Puzzle Description:

This is my building in Queens, New York. I went to Google Street View to get a good picture of it, but the angle from the van was a little funny. Still, you can see my front stoop, all three stories of the building (we live in the apartment on the first floor that is hidden behind the front wall), and the sycamore tree out front.

#1: Liz P (lizteach) on Jul 31, 2011

http://tinyurl.com/myhousepuzzle

(The picture I used)

What's it like living in Queens,New York,Liz? I only get to read about it in books and see stuff about it on t.v.It sounds really cool.

It's like living in a city, Aldege! :D

We have a car, but we don't really need one, and I take public transportation to my job. It's not suburban; we're fairly tightly packed...the buildings on my block are mostly 2-family up to 16 dwellings (ours is a three-family building). It's fairly residential and safe here, but of course there is always crime not far away. Our building was burglarized--neighbor had his bike stolen out of the hallway --just last week. :(

Where we are is noisy with traffic and train and sirens, but more quiet than Manhattan (midtown is less than 20 minutes away by train from where I live). The best thing about it is the fact that we are the melting pot of the U.S., and the best part of that is the FOOD! Within a five-minute walk from my building I have access to Brazilian, Bengali, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, Thai, Cuban, Middle Eastern, Belgian, Italian, and Greek cuisines (there may be more that I've forgotten).

Of course, this is not good for my scale...

Comment #1 should be a spoiler, and comment #3 should also a spoiler (not a hint).

Very nice puzzle, Liz!

i lived in chgo the first 33 years of my life....and the food was it :)

I just think it would be cool to not need to drive anywhere.Living in New York city would be great for a retired guy like me if i could afford it.Wake up early,go for a jog thru Central Park,take a shower,walk thru the neighbourhood,get a coffee and bagel with cream cheese and sit outside the cafe and read my car magazine.Sounds wonderful,actually it's not much different than what i do now except I make my own coffee and bagel and sit on my back deck and read and listen to the birds and traffic,and admire my flower garden.I have to drive for groceries and Dr.'s appointments.I love driving,but i'd rather do it for pleasure than necessity.

Adam is quite right that my comment #3 should have been a spoiler, not a hint (I checked the wrong box), but comment #1? Really? No more spoiler than the title, I'd think. Sorry to ruin it for you. :D

Nice rendition Liz!

Just based off of what the definition of a spoiler is (per Jan's words next the box that you can mark), a spoiler "identifies the final image." The link you posted in comment #1 is exactly what the final image is supposed to look like, thereby identifying the final image, is it not? But in any case, the title is already a spoiler as you mentioned. It's ok; it was just an observation.

You're a Queens girl? Cool. I wanted to check out what life is like in Queens, so I popped up a youtube video, found this one first off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KTN0xXiHgI
Be sure to watch the followup video too.

Cool puzzle, Liz. It's nice that you have a tree out in front. I guess that means this has to be marked as a spoiler? :-)

I've read about that guy, Teresa--isn't it a great story? That's the neighborhood where I teach, as it happens.

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