The Big Apple!

The Penington had all of its guest rooms full yesterday and today. I asked around, and Kathy from the Penington was full of suggestions for places to stay around town. The second one I tried, the Leo House, had a room available for Monday and Tuesday for $65/night. So off I went to the Leo House.

This is the grocery store which is just down the street from the Leo House. The fresh fruits and vegetables enticed me to go inside.

A cool old book I found lying around the Leo House lounge. It was written in the 40's!

Here's where I would be working if my interview went as well as it seemed to.

More accurately, here's where I would be working. 10th floor above Radio City Music Hall.

I'm finding that New York City is much more comfortable for me than I expected. I guess that comfort is coming from a combination of reading about it, having visited a few times, being commited to living here, and being more confident and outgoing than I used to be. Transportation has been a breeze. The subway even made sense the very first time I got on it.

Today I learned that there are a few subway stops in town where two trains will be at the station at once, and a sign tells you which one is leaving next. Sadly, I wasn't on the one which was leaving next, so I had to wait 15 minutes. No big deal, I just worked on War and Peace while waiting. I also learned that when there are four tracks at a subway stop, the two inner-most tracks are express trains. I was already aware that local trains stop more often whereas express trains only hit the major stops, but I didn't know how to tell them apart.

It's all coming together in my new home.