Alright...everyone seems to agree (oops! Nope! Hi, Cashmere!). Black it is. I am wearing a nice pink shirt under it. It's just hard to see it in the pictures.

And aren't the shoes fabulous? They're like 2.5 inches high. I hope I don't trip and fall!

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I think the shoes are awesome (and the black suit looks great, too, vw). They definitely add some height.

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Good evening Bitches. Long time no post.

There are some New Yorkers here, right? Is there a particular bank you recommend for newcomers to the city? Preferably someone with good ATM access in manhattan and maybe the ability to get a high-rate, low-limit credit card without too much effort (I'm not picky, just want to start building up some sort of credit record before trying to rent an apartment in the city).

For that matter, any advice you can give me on moving to NYC to live alone would be great. I have housing provided by Columbia for the first year, but after that I expect to be fully lost.

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Citibank and Bank of America both seem to have ATMs everywhere.

As for advice, what sort of advice are you looking for?

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Well, I think I'll be able to handle myself mostly, I was just thinking that if somebody knows a particular mistake in adjusting to the city life that I could avoid. I am curious about what groundwork I need to start setting to be able to get an apartment without TOO much hassle in a year's time, as having a place to live seems like pretty much the most important part of being there.

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Most bank websites have things where you can enter a zipcode and find the nearest ATMS--you could try a few banks, and see how many ATMs pop up.

The first few times I went to NYC, it seemed like everyone was getting their cash from those little ATMs in convenience stores. I couldn't figure it out--why was everyone paying the fee? I think my friends were just lazy or something. :) The last few times I've been there, I've had no problem finding a BofA ATM. Not that I necessarily recommend them (though I've had no big problems with them either, I'm sure someone can tell stories).

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This is a really funny paragraph until you realize BF /= boyfriend.

I did the same thing... On more than one post.

Which suit? Black or gray?

Gray! (They both look really good but I think the gray stands out more. Cause who doesn't wear black to a job interview just cause it is the easy choice. So I think it adds a different way to remember you.) and job~ma.

Job~ma for Hil too.

That's all I have.

I am still cranky at iTunes for not having the crack cd I wanted this morning. I found Echo's Bring on the Dancing Horses which they only started offering recently but it is lukewarm comfort. Well, it is yay! but it isn't what I went looking for earlier.

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Everyone I know uses Shitibank, but more out of habit/laziness than anything else. After them, Chase probably has the second-most ATMs of anyone. (But like meara said, we mostly just suck it up and pay the fees, because we're too lazy to walk the four blocks to find one of our own banks when every corner bodega has one that's right there.)

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So yeah, like Jess said--bodega ATMs being the way to go, try to find a bank/account type that allows you to use other ATMs without having to pay another fee, at least a few times a month. I've got one like that from BofA, but it requires having a lot in savings. I'm sure there are others (there are some internet banks that not only won't charge you for using the ATM, they'll reimburse the fee the ATM itself charges, I think...)

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I'm not entirely sure what you mean by the first question

I thought I was being fairly straightforward: I meant, if Israel dissolved tomorrow, how many countries in the world would refuse to take the citizens?

But it sounds like your original post was meant from a historical perspective, in which case, nevermind. I agree that it's fairly futile to argue now about what our grandparents and great-grandparents should have done in the '40s.

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