After last night's overeatathon, Pat and I had no appetite for anything more than a hot dog at lunch, so we each got one from a vendor on 34th St. in front of Macy's, in the Lower Midtown neighborhood. They were flavorless, the buns were stale, and the pricetag - $2.50 each - was disgraceful. I can't believe I lost my NYC street hot dog virginity that way.
By 4:30, then, we were really hungry, so we stopped by Mendy's, right by our apartment in Murray Hill, on our way home. Pat got matzo ball soup (above average) and a corned beef sandwich on rye, which I split with him. The sandwich was fine, and he like the coleslaw accompaniment.
We spent the afternoon with a broker, Greg, seeing apartments. I found I was at least as pleased with the Upper West Side as the first time I saw it. We saw a couple places that were just too small, but my favorite of the day was overlooking Broadway Ave., and quite large - 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It had large windows and even (slight intake of breath) a washer and dryer. The kitchen had ugly cabinets but it was big. The views were very good - quite a cityscape. The building had lots of character. We took a cab from the Upper West Side to the West Village, and it was interesting to feel the connectedness of the different neighborhoods, which you don't get on the subway. It's all New York, is how it feels in a cab.
We ended up not being able to see a couple places in the West Village, and the ones (both in one building) that we saw were uninteresting. Although we would practically be neighbors with Sarah Jessica Parker. Not to mention Carrie Bradshaw. Ha ha. Greg pointed out to us many gastronomical destinations on Bleecker Street to which we must return. There was also a cute street that he encouraged us to explore - I believe it was Morton St.
We took a cab to Brooklyn Heights and saw two places, the first being a cool, quirky converted carriage house. It had lots of space and we were charmed by things like a big mirror with heavy federal-style framing around it, skylights, odd angles and interesting molding. But it did feel very old to me and I worried a little about how well it would retain heat (the radiators were off, so it was hard to tell). Then we saw another quirky place, on the ground/basement floor of a building facing the promenade. The main room was large and impressive but the rest of it was small and unimpressive. We liked the shared back yard but it was below the level of the promenade, kind of defeating the interest of being on the promenade. Incidentally, the promenade looked shorter than I had envisioned it yesterday. There would need to be some back and forth for the running, not that that's so bad.
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