Comments on: downsizing

By: seejanebee

seejanebee — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:06:45 +0000

I know this is a few days late but I hope you’ll see it anyway – if you are considering purchasing a small apartment, look at http://www.apartmenttherapy.com. They focus on urban living in New York city (where tiny apartments are in abundance) and provide helpful tips on working with small spaces. They currently have a “smallest and coolest” apartment contest, complete with photos, and it’s amazing to see what people have done with apartments similar in size to ones you’re looking at. Perhaps it will provide a little inspiration, and good luck finding a place that works for the two of you.

By: petite

petite — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:04:09 +0000

For now, I’ve chosen the much less romantic option of a paypal button in the sidebar. Appreciate away!

By: Angie

Angie — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:49:08 +0000

Meredic had the perfect idea. Perhaps we could show you our gratitude for your blog and where applicable memories of things past if you openend a postal box.
We could send you our contributions in an envelope, the notes covered with carbon paper. Would that be a means?

By: Flighty

Flighty — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:44:58 +0000

Loxias,
I thought it was you in the *** **** in the corner at 41, you see. I was just confused but I’m OK now

By: Loxias

Loxias — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:15:15 +0000

Courage, ma chérie!

My previous (non-)comment was on the woes of buying a flat (or a ‘flatlet’, in our case) in the big city. Try renting in Barcelona, for instance.

Anyway, I, too, was shocked by the surface/price ratio…

@Flighty: it was probably not me in the *** ****. What is the *** ****, anyway?

By: Flighty

Flighty — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:43:15 +0000

eeh, that Smartie has a gob on her..
And Loxias, was that you in the *** ****?

By: Loxias

Loxias — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:31:35 +0000

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear…

By: petite

petite — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:30:58 +0000

No. That’s the Le 41, n’est ce pas?

By: Flighty

Flighty — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:51:15 +0000

Ooh, the excitement. Don’t get discouraged, Petite. Now I know your budget and your district of choice, I am sure that you will find something extremely suitable for you and Tadpole. I would go for something that looks a bit horrid and needs a lot of work doing. Then you call in Mr Flighty , who is very handy and knows lots of “men who do” and Bob’s your building site. This is the absolute best way to come in under budget and with the type of space you want

Ps I was serious about Mr Flighty
PPS isn’t “Mezzanine” the hippest club ever?

By: Passante

Passante — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:33:01 +0000

Re: Book deal.

Petite, you already have the raw material for several books. It’s just a matter of compilation. How’s this for a success story: French Word-a-Day blogger, Kristin Espinasse — great blog, by the way — made collections of her posts, printed them in book form through publish-on-demand, and sold them on her Web site. The books caught the eye of a commercial publisher (Touchstone Press), they cut a deal, and in April Touchstone is releasing Kristin’s “Words in a French Life” (see amazon.com).

If you were to go the publish-on-demand route (e.g., lulu.com, iuniverse.com, and other sites), maybe your book(s) would catch the attention of a real publisher too. And even if not, your loyal readers would buy the books, which would be a great way to help you with your flat-buying fund.