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You may have noticed I haven’t posted any new photos since I viewed the apartment like three weeks ago. That’s because I packed my camera battery charger in a box to go with the movers. Well, not really. I found it in my suitcase this weekend. So here’s some proof that we’re actually bumming around NYC and not just fooling you all into thinking we have this fabulous new life.

Curtis on the F train from Coney Island, and me trying to eat snow in SoHo.

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Tiny gray kitten
On the street. Tiger pounces,
Cannibal kitty.

On Lawrence’s recommendation, I checked out Time Out New York for some local info on our new surroundings. I clicked on an article called 50 Best Blocks in New York. Guess who’s #20!

20 11th Street between Prospect Park West and Eighth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn

This peaceful street, lined with pristine brownstones and just off Prospect Park, is a quick jaunt from the commercial happenings on Seventh Avenue; it provides the best of both Brooklyn worlds.

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Yay, us!

A Park Slope encleve less than a mile from us made #6 on the list:

6 Montgomery Place between Prospect Park West and Eighth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn

Strolling down Montgomery Place induces a museumworthy trance. Stunning brownstones, old-world apartment buildings and a terra-cotta-colored minimansion fill this tranquil block-long street off Prospect Park. Leafy trees and planters full of colorful blooms add a pristine touch, while the mix of imposing late-19th and early-20th century limestone and brick buildings flaunts grand detailing. Arched doorways, curved staircases and a stained-glass oval suggest you’re in a European fairy tale more than a bustling Brooklyn neighborhood. Lucky residents who tire of the solitude are mere minutes from Seventh Avenue’s action and the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket.

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I feel so vindicated having put down a deposit on the third apartment I saw.

In tangentially related news, Curtis and I opened a joint checking account today, from which we’ll pay the bills. Scary.