pghmaria's Profile

OK -- here we go.

I was a New Yorker until last year, when my spouse and I moved to Pittsburgh. We were always renters (last stop was Carroll Gardens -- hello, Brooklyn!), so when we purchased our house here we went small, about 1200 sq ft. I continue to read Apartment Therapy NY often for good advice on small space living.

All that said, the vacuum wouldn't be for me. You see, I'm the Executive Director of a great nonprofit here (www.unionproject.org), and it's been a tough, tough winter. We're coming out of it, with new grants on the way, but in the meantime we've had to let our cleaning staff go...and along with them, their vacuum.

So the Oreck would be well used and loved by a great organization far from New York, but with a New Yorker (born at Coney Island Hospital) at the helm.

And we would be ever so thankful.