Week 1 in my new home city

After 2 long days of driving, Tim and I arrived in Seattle, my new home city.

Day 1: Looking up apartments on Craigslist and making appointments.
Day 2: Seeing those apartments, driving all over town, moving into my temporary corporate condo.
Day 3: Looking at more apartments, finding the perfect place.

Notes:
The city of Seattle itself is really big, there are two major highways that run through it, and each neighborhood has its own completely distinct flavor.

The corporate condo is in a downtown high-rise, right next to Seattle Art Museum and Pike Place Market. It's full of amenities like 2 pools, 2 saunas, 3 hot tubs, and a gym in every single one of its 4 buildings. My attraction to this place was that it advertised a climbing wall; well, there's no climbing wall anymore, I'm really bummed. There are several restaurants and a Tully's Coffee onsite to boot. Downtown living is pretty fun, but walking around at night gets a little sketchy after 6pm when all the businesses close and tourists go away. Right next to the plush high rise are also two adult entertainment venues. Shopping in Pike Place Market has its perks, there are so many little shops if you need anything food related, and it's pretty much like having a farmer's market everyday, there are gorgeous cheap flowers. There's also really good shopping and dining near by, and it's all pretty expensive.

My new pad is in Capitol Hill, which is probably equivalent to Hillcrest/Northpark in terms of the liveliness and the amount of dining and drinking options offered. It is full of tattooed pierced hipsters, but it is also full of coffee shops and restaurants, plus it is less than a mile away from work. The apartment itself, well, you'll just have to come and visit. It is twice the size of my old apartment, but it is still cozy and full of charm. Plus there's a Stumptown Roaster's around the corner, that's where they make pretty pictures in the foam of your latte.

And holy shit, the coffee in Seattle is so good.

I start work on Monday.

Picture:

Oregon

Driving through Oregon on the I-5. Mt. Shasta is very pretty, the road is super curvy and probably more fun if you're in a sports car or motorcycle. The region along the 5 in northern California and souther Oregon is breathtaking. Tim and I plan on going back to Southern Oregon to explore.

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Interior of the corporate condo. It is on the 21st floor and really swanky, full furnished, there's a huge walk-in closet, a patio, a bunch of amenities onsite (hello hot tub and sauna), and..

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Washer & Dryer. Woo hoo!

Here's the view down:
Seattle Art Museum

View from temp housing

Here's the view straight ahead:
Concrete Jungle

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Something they sell at Pike Place Market:
Monkfish. Ugly yet delicious

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