Brooklyn Bound

Welcome to the new blog chronicling the adventures of Chantal and Joel in Brooklyn, New York!
With an apartment waiting for them in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, one of the biggest obstacles is already out of the way.

Finding an apartment in New York City truly requires blood, sweat, and tears (and cash upfront).

Here are a few tips to finding an apartment in Brooklyn:

• If an ad says an apartment is in on a beautiful, sunny, tree-lined street, it is probably on a block with no trees (but is conveniently 10 blocks away from said tree-lined street!).


• Expect to pay a lot more than what you were hoping to pay and expect a place smaller than what you were hoping for.


• Watch comedies every day to help stay somewhat sane.


• If it looks and seems to good to be true, it probably is. There may be a subway station in the basement.


• If a broker drives you to an apartment, expect to find your own way back (unless you like the place, then they'll be happy to drive you back to the office to sign the lease).


• Don't do it unless you have to.

Don't forget to bookmark this page and check back often for updates. We will be updating as often as possible with photos of our new place, the moving process, our neighborhood and more.

We'll provide information about our neighborhood, historical facts, strange subway stories, polls and celebrity sightings!

Please take a moment to guess where the title of our blog, Nothing's Equivalent, originates from. When the poll ends, we'll provide you with the inside scoop!

Thanks for reading and for joining us as we embark on our new venture.

Two floors above the butcher / First door on the right / Life filled to the brim / As I stood by my window / And looked out on those Brooklyn roads. -Neil Diamond