You know how when you were little and were asked to draw a house, it always looked the same: a square with a triangle on top for the roof, a rectangle door, and maybe some square windows? (Actually, whenever I have to draw a house in Draw Something, that’s how it looks as well.) But all houses don’t actually look alike…unless you’re in one of those weird Twilight Zone type developments, where every home is the same model and design and you all read from the same book To Serve Man (It’s a cookbook!). Houses look different. And so do apartment…

Like a diva film actress who just found out her dressing room is stocked with yellow M&Ms instead of the requested green ones, I tearily told my husband, “I cannot live like this! How do you expect me to work under these conditions?” Yup, our washer/dryer is on the fritz. Again. And our new super is always MIA. Attempts to fix it have not gone well (What do you get when a law student tries to fix a washing machine himself? Soggy briefs. Seriously though). It might not seem like a big deal. There are about a million laundromats on…

There’s an old Seinfeld episode, “The Wig Master,” where Jerry is guilted by a salesman to buy a blazer, only to try to return it “out of spite” when he feels slighted by the salesman. Why am I thinking about a sitcom episode from 16 years ago? First of all, reruns of Seinfeld are shown all the time on like 50 channels. Seriously, turn on the TV right now, and I guarantee you’ll either find an episode of Seinfeld or Law and Order. Second, I clearly have too much time on my hands. And third, this weekend I was helping my…

Moving to a new apartment is one of the most stressful things you’ll ever have to do. Besides, you know, raising a teenager. Or getting fired. Or meeting your in-laws for the first time. Or figuring out what color you want for your manicure (seriously, there are at least 50 shades of pink that look exactly alike, but will Ballet Slipper look as good on as Petal Pink? How do you know you’re making the right decision?) Or…OK, well, maybe it’s not the most stressful thing you’ll ever have to do. But it ain’t a picnic, either. Here are some…

Sometimes with apartments you luck out with features and amenities, and get a pretty cool place. But don’t you ever wish you could cherry pick every item? TV and movies have some of the coolest and most interesting ideas about what would make a perfect living space (and have some pretty awesome apartments as a whole). Imagine how cool it would be if you could take some of these elements for your own apartment, like a Fantasy Football team for building and decorating, to get your dream place! Here is a list of the best things from pop culture that…

No one goes in to apartment living expecting to be a bad neighbor—it just sort of happens. Seriously, it’s not like people, when they’re taken around by their brokers, say, “Nice size, great amenities, convenient location. It’s a perfect spot for me to act like a crazy person and annoy everyone around me.” (Unless they have some sort of scam going where they’re trying to scare away other renters so they can get the gold buried in their neighbors’ walls or something. But then I’d suggest cutting holes in a sheet, putting it on and pretending the building is haunted.)…

New York is currently under the grips of a fever, the likes of which no amount of cowbell can cure: lotto fever. The jackpot this week is $540 million. American dollars. For those of you counting, that’s more than half a billion. (Although, don’t even bother buying a ticket for tonight’s drawing, because I already have the winning one.) What would you do if you had that amount of money? I know, for starters, I’d make like Kermit and take Manhattan—buy a penthouse suite somewhere. Hell, I might even buy a whole building. Why not, right? Anyway, if money was…