Anusha

My sublet was ending on the Upper East Side, and I knew I needed a change. I was on 63rd Street between First and Second Avenue, and I liked the apartment –- I had my own half bathroom –- but the area was too...lifeless. True, the food options weren't terrible. There was Moti Mahal Delux, an Indian place that was next door and quite tasty, as well as a small falafel joint, and a Whole Foods on 57th Street between Second and Third Avenues, but the clothes shopping and home-furnishings shopping, was pretty limited. There was a Bloomingdale's and a Bed Bath and Beyond, and that was about it. The options reminded me of the Long Island malls I grew up with.