dietsch

Sorry it's been so long

Sorry it's been so long between updates. My big news right now is that I've found a new apartment. This arrangement with Josh was always only temporary, but now I've found a permanent home here. Well, let's say, I've found my first permanent home here. In reality, it's simply less temporary than Josh's. More accurately, I didn't find the place. My new roommate did. He's a friend of Josh's who's been looking for a new spot to lie down at night. He found it and called me to see. We both liked it, so we grabbed it. So, the place. It's in Park Slope, just a few blocks from where I am now. The new apartment is on Seventh Avenue between First and Second streets. We're just a couple or three blocks from Prospect Park and we're in the midst of a great commercial district. Seventh is lined with all sorts of nifty stuff: a bar here, a hardware store there, a toy store, book stores, laundries, groceries, a neat little Italian place that sells canolis and fresh mozzerella made onsite, a co-op grocery, a health-food store, several coffee shops. You name it. The neighborhood has a great mix of old and young, families and singles. It's multiethnic and very hip. Finding an apartment on 7th Ave. in Park Slope apparently puts me in the realm of the trendy and fashionable, from what I hear. Imagine that. The apartment itself is very nice. New hardwood floors line all rooms but the kitchen, living room, and bath, which have brown slate tile. Cabinets still have that new-wood smell and there's manufacturers' stickers still on the fridge, bathroom sink basin, and tub. Chris's room is lovely: large, and with a bay window overlooking Seventh. My room's a bit on the small side, but it'll hold a bed, bureau, and night table easily, and there's enough space in the rest of the apartment to kick around in, so I don't mind. And I'm willing to trade off size for location anyway. Not even three weeks in New York and I find an awesome place. I must have a charmed life.