A New Start

At the end of November we decided that we were going to move to New York City. The only question Brandon had for me was, "When can you go?" "End of January?" I told him with a little hesitation, because let face it, that was a short time away. "Sounds great," he said. So began a whirlwind of holidays, parties, packing, selling, and good-byes. After all that was over we hopped on a train, then a plane, into a car and finally a bed to begin our new lives in NYC. For now we are living on Long Island as we begin our 1st adventure, apartment hunting. I imagine there will be a few posts upcoming on the apartment hunt. Or maybe we will get insanely lucky and the first apartment we see will be the perfect place.
To start the apartment hunt process we first needed to decide on what neighborhood we wanted to live in. We knew we wanted to be in Manhattan, because, for one, it's Manhattan, the most amazing city in the world! And two it was the best location for us both for work.
I am responsible for covering all three of NYC's airports: JFK in Brooklyn, La Guardia (LGA) in Queens and Newark in New Jersey (yes, in a completely different state!) And Brandon is starting a business and needs to get around the whole island for meetings. To begin with we started looking at subway lines. What lines did we need to be on? What neighborhoods did they go through? How expensive are those neighborhoods? What kind of things are nearby? It seemed that the combinations were endless. We would decided one subway line was perfect but it was in a neighborhood that we weren't very excited about. Another line would be great for getting to JFK, but horrible for getting to LGA. We have finally decided that we are going to focus our search on the Upper West Side. That's the entire west side of the island from the south side to the north side of Central Park. I feel confidant that we will be able to find our perfect little (and I mean little) apartment in this three square mile area.
We are taking today off to rest, watch some Downton Abbey, and plan our strategy. More on that later. Tomorrow we will hit the ground running and our adventure will begin!