The buildings are tall... and everyone is so hip.

HI FROM NEW YORK! Wow. It has been 1.5 days and I'm still not quite sure if this is for real. I arrived at around 11:45am yesterday (Saturday) at LaGuardia airport where Zak met me. Thank God he did, because there is NO way I would have been able to lug both of my 50 pound bags from airport to bus to subway to subway to home. Thankfully it was beautiful out. Unfortunately, neither Zak nor I planned for such warmth. We were slightly overdressed and more than slightly sweaty by the time we got home. But we made it! I admired the apartment for a while (I'm completely in love) and unpacked a bit before we headed out. We stopped by the grocery store and the drug store to get some things and ate at a little place called The Greenwich Village Bistro. It was okay. Zak got a beer that was great. My sandwich (a peppered ham, brie, caramelized onion, and brown mustard panini) was missing the onions! The best part! And I didn't realize until I was half way done. So I just kept my mouth shut. We later found out there was a new guy working in the kitchen.
A little later, my brother made the short trip down from Chelsea to meet us. We cracked open Zak's 12-year Jameson (thanks, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson!) and shared in that for a bit before heading downstairs to Triona's... a sports bar right below us. I met Triona, we got a good deal on some beer, and it was lovely. Joe left after a bit and then Jared came by. Zak and I were tired, but Jared suggested he buy us forced us to enjoy a beer with him. For that, we went to a bar just a few paces down the street called V Bar. Very cool. Awesome wooden bars with little vases of eucalyptus everywhere. It smelled so good!
Today we walked through the rain around Midtown. Zak showed me where he works- amazing. I'm sure I'll be back there soon and I'll be sure to bring my camera to show you all how wonderful it is. We also stopped at Trader Joe's for some groceries. Sorry to make you jealous, mom, but that place is so great. I got a log of goat cheese for 2.75! Unbelievable. And now the apartment has more than mac n cheese, chunky soups, cereal and eggs.
Anyway, enough chitchat.

This is the first thing I saw when I walked into my apartment.

He's the best.

Here's a documentation of our first breakfast together in the apartment!

Cannot go wrong with eggs, toast, and orange juice.

One of my favorite parts of the apartment. The fire place.

:)

I'm certain I will take some more photos of the apartment soon. Perhaps tomorrow while Zak is at work all day and I've nothing to do (if you don't count looking for a job, finishing unpacking, dishes, a bit of general organizing, and exploring this wonderful new city I'm in). Whenever I get around to it I'll be showing you more!