wouldn’t be able to move…

frustration already

March 26, 2006 | By Kelly AuthorMy First Apartment

Can someone please tell me what a “railroad style” apartment is, and why some of them are “semi-private”? I guess maybe i’ve been spoiled living in the smallest big city in America, with the lowest housing costs, but why is it that a person should have to pay one thousand (1000) US Dollars to live…

It’s a start…

March 22, 2006 | By Kelly AuthorMy First Apartment

Hello, all. So, my name happens to be Kelly, and I happen to be looking for an apartment in New York City – while living halfway across the country in St. Louis. I’m graduating from University one month after my 21st birthday, and two weeks after my lease is up. I need to find a…