Open Thread

cobblehiller, you shouldn’t be drinking on the street.

“Thank you again, ladies and gentleman and BRG and cobblehiller.”

Congratulations DIBS, I’ve wanted to give you the STFU award many times myself! ; )

Snark: It’s a winter wonderland, the snow is very light and it’s sitting on all the branches and iron railings. However, the sidewalks that aren’t salted or shoveled are VERY slippery, and I fell. Fortunately the g*d’s were smiling upon me and the wine bottle I was carrying was unharmed! : )

“If you know anyone who may be interested, please send them my way at montrosemorris at yahoo dot com. See you at the tour!”

Will do! I may have a candidate. I’ll speak with him this evening and get back to you.

i have actually lived in a lot of neighborhoods. in manhattan :
UES
UWS
Midtown East
East Village
Chelsea
Gramercy

for anyone who dreams of living in gramercy, but has never lived there, it’s a much smaller neighborhood than you think. I spent most of my time walking to the East Village. Did not like the restaurants, office bldgs or scene on Park Avenue South either. Found the lower 5th avenue shops to be too “mall” like. ditto union square.

i didn’t like the people or restaurants uptown, but appreciated the neighborhoods. Chelsea was very very gay when i lived there, so it was tough to find anywhere to hang out without leaving the area. Midtown East was awful. SOOO by default, the East Village was best altho i lived there over 10 years ago when it wasn’t so crazy.

in Brooklyn:

Cobble Hill
Prospect Heights
Park Slope
Williamsburg

Liked Cobble Hill a great deal. Closeness to city and walking distance to other brooklyn neighborhoods was a big plus. The wonderful amount of brick townhouses vs. brownstones was really appealing to me. Loved living there (divorce accounted for move). Wanted to move to Cobble Hill West this last search, and came close, but ultimately thought that the property was a bad value and chose Williamsburg.

Prospect Heights – just horrible when i lived there. it was like 8-9 years ago. still very ghetto. gangs, constant threats and harassment. Dean and Pacific are arm pits. Longish walks to eat in Park Slope. One of the best days of my whole life was the day I moved out. Would never be convinced to move back.

Park Slope. Had high hopes for the slope. got a great deal, but ultimately the distance to the city combined with the people which are some sorta cross between lower middle class left over from years ago and UWS types that i have zero in common with made me just want to move out. also, no where i really like to go out.

Williamsburg – Strangest thing about moving here was that it has been the most consistent destination for me for having fun over the last 16 years, but i never came close to moving here. now that i live in williamsburg, i never go out anywhere else. when i lived in park slope i went out in williamsburg, but cannot fathom going out in park slope for anything. biggest plus in williamsburg – the people! wonderful parents community especially.

CONCLUSION – no way i leave Williamsburg. I’d just be coming back every other day to eat out or see my friends.

“can I deduct glass pumps?”
Only if they are used in the course of your employment, which I would guess is likely the case. 🙂