One year Anniversary!

Hi guys,
So today marks the one year anniversary of Keith and I moving to Hell's Kitchen!
It's amazing how fast this year has come and gone!
I love living here and I have to say I was not so keen on the move at first but am very happy we did!
Hell's Kitchen has so many great restaurants,bars and local convenience stores to make even the most miserable person happy!
I love the charm of the neighborhood. We have friends that live here and you learn to know everyone in the neighborhood including our great mailman Al (who is the best by far and has been  delivering mail on this ave for 33 years!He honks his horn on his mail cart while doing his route,and let me tell you it truly makes you smile when you hear it!)
Now the last ten years have been the improvement years for Hell's Kitchen but it really did live up to  it's name from as early as the 30's through the 90's!
This is when the Irish gangs and later the mob ran 9th ave. You can read crazy stories about it in a book called "The Westies" or look it up online!
Trash bags put out weren't just filled with garbage..let's just leave it at that!
Now back to the happy parts and not the body parts!(that's all I'm saying!)
 There are some of the best restaurants on ninth ave. such as Room Service,Jing, Pietrasanta's, and most importantly Rachel's!
When Keith and I go see a show we can literally leave our apartment 15 minutes before it starts and have plenty of time to spare! Our friend got us tickets for Priscilla Queen of the desert next Tuesday!
And did I mention I'm 3 blocks from work?! Which is great since I am the General Manager there (makes my job so much more convenient at times!)
I will say you do get spoiled living here. During the winter storms this year the 3 blocks still seemed so far away!
But they are a far cry from living in Astoria,Queens! Commuting 2-3 hours during the storms and taking a half hour to walk home on a five minute walk from the station.
We have a rooftop access and during the summer it's so nice to go up there and just look at the city at night!
The  breathtakingly beautiful scenery of the city is something most people only see in pictures.
The central location of the Hell's Kitchen is so perfect, and during spring through fall I love to walk to SoHo, Chelsea, the upper west side and Central Park (where you can just walk the park or take a horse drawn carriage ride.) It's not the same Central Park your parents warned you about anymore...it even has a zoo now!
Also if I had not lived here I would have never met the wonderfully sweet homeless woman on 8th ave. named Sarah. I have not seen her for nearly two months and I'm hoping and praying it's because someone was able to get her off  of the streets! She really helped me this year look at what was important as I am sure she did to many others!
However,I will warn you we don't go two blocks up to Times Square very much because it is CRAZY there!
Only when family and friends come to visit or we need to go to Walgreen's!
Times Square is where the ball drops on New Year's Eve and where millions of tourists visit on a weekly basis.Also it's center of all of the broadway shows.
What I love most importantly about Hell's Kitchen is the community here!
You really know a lot of your neighbors along with the shop and restaurant owners!
This place really is the best place to live in the city and if you come for a visit let me know and i'll give you a tour!
So here's to another great year of Living In The Kitchen!!
I'm looking forward to the warm weather coming so I can go out more and share with you my little adventures here in the city!
Til next time...Bon Apetit'!