Living on W.34th.....The Webster

So I arrived on the 26th...got settled. After a couple hours I went outside (by myself)!!!! I walked a couple blocks up to a Kmart. I couldn't believe a 3-level Kmart was sitting right in the middle of Manhattan. Then I came back to the room and talked on the phone to the fam and friends telling them the place I'm staying. It's called Webster apartments, and ITS NOT A WOMEN'S SHELTER!!! (LOL) It had to grow on me because everything is so old fashion, I feel like I'm living in 1920-something. First of all its all women, men (even dads or boyfriends) aren't even allowed to go up to the rooms to help women move in. But I kinda like this aspect just for the safety factor, and Ralf likes it because he knows no guys will be in my room (ha ha).

Second we get two meals a day but you have to make sure you eat at specific times. Ok, we get two meals a day but they serve breakfast lunch and dinner. So yesterday morning I missed breakfast so Im thinking I'll eat lunch and dinner. Well I go down to get a lunch ticket that says GOOD FOR ONE LUNCH INSTEAD OF DINNER. So after the infamous "WHAT!?!?!" I gave up and went to my fave spot, Chipotle!!! Courtesy of the gift card my bestie Tammie got me!! (Not to mention the lunch was the same as the dinner the night before.

Third, the whole key situation...So we have three keys: 1 for our room, 1 for the closet in our room, and 1 for our mailbox. The room amd closet keys are on the same ring and the mailbox key is ours to keep on a personal key ring. So when we leave the building, everytime we leave the building we leave our room keys in our mailbox and pick them up when we come back.

Overall I like living here. It's nice and clean. There is such a diverse group of women here. Young, old. American, foreign. Interns, students, full time employees. I'm in the TV room righ now talking to one woman, she looks about late 50s, and shes been in and out of the city for about 13yrs as an artist. So I think living here and NYC in general will be a great experience for me!! I'm so excited!!

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419 W.34th St Rm. 528
New York, NY 10001