Fast Forward to a Possible Home in the very small Big Apple

Some of the open houses we visited were clearly not to become our future home. Tiny rooms carved out of what were small rooms to begin with, too far uptown for a reasonable commute to work (with Jay's monstrous hours and my work situation unknown, anything over 96th street was questionable), or too much neighbor-in-the-window potential. Yes, we wanted it all.

Then we saw The Place. A big loft right in the middle of midtown, with gorgeous windows overlooking Bryant Park, and a mezzanine around two sides of the the perimeter that had a bed on one side, and a little place to put an office on the other. And a straight staircase, not a spiral that would have me dizzy every time I changed floors.

A little over our price range, but that wasn't the problem. No grocery stores close by, but that wasn't the problem. A business-oriented neighborhood that pretty much closed up by 8pm, but nope - not the problem. A 2' wide beam that could not be walked around to get from the upstairs bed area to the bathroom and/or stairs - now THAT was the problem. It was 5'9" from the floor. Jay is 5'10". Yes, it would only need to brain him once and he'd never forget to crouch, but just not safe. We heard later on that comedian Andy Dick bought the place - and he's even taller than Jay, but perhaps doesn't need his frontal lobe quite as much?

So the hunt continued. But it wasn't bad, as soon it got interesting....