Things You Should Know...

Before you buy a condo in Chicago: all these little town houses have ridiculously small hallways, entries, and stairs. Seriously, go measure, and you will find that each of these areas in your fabulous urban apartment/condo is probably short of the surburban house you grew up in by 8-12 inches. (And we all know 8-12 inches is a LOT.)

Why am I bringing this up? Because I just bought a new refridgerator, of the stainless steel variety that is de rigeur here in OT/LP. But I couldn't buy a cool one, side-by-side, because it wouldn't fit up my damn narrow stairs! And this is about the umpteenth time I've had this problem -- they got my beautiful entertainment cabinet all the way here from Italy only to discover they couldn't get it inside, and I almost didn't get my couch (the delivery men didn't think they could make it fit, but I threatened to cut it in half if they didn't, which scared them I think, and lo and behold, somehow they managed). This is just way too frustrating! If you have the money to buy the stuff, and you have the floor space for it, there should be a way to get it in your house. Anything else is un-American.

Not back to your regularly scheduled programming, and I promise not to talk about my furniture anymore.