Manhattanites on the move

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Finding a decent apartment in this city can be quite a mission.. like what neighbourhood, uptown or downtown for Manhattanites.. which I admit I am… never considered leaving the island regardless of how much of a ‘better deal’ I can get in Staten Island!

After having lived on the UES for almost a year now by myself in a charmingly rustic one bedroom nestled on the top floor of a 4th floor walkup brownstone.. I was starting to crave the convenience of a more luxurious living situation.. although living on the top floor has been a great work out regime for my thighs.. I was starting to reaching a point where I was bored with having to constantly lug my laundry and suitcases up and down the stairs.. and face it, for a downtown social bird like me, living on the upper east is like living in Canada…. the neighbourhood is so residential with families and strollers everywhere, I almost feel like I should be wearing a white button-up shirt on Sundays rather than be stumbling home at 5am covered in sequins en route back from the meatpacking…

To top it all off, when I discovered last week that I had an uninvited furry creature appearing to be cohabitating with me in my apartment.. yes a mouse (gross!), it was the final straw.. enough of the rustic living no matter how charming it is…

With the housing market having plummeted in recent months, now is really the best time to move.. two other Norwegian girlfriends of mine have also been on the lookout for change so we decided to move in together…and get a fabulous three bedroom in a luxury building whilst knocking down our current over-priced rent…

After trailing the pages of craigslist for the past few weeks and seeing some seriously miserable places… one was so nasty that my friend walked in, took one look and turned on her heel and marched out declaring ‘I refuse to live here’.. at that point I looked at our broker and told him ‘ I think we need to have another conversation…’

However we did experience a glimmer of hope last week when my friends went to see an amazing place in midtown… before I even got a chance to think, we had all submitted the application … I decided I had to see the place for myself, so I arranged with our broker Doron to meet him after work the next day…

I arrived last night at the building (and yes the building was very cool).. and there was Doron…a dark (very Israeli-looking) skinny guy in his late twenties with a big wool beanie hat concealing his Bluetooth ear device …
As pushed my way through the glass swing door… he looks at the doorman and goes ‘ see I told you I was waiting for a beautiful blonde!’ in his very distinctive accent.. I quicly discovered he was certainly a very entertaining and not to mention a rather cheesy character..
We went to the apartment and it was just as I was expecting.. great place, brand-new and high end with a fabulous view.. so the conversation veered from apartment chat towards where are best places to go out, the meatpacking, cool clubs…
As we went downstairs, he looked at me in a serious way and goes ‘I need to ask you a question. What is it Norway puts in their water?’.. I go ‘um not sure what you mean’… ‘ ‘Because how can there be so many beautiful blonde girls there’ he trailed on…Fromage doesn’t even begin to cut it. I told him ‘you just get us the place and the three blondes will take you out for a drink”….He seemed to be content with that
So am now waiting to hear back from him today whether we get the place or not, so fingers crossed….
xoxo

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