I took a few pictures of the place while it was empty that I have put up on Flickr. There aren’t that many, but it gives you an idea of the size of the place. I also made a drawing of the layout with measurements so I know how much space I have for various …
Category Archive: Brian
Nov
23
My New Apartment
It took two weeks of back and forth, but last Tuesday afternoon I signed the lease on a new apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side (Google map). Actually, it’s a lease assignment, meaning I’m taking over someone else’s lease. I already received the keys from the previous tennant, and Aunt Bernadette set to work giving my …
Nov
18
59th Street Bridge Suites: Sucks Donkey Balls
I know I said this at the end of my last post, but I just can’t say enough how much this place blows. Before I visited the place I did read the reviews on TripAdvisor, and they were mixed. Some people complained, others were resigned to the fact that it was low-service without being low-cost. …
Nov
04
Funny coincidence
I swear, it was completely unintentional. But my temporary apartment is two doors down from Scores.
Nov
04
Coming to America
I have been a New Yorker for a week now. It started last Saturday when we stepped off the plane at JFK. It was a pretty anti-climactic departure from the Netherlands. The movers came and packed up all my stuff. 54 boxes worth of stuff, 20 boxes more than I had when I came to …
Oct
23
SPAM love
Every now and then I get one of these spam messages that just really sticks out. Even though she got my name wrong, I’m sure it’s true love. Hi, Curt I’ve decided to write to you. The quantity of words is never what is important, but what counts is the quality of those words. A …
Oct
20
Thoughts on Moving (Again)
It’s coming down to it. Yesterday two people wished me well on my move back to the States because they won’t be here next week to say goodbye. And it really hit me, I’m leaving. In one week I won’t be living in the Netherlands. I won’t be going to work every day in Dordrecht. …
Oct
02
My New CrackBerry
Wow. They call them that for a reaon. The first day I got mine I obsessively kept checking the wireless activation to see if it had finished connecting me to a brave new world of connectedness. It’s actually a very bad thing that I have one of these, since I LOVE being connected. I’m one …
Aug
27
Until My Jetpack is Ready
Somehow I got into reading about how the military is investing in “micro flight” devices, one thing leads to another, and I’m at a website looking at pictures of what I now know I have been saving all my money for. It’s not for retirement. It’s to get me one of these babies. Which is …
Aug
13
Feel Like Dancin’
I just couldn’t help myself. If this doesn’t make you laugh then I don’t know what will. I’m memorizing every move in this video so I can bust up the dance floor next time I’m at “Het Paard” or Danzig. Now I just need to get me some white pants and a shag jacket and …