Welcome to the Neighborhood!

In NYC, the phrase,"Keeping up with the Joneses" can be taken quite literally ...as many times I can hear entire conversations coming from the apartment next door. In fact, I can tell you exactly when my neighbor above me decides it's time to exercise his dog (in the house), when my neighbor below decides to bring the club back to his place, and when my other next door neighbor David...hey actually I never hear from that guy...as matter of fact I hear him so infrequently that I didn't even notice he moved out! Wait! What? We're getting new neighbors?

I am a little concerned about this...you know all the noise I mentioned about my neighbors... well...take all of that noise and multiply it by 200 and that's how much noise we make in this apartment! Baby wake-up call at 5am, coffee grinder, My Little Ponies and NPR competing for the same airspace at 6am, Wooden toys on wooden floors all day long, pots and pans doubling as musical instruments, mother screaming gently encouraging children to get dressed and eat their breakfast, father screaming at mother to not scream at children...you get the idea! So needless to say David has been a blessing as he did not complain once. Now we are going to get new neighbors who are going to get to know us intimately without knowing us at all...let's just hope they have kids!

Our Apartment...on a quiet day.