Farewell San Francisco, Hello New York!
Greetings one and all.
For those of you who have been visiting LancesWorld.com every day for the past week, I am sorry that I haven't posted any updates about my move from San Francisco to New York. In fact, it was only just today that I finally changed the main page to reflect my new location. Until just moments ago it still read "Current Location: San Francisco." I know that this was probably confusing to all of you, and for that I do apologize.
So far New York has been treating me well - about as well as I could have expected a city like this would treat me. Most of you probably know that NY has never been my favorite city in the world, but I decided that this new job opportunity was exciting, and after careful consideration I also realized that I had never really give New York a fair chance, so here I am.
I think I am going to start work on Monday - I should get a call later on this evening to confirm that and get all the details squared away. That means that I have had all the time since I arrived Tuesday morning to just explore and take things easy. I bought a 30-day unlimited ride MetroCard for the subways and busses, which I have been making good use of. I have visited the American Museum of Natural History, walked around midtown, and explored parts of the East Village and SoHo. My apartment is located on E 96th street between Lexington and Park. It's way uptown, but the area is decent and the rent is not too bad.
I'm not really sure what my plans are for the evening yet. I know that I am going out to dinner somewhere and then out to a bar or karaoke place or something - just not sure with whom or when or precisely where yet. I suppose those details will just work themselves out naturally.