The Search

For the last two months I've been searching for a place in Manhattan to stay for the weekends and last week I finally found it! My search basically consisted of searching Craigslist. I would find about five places that sounded like a fit, send emails and would either not get a response or the replies reeked of spam. I did finally make contact with one person who had a 'converted' two bedroom right at the opening to the Queens Midtown tunnel. After walking up 5 flights I found the apartment to be very dark and a bit dirty. So I continued my search.

A week later I placed an ad on Craigslist and a person responded with a place on 55th between 1st and 2nd. The man was a lawyer who worked in Manhattan during the week and flew to New Hampshire for the weekends which is where his family lived. This apartment was a studio which I saw but felt the place was a bit too crowded with furniture and wasn't kept up very well.

Then the new year came and went as did January without seeing another place. I finally decided to do one last Craigslist search a week ago Sunday and found an ad that sounded too good to be true. I sent an email, received a reply the next day, saw the place Wednesday and 'moved' in on Friday.

The place is a studio on the 12th floor of a large doorman apartment building overlooking the Hudson River. Its a new place with parque floors, full kitchen, bath and a decent size living space. The location is perfect, directly west of Lincoln Center on West End.

Its nice when a good thing falls right into your lap!