From: owner-hotcakes-digest@smoe.org (hotcakes-digest) To: hotcakes-digest@smoe.org Subject: hotcakes-digest V2 #65 Reply-To: hotcakes@smoe.org Sender: owner-hotcakes-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-hotcakes-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk hotcakes-digest Thursday, May 13 1999 Volume 02 : Number 065 Today's Subjects: ----------------- No more rainbows over Central Park ["Manning, Thomas (Tom)" Subject: No more rainbows over Central Park I just wonder what she is doing with all that extra furniture! If she had the place in NYC at the same time as the place in Boston, she must have more couches than she knows what to do with. Maybe thats why she is selling chairs at ebay.com. BTW, I saw the cover of her UK release, Nobody Does It Better - and I love the picture of her on it. Tom > ---------- > From: kg@ibm.net[SMTP:kg@ibm.net] > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 10:10 PM > To: hotcakes@smoe.org; catman@ethericcats.demon.co.uk > Subject: Re: from Tom > > Hi folks, > > Most of you probably don't recognize my name as I haven't posted anything > to > the Carly list in ions, though I do lurk from time to time and appreciate > everyone's contributions and the overall exchange. I have a deep respect > for > Carly and love her music, even though I only own a couple of her records > (I > originally joined this list to support Colin, who I became friendly with > on the > Joni list -- Joni's my first musical love, but I've been just barely > lurking on > that list for a while as well due to a currently hectic schedule). > > As for where Carly chooses to make her home, my only hope is that she's > happy, > healthy, and comfortable. I would think that cash wouldn't be much of a > concern for her, but it's not my place to pass judgements on that. > > But as a New Yorker, it was hard for me to read this post and not comment. > A > rent of $2500/mo. on Central Park West is a BARGAIN for a ONE bedroom > apartment. > Central Park West is among the most affluent/exclusive areas of NYC. > $2500 for > an 11-room apartment is all but *unheard of* My guess is that even > $8,000/mo. > for 11 rooms in that part of town is WELL BELOW current market prices. > > Of course, the very definition of "market price" is the price one is > willing to > pay for something -- I guess Carly didn't feel that the place was worth > it, or > maybe she was just pissed off by a 313% rent increase... > > But then again, who wouldn't be! :-) > > Best to all, > > -Kenny > > On 5/11/1999 1:19PM, catman wrote: > > Carly Hits the Road Again > > > Carly Simon seems to be turning into a nomad. The singer has bolted > Boston just a year after moving there from New York. > > Simon's move to Boston came when she said she couldn't afford her > lifestyle here and fled after refusing to cave in to her landord's > demands > for increased rent on her 11-room Central Park West apartment, to > $8,000 > from $2,500 per month. > > > > ------------------------------ End of hotcakes-digest V2 #65 *****************************