Where to begin. Our relocation guide to New York suggested getting travelers checks if you are from out of state (apparently to make the process easier if you need to put down a deposit). Only a few Chase banks in the city are linked to the same system of the former BankOne. So, we had to head to Times Square to withdraw some money. It took forever to process our checks as the bank clerk didn't really know what she was doing. After other clients were giving us nasty looks for taking forever, we decided that Matt probably didn't need to withdraw checks as well. We got a snack at a place that advertised wireless, which it didn't have. But we found out Bryant Park has free wireless. It was so awesome to sit in the park and look through Craig's list and schedule appointments.
At 1:00 we had our first apartment viewing, a 1 bedroom in Hell's Kitchen (midtown), it was $2100 plus broker's fees. It was the biggest apartment we saw all day. However, the rent plus probably 3500 in fees was not in the cards. We saw the next apartment which was on 37th and 9th. It was a "2bedroom" (aka two closets with a tiny kitchen). We went down to see two apartments in Soho (like three blocks from work). It was a tiny (300-400sqft) 1 bedroom. It was really cute but so small (the steps up the apartment were so tiny, I don't think our furniture would have made it upstairs.) We took a break after viewings and got ice tea and cookies from Olives (which will be my new favorite coffee/snack shop during work breaks) and sat across the street from the Camper store. 
After some errands, we made it over to the next showing in the Grammercy area (30 St and 3 Ave). We liked the place, especially because it has a great little shared balcony. We went to turn the travelers checks into a money order. After we did, however, we had second thoughts about the apartment. It didn't have much light and we wanted to see the East Village apartments we were planning to see. We saw Matt's friend Carlos and met him for a drink before our late appointments. The first showing was on Chrystie and Rivington, which was close enough for me to walk to work. The showing was an open house and a lot of people showed up. It was a cute, tiny one bedroom. We could actually fit our stuff into this apartment. It was $2000 and no fee. We put our name down, and we'll see what happens. Our final showing (after some great pizza) was at 13th and 3rd. This was an awesome apartment. It was tiny and we'd have to think about selling our furniture, but it was a place to be proud of: nice building, exposed brick, new kitchen. There were about twenty people wanting to see the place and the girl was a little surprise all these people wanted to see it. The chances of getting it are pretty slim, as someone probably offered her tons of money to allow them to take it over. We made it back to the corporate apartment and needed to go get some shampoo and a bit of food. Before we went into the Duane Reade (the Walgreens of NYC) we took a few pictures in the beautiful City Hall Park. (if it looks like I'm totally sweaty and gross, I was ). 
Shower, a couple Stellas, and some pop tarts and we're off to bed before another day. Think we are going to check out Brooklyn.
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