Monthly Archives: July 2010

Stories from Apartment Land

To find ideas for the blog, sometimes we browse through the Google alerts that we have set up around such terms as apartment living, LEED apartment buildings, off campus apartments, etc. Police Find Coyote Caged in Cape Cod Apartment – To be honest we don’t know why these people weren’t awarded an honorary police badge. [...]

The Top Ten Apartment Pet Peeves

Every few days we’ve been posting some “Apartment Pet Peeves” on the MyNewPlace Facebook page and we decided to compile the first 25 here on the blog. We may switch over to a “What I Love About My Apartment,” but today is devoted to grumpy complaining and not gushing flattery. We have about 30 in [...]

Apartment Rental Match Game: Celebrity Edition

Hello everyone, we’ve got another version of our Apartment Rental Match Game, a celebrity edition. Match the famous person on the left with their bedroom on the right to win prizes! Leave your answers in the comments section. 1) a)   2) b)   3) c) 4) d) 5) e) 6) f) 7) g)

Couch Surfer Compensation Packages

Couch Surfer Compensation Packages As we alluded to in our recent Apartment Pet Peeves series (posted on the MyNewPlace Facebook page), we have an additional guest staying with us for a month. That guest was our 4th roommate until a lovely couple we knew from Colorado arrived on July 1st. So, our old roommate had [...]

NycRentals.com Owner was a Sexy Russian Spy?

Well we knew she was sexy and Russian, but we had no idea that she was working for the KGB. When NYCRentals.com entrepreneur and now alleged Russian spy Anna Chapman came into the MyNewPlace offices to pitch her idea of an apartment aggregator for New York City, we thought, at first, that it was nothing [...]