5 Things I Cannot Believe About New York

First Unbelievable Fact
There are millions of people who live in Manhattan. I know five people and managed to see one randomly on the street. On our second day of apartment shopping we turned a corner and, lo’ and behold, my good friend Romona was walking right for us.

Now, I knew Romona lived in New York, but I didn’t know where. Turns out she lives just a block and half away from us now.

This is the same Romona who in high school had a locker right next to mine. We also walked right next to one another at our high school graduation, and then that same summer at CU’s freshman orientation we roomed together by coincidence too.

Here’s to having last names that start with “Mu.” And of course, to finding nice apartments in the same NY neighborhood — the Upper East Side.

Second Unbelievable Fact
Pedicures are a steal. I think this is one of the few things that will actually be cheaper here. Only $23 and that includes a manicure too!

Third Unbelievable Fact
Our wedding song was “If I Ain’t Got You” by Alicia Keys. Now, this song is nice and lovely for a wedding, but there’s actually no particular reason we chose it except that it’s one of the few songs we both like. Our tastes in music are entirely too different.

The coincidental thing here is that apparently Alicia Keys filmed a video right here in the courtyard of our apartment building.

We weren’t there for the filming, of course, but the locksmith told Jason so it must be true.

Fourth and Fifth Unbelievable Facts
You pretty much have to hire a broker to find an apartment in Manhattan. It’s still not something I’m all that comfortable with. I mean, we’re renters and we might as well have been buying an apartment with all the paperwork and background checking we went through.

What’s more — we met with three different brokers, none of whom we were all that wild about. And guess what? We have run in to all three of them at one time or another. Again, out of millions of people and it was awkward every time too.

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