While I don’t have to start looking for a new place just yet, I am going to be moving out of my current digs pretty soon. There’s just something about NYC real estate that I find captivating, and I know I’m not the only one who thinks so.

I really would prefer not to continue paying the high rents of Park Slope, so I’ve started to look in other neighborhoods. This morning I went out on my bike and checked out Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy, Clinton Hill and Fort Greene. I came home and decided to look up some places to see what the rents were like, and how the brokers’ descriptions gelled with what I saw and thought.

Then I saw this:



I think 90% of the brokers in NYC are on mind altering drugs. Seriously, the suspension of disbelief is remarkably strong with them!

In other news, I’ve been busy and distracted lately and not doing anything with this site. I’m hoping - really - to fix this up before I leave for Africa. In fact, I’m going to be setting up a separate section for updates from East Africa; I’m not sure what my internet connectivity will be like there, especially as I plan on being in some rather remote areas, but I bet I’ll be able to post at least once or twice from there.

Til then, thanks for all the replies on my previous post. I’m taking all the advice into consideration for when I finally sit down and work on brighter.