I've been a New Yorker now for two full days, so let me know if you want any pointers on living in the city. I moved to 22nd street in Park Slope, a neighborhood in Brooklyn. A few months ago, Bliss and I frantically searched online for a place of our own here. We finally landed on the idea of subletting so as to avoid paying large sums of cash in deposits and broker's fees, only to arrive and find ourselves living on the set of Angela's Ashes. So that's what we did -- we found an affordable apartment in a good location with a renter (I'll call her "H") who was leaving for South America for a couple of months. Perfect! H wrote to Bliss and me via email several times to give us the low down on her place. She seemed funny and charming...and she even knocked a couple hundred bucks off the rent each month if we agreed to care for her cat while we were here. While neither Bliss nor myself were particularly thrilled at the thought of kitty litter mainte