Apartment fetishes (but first, a note from your resident TV-holic)

We'll get to the real-estate porn in a second, but first I'd like to talk for a minute about The Bachelorette.

I take no shame in admitting that I have been hook-line-and-sinkered into watching -- and loving -- this show. I started watching with Jason Mesnick (EVIL BASTARD) and have fallen for the eventual runner-up/next-Bachelor/ette every time, to the point where I'm pretty sure ABC reads my mind before casting the subsequent season. I loved Ali from the beginning, mostly because she seems sweetly guileless and reminds me of a previous roommate, minus most of the crazy. Or so I thought. Apparently the crazy is starting to come out as the stress sets in in the final couple weeks of the show.

So, as they'd been teasing for weeks (and Reality Steve told me months ago -- yes, I read spoilers), Frank decided to get back with his ex-girlfriend and had to tell Ali about it. He explained himself to the camera crew quite nicely, and then fucked it to shreds with Ali. Judging by her reaction, there was not a lot of editing done to his explanation by the production staff, whose handiwork is pretty easily recognizable by now. Basically, the gist of it all was that Frank was falling for Ali... but the process of falling for HER brought up feelings for his most recent ex. I think this is totally legitimate. If you are starting to get deep with a new partner, and all of a sudden you realize that there are unresolved issues with an old partner, you need to go get closure (or re-start things, if it's right), camera crew or no camera crew.

Instead of being a normal, sane person, Ali basically throws a shitfit disproportionate to the amount of trauma she ought to be feeling. I get that she feels hurt and betrayed, I've been there before, but if Frank could actually explain himself, she might get it that they've only been "dating" for what amounts to about 2 months, and if he doesn't feel that she's right for him, he should leave -- just like she's been telling all the guys THIS WHOLE SEASON. If she doesn't mean it, she shouldn't say it. He is rejecting her rose. Sorry. I liked Frank a LOT, but their relationship was strained the entire time, and either Roberto (!!!!!) OR Chris (feh) would be a much better match for her.


ANYWAY. Most of you don't care about this crap, so have some pretty pictures of apartments I can't afford.

WHY CAN'T I HAVE THIS? I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN, $1.685 MILLION?? *SOB*

$7.995M. Just gorgeous. Greenwich/ West Village (also where the first apartment is located) is too amazing, confusing streets aside.











The rest of the beautiful apartments that I'd sell my kidneys for: here