I loved living in Chicago (I'm a New Yorker now). The winters may be brutal, but the city is fantastic. I love the rat patrol guys in streets and sanitation, because they cleared the city of rats i...
In the past year, I've experienced the extremes of guy apartments. Number one had a bathroom that warranted shoes rather than mere flip flops and a kitchen with a dirty litter box. Number two has f...
I was in Western Ukraine last year and found that apartment dwellers all have personalized doors. It's odd at first, but I grew to really like it. They don't just have decorated doors, but entirely...
I'd use it to clean all the weird dust that settles in my apartment from the rehabbing my landlord seems to be doing to every apartment above me. Now if it could only eliminate paint and sealant fu...
Many years ago, when I lived in St. Louis, I had to dodge a huge woodchuck on my way to my car after work. I had no idea what it was. A helpful security guard filled me in. I also ran into the occa...
That post about Humboldt Park reminded me of how much I love the ferns in the Garfield Park Conservatory (and how much I miss living in Chicago). If you live in Chicago and haven't been, I'd recomm...
In New York, all hours are fair game for noise. Luckily, in my neighborhood, there are no lawns to speak of, only the 7 train and garbage trucks. You get used to those. When I lived in the Midwest,...
I adore your kitchen chairs, and the fact that you're so ably representing my hometown. St. Louis apartments always seem to have so much character. Well done.
When I cohabitated, my boyfriend threw everything wherever (and expected to find it back in its usual spot) and cleaned either the bathroom or the kitchen about once every three months. So yeah, th...
I moved recently and have a closet in need of some organization. It has so much space in such odd places. I know it has potential, I just need to harness it. My tennis rackets and sewing machine ne...
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I loved living in Chicago (I'm a New Yorker now). The winters may be brutal, but the city is fantastic. I love the rat patrol guys in streets and sanitation, because they cleared the city of rats i...
In the past year, I've experienced the extremes of guy apartments. Number one had a bathroom that warranted shoes rather than mere flip flops and a kitchen with a dirty litter box. Number two has f...
It's an old boot scraper. Some old Harlem houses have them, too. Not uncommon at all.
I'm paying $1350 for a nice one-bedroom in Sunnyside/LIC area.
World Market often has nice pillows. And I've also had good luck at Marshall's.
That is an adorable dog. I've always liked French bulldogs, though.
I was in Western Ukraine last year and found that apartment dwellers all have personalized doors. It's odd at first, but I grew to really like it. They don't just have decorated doors, but entirely...
I'd use it to clean all the weird dust that settles in my apartment from the rehabbing my landlord seems to be doing to every apartment above me. Now if it could only eliminate paint and sealant fu...
Honeysuckle, watermelon, and summer rain.
Why don't you avoid the issue and sublet for the remainder of your lease?
The Hirschhorn has always been my favorite D.C. museum. Thanks for the great post on this fantastic collection.
Many years ago, when I lived in St. Louis, I had to dodge a huge woodchuck on my way to my car after work. I had no idea what it was. A helpful security guard filled me in. I also ran into the occa...
That post about Humboldt Park reminded me of how much I love the ferns in the Garfield Park Conservatory (and how much I miss living in Chicago). If you live in Chicago and haven't been, I'd recomm...
In New York, all hours are fair game for noise. Luckily, in my neighborhood, there are no lawns to speak of, only the 7 train and garbage trucks. You get used to those. When I lived in the Midwest,...
What a fantastic apartment. I adore your unique style. A nice break from the cookie cutter places we've been seeing.
Books, always books. All my shelves are filled, and my one decent closet has a few boxes in it.
My family is in St. Louis, and they all felt it. The last aftershock rattled my mom's downtown office building.
I adore your kitchen chairs, and the fact that you're so ably representing my hometown. St. Louis apartments always seem to have so much character. Well done.
When I cohabitated, my boyfriend threw everything wherever (and expected to find it back in its usual spot) and cleaned either the bathroom or the kitchen about once every three months. So yeah, th...
I moved recently and have a closet in need of some organization. It has so much space in such odd places. I know it has potential, I just need to harness it. My tennis rackets and sewing machine ne...