Dreams become Affordable if you look in the right places

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This isn't really a post as much as it is a reminder to myself:



Here's what i'm thinking: when i go to London this winter, why should i fight (and pay) for a hotel when i can get an apartment for the week for the price of one night at a hotel? I could stay in Picaddily, or Kensington, or Bayswater in a beautiful place that's all my own; and i could pretend that i actually got to live there. Sure, hotels are wonderful. But really? for what you pay, i'd rather pick up after myself. Especially when the apartments look like this:

    

and this:

    

So here's what i should do: buy a $350 round trip ticket from san francisco to london on BestFares, stay in the heart of the city for 5ish days in one of these fabulous apartments for $200, and use the rest of my stock money (go, stock, go!) to see shows and eat well. Or, heck, i wouldn't actually have to spend all of my stock money (even better); i could do something really crazy, like save for that heavenly idea of the Peak District Summer vacation.

ps: Happy Thanksgiving.

pps: I now have enough quarters to do 3 loads of laundry! Oh, happy day. Oh, tell me there's a dry cleaning place that will just do my laundry for me?

Oh, which brings me to another question: am i a female bachelor? I don't cook unless it's in someone else's kitchen, i don't really clean untill i actually notice how grungy my apartment is and / or i have relatives coming over, i mostly eat out, i work an insane number of hours, and i dream of being able to pick up and move for a year to London or Rome. I've actually heard the term "female bachelor" thrown around more in the past few weeks - are people now actually making the leap that there is such a creature? I have no doubt that i actually fit the term (and no, for the record, that doesn't make me a stripper which google might lead you to believe), but is being a "female bachelor" actually a good thing? I'm pretty positive it's not a compliment when used on shows like Sell this house ("Ugh, you're such a female bachelor, aren't you?!"), but should it be? I'm certainly not sad for the title, in fact, i'm almost proud of deserving it. Doesn't it suggest an equality that women have been working for for years? In this day in age, there are finally women who are bright, well educated, self-sufficient, employed, and free to be just as sloppy and ignorant of house-hold chores as our male counterparts. Hoorah! Well, i'm not actually sure about that last part. But it's an interesting question.

One last thing before i pick up and debate actually doing the laundry i'm now able to: Boys, a tip. If you don't want your female partners and friends to do an activity, don't mention it. Chances are we won't meet for the first time and immediatly decide to go shoe shopping. But if you say "just don't go shoe shopping together" we'll start talking about shoes. And shopping. And shopping for shoes online with the weekly mega sales on zappos. Your worst nightmare will become a self-fulfilling prophecy: because you mentioned it, it will happen. So, unless you actually want us to go shopping together, just keep your mouth shut... or tell your fears to your other friends if you must.

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