New York $1300 a month

So I am trying to keep all of my NYC expenses to be under $1300 a month. So here is the breakdown...$800 for rent, $120 total bus fare (Megabus-$1-$22 one way from MD to NY), $80 unlimited ride for the Subway, and $300 for food and drinks. So how does a 43 year old male make it on $300 for food and drinks in NYC. I eat a monster bowl of oatmeal for breakfast, a can of beans or cup of brown rice for late afternoon lunch, drink mostly water and look for networking groups that offer free hors d'oeuvres and wine for dinner! Throw in a piece of fruit and you get a $1,300 a month. Priceless!

Wings, Galoto and Scams

Networking, networking, networking...everyday I have tried to make an attempt to get involved with a group to socialize and network. So just the other day I was working in my appartment all day on sending out resumes and putting together some portfolio pieces. I was iching to get out...what to choose... a group that is going to give 1 minute elevator speaches or a group of 250, gathering at this swakie night club for free drinks, food and Ipod giveaways. I chose the later. The event started at 6pm and I was running just a bit earily...5:30. After a day of eating only oatmeal for breakfast and a can black beans for mid afternoon lunch I was ready to scarf down on free drinks and finger food. I arrived at the venue at 5:55, I figured there would be a long line waiting to get in, we're talking here free eats not to mention Ipad give aways.

The club was located in the meat packing area of lower manhatten...it is a bit on on the seeding side of town. There was not a soul in sight, just one bouncer standing at the door. He said that the event did not start until 6:30pm. How in the world do you get 250 people sign up for an event and I am the only one who is early... scam alert.

I decided not to wait around, instead I jumped on a train (that is New York talk for subway) and make a bee line for the twenty cent wind night at croxly’s sponcered by the group called..The New York Shyness and Social Anxiety Meetup Group. Lets just say with a group like this I will be a god! Of course only after I find a cup of Galoto to cool these hot wings.