Borage's Profile

Perhaps one of the best things about Jack Lemmon movies is to catch some great decor from the 50s and early 60s and from time to time some FANTABULOUS interior shots of great NYC architecture the way it used to be and the way it should always be. (Seriously, people in pre war buildings there now should not be allowed to remove ANY of the fixtures. Major sin. It kills me to see some of them advertised on Craigslist. The horror.) Anyway, the films JL appears in have those wonderful mid century modern furnishings, and they look SOOOOOOOO different than the photographed set ups of people's interiors now, going for the retro look, and I include in that the sets of Mad Men. Back in the real mid century, there were a lot of empty spaces that they did not feel self-conscious about. But today, I guess people feel they have to fill fill fill those spaces. So there's just this difference that I notice, and I wonder if those today going for the retro look realize the difference. I like the retro look too, but my point is, it is far from the way it really looked back in the mid century.

Excellent. The furniture has such .... integrity. Good "bones," as I've heard others say, but I'll say it about the furniture. No cheap Ikea cr*$. Or so it all seems to me.

I guess - no sleeping in for you? But hey, lots of great light.

In a small place, the furniture is used all. the. time. I'm not sure I would ever buy white furniture in my place. Now, if you have a separate room where you receive clean guests, that is another matter entirely. Seems to me that white upholstery is for the living room and maybe a den.

Here in the city I live in, there's a big so-called "smart" movement. Let me just say I've lived in this city nearly all my life and I love it. But I do have some problems with "Smart Growth." Many of its advocates, first of all, are house-owning, car-owning people who preach the carless and micro-living gospel. The hypocrisy can be sooo tiresome. (And yeah? obvious)

The particular space I happen to live in is pretty small, and while I like not having a lot of .... stuff and space to maintain, I want a larger space to be able to ENTERtain better. No doubt about that.

There was an interesting editorial in our local examiner today about how our city really is into sending kids to school at a super early age, like 3! I laughed and thought, yeah, because many kids live in such tiny spaces. Might as well get out of the house. Kind of a joke, but kind of true.

This article raises lots of interesting questions about living and space. The huge majority of Americans have zero idea how to live like this. There's no doubt it can be done, and to some extent it should be done. But there's no modulation in the thinking about it, or I should say there's not much. We do NOT and should not have to go micro. That's for England and Japan, I'm sorry to say. And not even England lives like that. In fact, they can tell us how to use space so much better than we are now. There's even a development in the works (and yeah, developers RULE here) of micro apartments with NO WINDOWS. Why oh why do we want to encourage this barbarism?

The mistake the "Smart Growth" (trademark sign) movement makes is in NOT planning for families but going density full bore and without really thinking. Cities that do not plan for growth by families are cities that will die a consumerist death.

A birth certificate.

Now I put in many of my ads (not all) - no bargaining. It might cut down on replies or it might cut down on cheesey replies. But I'm pretty firm, and *I* am willing to walk away from someone if they ever said "I'm $20 short, is that ok?" Lord, how cheesy can you get?!

No it is not ok. I never overprice my stuff and anything near the borderline, I don't say that in the ad about no bargaining. I sell a lot on CL, so I've started setting up some parameters along the way.

There's a group of people who attempt to manage a public park where I live (because the public agency that manages parks is useless) who think all you gotta do is mulch and edge. Edging has its place in the fundamentals of gardening. Usually it's last.

"if you're not outside or on a piece of equipment, you really don't need to be wearing shoes."

Although experience tells me, the rubber soles can often muffle noise better than a heel bone (calcaneus)!

Mariah - fantastic job. How often as individuals we forget that an apartment building is actually a community. Would you treat your bro, sis, parents, children any worse?

Back to the questioner: What about the hallway? Possible?

Increase the start time and never on weekends.

Have a friend on the first floor?

Yard sales in cities must be so much better than the yard sales people are having that are writing here! Plus, multiperson yard sales are so much more effective, fun, and profitable.

People make thousands selling on Craigslist. Don't listen to those pooh-poohing it. It absolutely can be done. With a full-time job. Part-time job. No job. It's really very easy.