Mack Williams, a 29-year-old freelance animator for FX’s “Archer,” was looking for something different after years of living in Atlanta. Williams had quite a few college buddies living in New York and he’d always had a great time when he visited. But after a $7K move, does New York hold up as more than just [...]
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On the Move: A Virgin Renter’s Transition to Bushwick
By avoiding a broker’s fee, and with her parents helping to transport furniture, recent college graduate Rhiannon Marino’s only moving expenditures to Bushwick, Brooklyn were what she owed the landlord. But her first post-college move has taught her a lot about the importance of research and planning before taking the big step. This is your [...]
Local Celebrity: “Hey Rube’s” Sexy Frontman Lets Us Peek into His Busy Williamsburg Life
Charismatic and passionate, not to mention Playgirl-certified “NYC’s Hottest Bartender,” musician Jeff Palmiotti is enjoying every minute of his bachelor life in Williamsburg. When he’s not mixing drinks at Ten Degrees on St. Marks in the East Village, he’s got his hands full launching a food company, PhysEAT: Food to Feed Your Physique, and performing [...]
On The Move: Two College Dudes Forced to Waste Away in Bucolic Park Slope
Our own computer programmers, Ben Hughes and Andy Kramolisch, were whisked away from their Virgina college campuses this summer to help launch NabeWise in New York City. Used to late night parties and a youth music scene, the quiet, family-oriented nabe of Park Slope is very much a change of pace. “As best I can [...]
Local Celebrity: Upper West Side’s Daniel Jenkins
Actor, musician, and artist Daniel Jenkins, recently seen as Mr. Banks in the original Broadway cast of Mary Poppins, and as Mark Twain in the Roundabout production of Big River, moved to the Upper West Side 16 years ago, around the time his wife was pregnant with their first child. We talked to him about [...]
On The Move: Moving from Inwood to Hell’s Kitchen for $1,250
Desperate for some peace and quiet, actor/artist Jurgën Jones left a spacious one-bedroom apartment in Inwood for a tiny studio in Hell’s Kitchen. But the downsize turned out to be a blessing as his new home exhibits the perfect balance of ingenuity and personal style. Being an artist, Jones had to consider how to safely [...]
Somewhere New: Exploring DUMBO
Somewhere New is a summary of a writer’s first impressions about a neighborhood, one that he/she has never been to before. 2:58pm I get off the A train at High Street on Monday afternoon in the sleepy calm of Brooklyn Heights. I am on my way to DUMBO. There are birds chirping and children playing [...]
On the Move: Williamsburg to East Village for only $50
Lies Becker, is a 23-year old actress, singer, and artist who knows her way around New York from steadily moving around the city for the past 6 years. By avoiding a broker’s fee, collecting boxes from her local liquor store and using a car service instead of a moving van, Lies Becker mastered her 5th [...]
