Rental Rookie: The basic rules of noise defense

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By Michelle Castillo |December 15, 2010 - 6:36AM
Rental Rookie: Where to stash your friends in a railroad apartment

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By Michelle Castillo |November 17, 2010 - 6:57AM
Rental Rookie: In which we spend a few days wondering whether our radiators are going to explode

… our shorts and tank tops like we were in a sauna Next Rental Rookie How to host friends who visit when you dont … have a lot of space     … Michelle  Castillo …  moved to Manhattan last fall to attend Columbia Universitys … Hollywood Reporter  MSNBCcom  and  EWcom and she currently writes about geek culture for  Timecoms   Techland   …

By Michelle Castillo |November 3, 2010 - 6:31AM
Rental Rookie: Breaking in is hard to do

… I only intend to use it as an act of desperation … Fire escape … For anyone reading this who thinks you dont have to worry because you can always go up the fire escape and through your window climbing up the fire escape … the 34th Penn Station every single time I forgot keys the five times in the first three months I lived there We …

By Michelle Castillo |October 20, 2010 - 9:32AM
Rental Rookie: When your ratty building is just one of a million, plumbing is a luxury

… in to your own apartment   … Michelle Castillo … moved to Manhattan last fall to attend Columbia Universitys … Hollywood Reporter MSNBCcom and EWcom and she currently writes about geek culture for Timecoms Techland … Rental Rookie … is a twicemonthly column chronicling her …

By Michelle Castillo |October 6, 2010 - 7:03AM
Rental Rookie: No doorman, no problem

… the ground floor The one neighbor I had befriended was a student as well so we both had unpredictable schedules It … of those in charge of the apartment itself was a different story Next up Supers who dont fix your plumbing and a … Hollywood Reporter MSNBCcom and EWcom and she currently writes about geek culture for Timecoms Techland …

By Michelle Castillo |September 22, 2010 - 7:39AM
Rental Rookie: I deal with the cable guy--over and over

… the Internet from an unnamed provider was included in the rent The entire building shared a satellite dish on the roof … roaring of a subway train  … Michelle Castillo … moved to Manhattan last fall to attend Columbia Universitys Journalism School and currently works as a freelance writer covering entertainment …

By Michelle Castillo |August 25, 2010 - 9:12AM
Rental Rookie: My so-called walk-in closet

… Its name was Time Warner … Michelle Castillo … moved to Manhattan last fall to attend Columbia Universitys Journalism School and currently works as a freelance writer covering entertainment for the TodayShowcom and MSNBCcom Rental Rookie is a twicemonthly column chronicling her first …

By Michelle Castillo |August 11, 2010 - 7:50AM
Rental Rookie: It's a jungle in here

… it was I was too shocked to scream or do anything It apparently felt the same We had a twominute stareoff before the … he found a better place … Michelle Castillo … moved to Manhattan last fall to attend Columbia Universitys Journalism School and currently works as a freelance writer covering entertainment …

By Michelle Castillo |July 28, 2010 - 11:21AM