Long Island Calling

Okay, so my hiatus from blogging took a little longer than I expected, but with good reason…the wifey and I have moved!

Remember- the origin of this blog was to chronicle my transition from city life to the suburbs, but I left out a key detail when I started this thing back in December. Until about 3 weeks ago, the wifey and I were living in my in-laws’ house.

Now don’t get it twisted! My in-laws are fantastic, most likely better than yours and they were the most accommodating of hosts. We were newly married, the lease was up in the city and we had no place else to go. They let us stay there until we we got our act together and for that, I will be forever grateful.

So in that downtime, we were able to continue saving money and finally fulfill our true objective in moving to the burbs, which was to become homeowners. We were both sick of renting and for us to stay in the city and upgrade to a bigger place, it would have been lots of costs, but little return. We figured out that we had enough for a down payment to buy a place. Don’t get me wrong, I still miss the lifestyle accouterments of the city, but as much as I liked Luigi’s, it was time to move on.

So now, at long last, we are proud home owners, buying at the right time in this market and able to enjoy the benefits of living in Long Island - like um…a comfy train ride, mad food at Cheesecake Factory and driving.

As for where we livin’ now, see the picture below:

HOLLA!

I have and will continue to (constantly) make references to music and music lyrics in this blog, I have added a page that will catalog these references. Because not everyone knows the lyrics to that Arcade Fire song I might mention.

And I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom!

Seriously, this ain’t just a shout out to one of the best hip-hop songs EVER…I really do have to introduce myself. I realized with the first blog entry yesterday, I didn’t really say much about myself. I mentioned the various Manhattan hoods that I lived in, but that was about it.

My name is Scott Rosenblum. I recently turned 32 years old and a mere 2 1/2 months ago, I married the love of my life, Sue Hodara, a beautiful, wonderful playwright. You can find out more about her and her work at her Web site - www.suehodara.com and her blog Sue’s News. Everyday she does or says something that that blows my mind, which is really cool. Also, anyone who can put up with my shit on daily basis is worth a shout out on this blog. Love ya baby!

Career wise, I am public relations professional, which frankly makes writing this blog mildly ironic for the fact that part of my job these days is researching and reaching out to bloggers on daily basis. As for the firm I work with, for the moment it will remain nameless, only for the fact that 1) I don’t know how my boss will feel about me writing a blog, 2) I’m unsure if I am ready for them to know about my ramblings here and 3) and so far, this is not a blog about about PR or about work.

Other than that, I graduated from Syracuse University, and I am am huge college basketball fan, particularly SU and Big East B-Ball. As the season progresses, I will likely lapse into moments where this will blog will turn completely orange and blue. You’ve been warned!

I leave you with two things (seriously, who am I talking to? Does anyone know this blog exists yet?) . Today Sue and I ate brunch at delicious restaurant. If you are ever in Huntington, NY - check out Prime. This will be added to a new page I just created featured my Strong Island Picks. Whether it be restaurants, events, places to go, or just cool stuff, I will link to it there.

Lastly- a pic of when Sue and I got married:

awwwwwwww!!!!

Okay- first blog posting- where to begin? The short of it is- Born in Brooklyn (big up!), raised in South Jersey in Cherry Hill, just outside of Philadelphia (as a Dallas Cowboys fan no less, which gave me such wonderful schadenfreude during the Aikman/Smith/Irving era. Eventually ended up in NYC where I lived in variety of neighboorhoods over the years: Upper West Side, Battery Park City, a brief stint in Murray Hill and until a month ago, the Upper East Side. Now I live in Long Island.

Still debating on whether this is an upgrade or not.