I think I found The One.

So, I've been looking for an apartment in New York. This is the third one I've seen (I say "second" in the video, but I forgot about the first one I saw) - on 53rd and 9th Ave. It's ridiculously expensive - $2550!!! (I say $1550 in the video, perhaps because I am fantasizing ... it's definitely a grand more than that). For a 12 x 14 studio!!! But it has ... A WASHER AND DRYER, which is, sad to say, a dream of mine. I plan to do laundry ALL THE TIME.

I'm filling out an application this very moment.

Eh, eh, ehhhh. This apartment just didn't do it for me. The location wasn't fantastic (West 63rd & West End), I abhor parquet floors (UGHHH), I dislike strongly subway tiling, and the building felt like the Holiday Inn. Just a big yuck. For $2100!

I felt badly when I was filming it because I wanted to say what I really thought ("the kitchen is hideous!!") but the owners were there. So I couldn't.

So I moved into the apartment I live in currently back in June of 2005, with my then boyfriend, although I kept paying my rent at my old place - on Park & 23rd - until October of that year (it served as a very expensive, very inconvenient closet). We lived there together until we broke up last August, 2006. My ex went to Europe, LA & Asia and then he basically moved in with his new girlfriend. The deal was that he would get the apartment back as soon as I found a new place. Which ended up being a little over a year after we broke up ... oops?

Oh and yes, it's always that clean. I'm totally anal retentive.

For those who are interested:

Bed from Room & Board
Table from Design w/i Reach
Chairs from Room & Board
Mirror from Design w/i Reach
Rugs from ABC carpets
Bookshelves & front hall closet from IKEA
Curtains & nightstand from West Elm
Dog from Arkansas