Saturday, March 27, 2010

finally...NYC

so two weeks ago craig and i took the red eye to new york for our first round of house hunting.  we had an awesome long weekend and are pretty sure we want to live in westchester county...about 12 miles outside manhattan.  we spent our first day with a realtor in westchester and saw a lot of houses.  almost all the houses we saw were built in the early 1900's which can be good and bad.  the home we like the best had a landlord that lives in the basement so we are trying to figure out how much that bothers us.  here are a couple photos and videos of the outside of the house.








here is a link to the listing of this home so you can see pics of the inside.  when you get to the listing click on the picture and a slide show will pop up.  the kitchen is not as bad as it looks in the photo...

click here to see the house


our second day was spent in manhattan.  craig scheduled some meetings at bank of america so we rode the subway into the city and i dropped him off and went off on my own pretending like i knew what i was doing.  the weather was horrible...rainy and windy but i had a great time.  later that night we got tickets to the play "god of carnage" and then had a delicious italian dinner at carmine's.


here are in times square and at carmine's...

our third day was spent in westchester again and we also spent some time in new jersey checking out the summit area which was great.  the weather was off the charts awful but we managed to make it back to our apartment despite the flooding and uprooted trees across the freeways.  earlier that day we had lunch at a great spot called the rye bar and grill.  here we are enjoying some amazing seafood chowder...

the morning of our last day was spent with the neilson family (good friends of ours that have lived in westchester for 7 years) having an awesome breakfast and getting tons of info on the area and what it is like to live there. 
we are heading back out there may 15th and hopefully we will have a house by then!

10 comments:

Angie Judd said...

Look at how cute you guys are!
Love the house. Lots of charm.

Heather said...

So charming! Your shabby chic furniture and style will go great in that house!

Kristi said...

You and Craig are too cute!
Love the hardwood floors....fun to see the houses that you are looking at...still can't believe you are moving

Sophia said...

Exciting!! Can't wait to enjoy some rousing games of Settlers in that house. :)

the andersons said...

How fun. The house is cute--I love the porch.

Britney said...

So exciting. The house is cute. I LOVE that picture of the two of you in Times Square!!!! Sounds like a whirlwind weekend. It must feel surreal for you -- what an amazing adventure for you guys. Best of luck on the 15th!

P.S. I'm so jealous you got to hang out with the Nielsons! Lucky ducks!

Matthew said...

Hey are you looking in Summit? My sister lived there and liked it. Cute house by the way...can't wait to have you closer! melin

thelisifamily said...

The house is really cute- love that big window on the third floor and the cute room up there! I can imagine your things decorating the house and it being very adorable! can't believe how close the school would be- Plays, lunches, dinners, breakfasts, time square... you guys were living it up :)

Lei said...

The house is darling. Love all the windows. You could make any space look amazing, though!

Tiffanie said...

That house is cute and adorable! It's going to be sad not seeing you guys around! We need to get together before you go!!!