Mirrors

This will be my first real post about New York, but it will be (relatively) short on words. Work is going well (I'm still in training until after Labor Day though, so it hasn't been too strenuous), and I think I'm settling in fairly well. But more of that later! The only point of this post is to show you pretty pictures of my apartment, which I've been promising for far too long. Here we go!

A shot of our living room from the hallway. The wall that the TV is up against is the temporary wall that we put up to make Ye's room. And yes, we have a mirrored wall. In fact, I just went back and changed the name of this post from "New Apartment" to "Mirrors", because we have more mirrors than we know what to do with. It's impossible to avoiding seeing yourself. Soon, Ye and I will be the vainest people you know.

Shot from our living room. Ye's door is on the left, mine is to the right of that, and our bathroom door is to the right of mine. Oh yes, you can see part of our mirrored shelf on the far right.







Here's the door to our apartment, and the red futon that you will sleep on if you come to visit! Our kitchen's right behind that, and yes, there are blinds to cover up the window if you want privacy in the kitchen. We also have a rockin' (get it, rockin'?) swing door that goes into the kitchen.



Picture on the right, for variety. Here's our bathroom, replete with mirrors. Those lights are very intensely bright, and combined with the mirrors, they pretty much blind you in the mornings. Ye and I celebrated when that one light burned out.










My room, from the doorway.












Shot of my room from my bed. My dresser and another mirror are to the right of that desk. My closet is big, beautiful, and the best part about my room. Except for the view.







And here's the view!












Ye's room! You can see pretty much the entire thing, courtesy of the mirrored wall. In fact, he purposely arranged his bed that way so that he wouldn't have to wake up and stare at himself in the face. Also, everything in his room is black or white. Like that panda.





Kitchen!











Other side of the kitchen!
















So this is not really a super-exciting part of our apartment, but I had to post a picture. It's a mirrored shelf. Ridiculous. These are just souvenirs from Zambia - there's an ebony elephant on the left, and one made out of soda cans on the right. I throw my keys and my $2.50 sunglasses from Africa here when I come home. Also, for those of you who haven't seen me in a while, this is a self-portrait..of my legs.

View from our rooftop. We live on the 32nd floor, and the lower floor of the rooftop is on the 33rd. Upper level of the roof is on the 34th. I hope that made sense.








View of the Empire State Building from our rooftop. There are deck chairs, tables, etc. up there - it's just generally a good place to chill.














Nighttime view!
















Okay, I hope that was enough incentive to make you all come and visit. More posts about work and random life things to come!