May 14th, 2006less than one mile from a bar please
I’ve now Skyped with my parents several times while they’ve been in Israel, and it’s been entertaining every time.
I mean, aside from the fact that my parents are only semi-Internet literate, there’s also the fact that my dad is using his brand new PDA to Skype while he’s there (this is the one my sister and I showed him how to use in NYC) and neither of my parents have truly grasped the time difference (i.e., I get phone calls around 1AM asking me why I’m not online… :P).
They are loving their trip and the food—although my mom is now sick of buffets (which have, according to my dad, over 30 dishes) and hummus and would really love some guacamole or Thai food. They’ll be home on Thursday and my sister and I are quite pleased that they’ve survived.
On the other hand, I have to bloody move. I know, I know, I’ve complained about this before… cry me a river and all that shit. Anyway, so I’ve been using Rent.com and Craigslist to look at apartments/condos etc. in this city I’m thinking of moving to—and mother of god, there are 1000 places to rent there and I can’t seem to narrow it down to a rational number. By price? Still 1000. By covered parking (the insider does not remove snow)? Still 900. By cats allowed, w/d in unit, walk-in closets? Still 300.
I’m planning to go to said city for four days, the last weekend in May. Four days is not enough time to look at 300 bloody places to live. Especially considering a) I have no idea what’s a good/bad part of town, b) I have no idea what the traffic is like, c) I’m really going to miss the ocean (I know, it doesn’t fit here—shut it) and d) wherever I live needs to be less than one mile from a liquor store, a sushi place, a Thai restaurant, a coffee shop and a cute bar. Oddly enough, Rent.com does not use those parameters when one is searching for an apartment.
Dumb, if you ask me.
hehehe. they really ought to use those parameters for searching. oooh but i suppose if you were really curious you could google map the apartment and then do that restaurant button thingy…
mmmmm hummus. drool.
Comment by wendykat — May 14, 2006 @ 3:58 pm
But then I’d have to do it with a gazillion addresses.. 🙁 That would make me kill the computer, no doubt.
And I know… such a heartbreak. Four kinds of hummus at every meal—painful. lol 🙂
Comment by the insider — May 14, 2006 @ 5:36 pm
Oh, heaven forbid you have to drive ten minutes to get to a liquor store.
Comment by Grampa — May 14, 2006 @ 10:06 pm
Shove it sparky. 😛
Comment by the insider — May 14, 2006 @ 10:10 pm
Count yourself lucky! Here it is the other extreme and you pretty much have to kill someone and then move into their place to avoid being homeless. You’ll have landlords falling all over you if the market is that open.
Just drive around until you find a cute coffee shop and then circle the 10 block radius around it to see what is for rent. Easy access to good coffee is priority numero uno…
Comment by Le Will — May 15, 2006 @ 2:08 pm
That’s true—you’re right. It took forever to find the place I’m in now.
And hmm.. good plan, lol.
Comment by the insider — May 15, 2006 @ 10:15 pm
They should totally build parameters that let you know what’s around the neighborhood. In my case, all places I live in must have: a sushi place, a bookstore, a coffee shop and a sports bar, preferrably 10 blocks (or less) away.
Comment by Carol — May 24, 2006 @ 12:44 pm
Absolutely. If you’re drinking, you should be able to walk home safely. 🙂
Comment by the insider — May 24, 2006 @ 7:25 pm