Our Apartment - Moving in

June 16, 2014 

We landed at JFK from SFO in the late afternoon and lugged our 3 suitcases out of the airport.  It was 84 degrees and humid, our insulated jackets got stowed away quickly and we kicked ourselves for not wearing shorts.  The cabbie asked us where we were headed and we said, "135 Kane Street", our new home, a place we had yet to see with our own eyes.  We looked at each other and thought, "Here we go..."

Our Street.
We had been out in May and scouted out the neighborhoods so we at least knew what to expect from the area.  It didn't disappoint.

Our Apartment.
So many thoughts and nerves running through our heads as we walked up the stoop to key in to our new place for the first time!

And we love it!
The first afternoon, none of our furniture is in yet.  Meg found this bookshelf at the unofficial urban furniture recycling program (dumped on the curb outside) and it was in good shape so we snagged it.  The "program" would come in handy when we needed to unload a few things later on.

The kitchen

Sleeping on an air mattress....again...
(video walk-through)

Thankfully the U-Haul pods finally arrived that weekend and we upgraded to a real bed for the first time in 2 weeks.

We apparently have too much stuff.  Had to make a few tough choices to make some room but everything we did sacrifice went to a good home (we think, it lasted less than an hour on the curb before vanishing).
(Another walk-through)

After a LOT of help from Brad & Kelly, we're almost done!
It's a work in progress at this point but we're so happy to be in Brooklyn!