$24 and some change

Welcome.  This will be home to many of the crazy, interesting and funny stories that I will collect while living in New York.  Why did I name this place "24 dollars of trinkets"?

Well, $24 can get you a ride from midtown Manhattan to Williamsburg, Brooklyn.  Or even a brunch at Josie's on 3rd avenue.  It can get you a t-shirt at one of the many H&M stores here and it can also buy you enough Magnolia cupcakes to last aleast a week.  

But really, for the Dutch, 24 dollars worth of trinkets bought them an island.  That's right.  $24 is all the Native American inhabitants needed to sell Manhattan.   

So there you go.  $24 and some change and the Dutch get Manhattan.  24 weeks worth of paychecks, and I get a one bedroom the size of a California walk-in closet in East 39th.  "some change" is definitely the right words.