Pictures of our home away from home and neighborhood

I am not sure how great I am going to be at blogging, we have experienced so much in our first week in New York, it has been just amazing! There is so much to say! I will post some pictures to appease the pressure I have built about blogging and will post more soon!

This is The view of Davids studio, it isn't as neat now, he has gotten to work!

The "living room" 

The "bedroom" we have no windows, but a skylight, which lights the entire space during the day.

We have a pool table!  Our roomate, Rick works as a carpenter for the NY stock exchange, he is a very nice guy, although we don't see him much.

The Kitchen, the door to the bath is on the right of this photo.  Has the same great tile.

Another shot of the living room.  Those are old cast iron lanterns with stained glass that hang above the table.  (And a great chase lounger toward the back wall)

The front door.  Our address is 97 Green St...

We live on the second floor, underneath us is a factory, it is a packaging company.

This is the street view directly out the front door, facing west.

According to Rick, 10 years ago, the neighborhood was all locals.  He said everyone knew each other and were aware when someone new moved into the neighborhood.  It is slowing becoming more gentrified, these are the new condos directly across the street from us, they have a pool which can be seen when walking down the street.  Fancy.

Manhattan Avenue is one of the main streets in Greenpoint.  We live just off Manhattan.  

Greenpoint is a Polish neighborhood, full of polish bakeries and

meat markets!

I really wish I was more in touch with my polish roots, aka, wish I spoke the language.  There are so many polish businesses, a grocery store and bakery in which you hear the staff all speaking polish to each other.  There are polish laundry mats, a polish credit union, and a large polish catholic church which can be seen in the distance of one of the photos above.  It makes me feel at home just knowing that my mother and aunts would just LOVE it.