In NYC, if you use a broker, you generally pay from one month's rent to 15% of the annual rent. It's a total racket.
Yeah, brokers' commission of 10-15% of annual rent is typical in NYC.
But if the world doesn't end, I'm gonna need a note.
Cordelia ,'Potential'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
bon bon - Mar 31, 2008 2:51:54 pm PDT #8487 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
DavidS - Mar 31, 2008 3:05:53 pm PDT #8488 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think that cooking a vegan meal would be an enjoyable challenge, i mean, it certainly wouldn't stop me from inviting a vegan to dinner.
During Lent, JZ goes vegan and I cook for her. Not too complicated. Stir fry is just bam bam bam. I marinate the tofu first and she's got her protein too.
javachik - Mar 31, 2008 3:13:49 pm PDT #8489 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I'm not vegan, but I've been a vegetarian since I was 18 (20 years), and a pescatarian the last few years (I added fish and shellfish to my diet). I've always dated omnivores and we do just fine.
My housemate tries to cook the bacon and other really strong-scented foods when I am out of the house (I am rarely home), which is nice of him but not required. My current boyfriend orders whatever he wants, whenever he wants when we're in restaurants. But at home we always eat seafood and/or veggies.
I could see that things could get more complicated if we have kids. But for now, it's pretty easy.
I DID once not call a guy back after date #2 because one of his radio presets was for the local "smooth jazz" station.
What?
Vortex - Mar 31, 2008 3:17:20 pm PDT #8490 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
oh, that's mean. :) I can see how he might have thought that it was innocuous. But, it certainly should have prompted a music discussion.
Steph L. - Mar 31, 2008 3:22:14 pm PDT #8491 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The Boy is a vegetarian, but he not only doesn't mind if I eat meat, he has been known to cook bacon for me.
He eats dairy and eggs, as well as shrimp and crawfish (the logic, such as it is, behind those 2 crustaceans is that he's faster than they are [I know, I know, what about clams, etc.? He has no answer for that]). And he'll eat any meat that he's killed or had a hand in killing (venison, etc., from hunting -- he just objects to factory farms).
javachik - Mar 31, 2008 3:25:07 pm PDT #8492 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
oh, that's mean. :) I can see how he might have thought that it was innocuous. But, it certainly should have prompted a music discussion.
Hee! Yeah, there's more to it than just the pre-set, but it was the tipping point. I met him using one of the online dating sites, and our first phone call (which, sadly was after we'd already made plans to meet...so I felt like I needed to go through with it) began with him saying, "I can't believe you love the Beatles! I totally love them too! They're rad."
I am still perplexed as to why he thought it a celebratory and rare occasion to come across another person who liked the Beatles. I mean, it's not like they're some obscure Hungarian folk foursome.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 31, 2008 3:26:32 pm PDT #8493 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh! Bringing together the vegan and the junk food topics: the new Doritos flavor is vegan! Sweet Chili flavor, or something like that. I haven't tried it yet. And there's plenty of vegan junk food out there already, but mmm. Doritos.
Aren't all Doritos vegan? I mean, I know a lot are cheese-flavored, but I never dreamed actual cheese was used in their manufacture.
Hil R. - Mar 31, 2008 3:26:47 pm PDT #8494 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
There was a Jewish sustainable food conference about a year ago where one of the speakers asked "How many of you are vegetarian, but would eat meat if you had personally killed the animal?" and "How many of you eat meat, but wouldn't if you had to see the animal die?" and got a pretty decent number of hands raised for both. This was all a lead-in to the announcement that, at the next conference, they would schecht (ritually slaughter) a goat, which led to controversy in the Jewish/progressive/environmental blogsphere for MONTHS.
javachik - Mar 31, 2008 3:27:30 pm PDT #8495 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
And he'll eat any meat that he's killed or had a hand in killing (venison, etc., from hunting -- he just objects to factory farms).
Teppy, that's really the key for me, too. My ONLY guiding principle for myself when it comes to my food is: I eat what I'd be willing to kill with my own hands. If I can't stomach that, then I really shouldn't be...um...stomaching that. :P
Trudy Booth - Mar 31, 2008 3:27:50 pm PDT #8496 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I am still perplexed as to why he thought it a celebratory and rare occasion to come across another person who liked the Beatles. I mean, it's not like they're some obscure Hungarian folk foursome.
Yeah. If you DIDN'T like the Beatles and found some fellow freak that didn't like the Beatles that might be something.