I traveled to the lower east side this afternoon to go on the Tenement Museum 's daily "Getting By" tour. I'll let you check out the website if you really want to know more about the refurbished tenement on Orchard (in the Bargain District, one block away from Piano's that hosts Tinkle). The Tour link explains how the Getting By Tour differs from other tours that also run through the tenament rooms. Here is the outside of the Tenement. Pictures were not allowed inside. A room from the 1930 looked a lot nicer than a room set up to look like it was 1870. Probably due to electricity or something equally taken for granted.



After the tour, I went into the Crate and Barrel with Hadley to check out how far our country has come at providing dishes and other things for homes. Except that people living in a tenement would not be shopping at such a store. These houses were not great and yet the apartment rent would cost around one third of the monthly salary. Glad I'm not poor.

Also, my classes start tomorrow, so I should figure out when and where I will officially start the second half of law school.

If anyone wants to see the Old 97's on Sunday the 24th of January, they should go and get a ticket. I got mine.
If anyone wants to see Bishop Allen on the 14th at the Mercury Lounge for $8, let me know, I will just buy mine at the door.