Mini Manhattan apartment, mini muffins for Pesach

My baby is moving to the city.

In my day we lived home until we got married. My friends all attended colleges in Brooklyn or Manhattan, most in Brooklyn. Those who attended the Manhattan schools took the train. I’m not sure why that is such a crazy idea. Before I transferred to Brooklyn College I attended Baruch because it was not far from where I worked (full time). I worked from 9 to 5 then walked a few blocks and took the crosstown bus to attend classes between 6 and 10 pm, then took the subway home to Brooklyn, got home around 11 pm, did my school work and was out of the house at 7:45 the next morning. 

Can you imagine that today? Which part? Any part! Going to work full time and taking 12 to 15 credits, or taking the train to the city every day back and forth, or actually living at home after you’re 20?

Not sure these kids today notice, but most dads and moms on Long Island actually work in the city and don’t live there. They take the LIRR. Crazy, right? But it’s so much easier living in the city, isn’t it? We have heard all of the reasons—

•All my friends live in the city

•I work (or go to school) in the city now. You expect me to take he train everyday?

•______ (fill in name of brother or sister) had an apartment at my age.

•Look how much money you saved, by me not going to an Ivy League school!

Ever try to find an apartment in the city within your budget? It can be done easily if you can live in a room smaller than a jail cell. Micro NY, the city’s first micro apartment complex, at 335 East 27th St., has 55 units ranging from 260 to 360 square feet. I believe they were going to rent for around $2,000 to $3,000 a month.