- Being able to walk to everything makes city life absolutely amazing and you'll never understand how you could have possibly relied so much on your car before now.
- Parking in the city is a nightmare. People in Seattle claim they stay fit for their health and/or that it comes from simply enjoying the outdoors and the NW culture: in reality, it's so they can squeeze in and out of their cars in Seattle parking spaces!! (On a related note: always wear dust-colored pants when squeezing in and out of said spaces!!!!! And think about charging your neighbors for waxing the sides of their cars as a side note... And on a super side, note I'm convinced that Sherman did us a good thing by burning down half of our state if for no other reason than the fact that we were forced to redraw our parking spaces for cars and not just tiny horses and buggies...)
- Trash Chutes are an absolutely fabulous invention, just remember to always hold your breath when the chute is open!
- Elevators can be both friend and foe: 23 stories up and you grow dependent on them. When looking to rent/buy a highrise make sure to check quantity and speed of your ellies!
- An Easterly-facing bedroom window is a friend to the late sleepers but an enemy to the air-conditioning deprived.
- Air conditioning is not always a given, but it is an absolute necessity no matter where in the country you are, and don't believe the locals when they say it's not needed!!
- The views in a highrise will cost you an arm and a leg..... and they are absolutely 100% worth it.
Miss you and love you all, I promise to have both furniture and Clay in about a month for you all to come and visit!!
-e :)
ps-good luck to Ginny and Cory - if the baby doesn't come before Wednesday then Wednesday it is!! I can't wait to meet baby Salley!!!!!!
pps-Cory - I just found out that one of my co-workers was born in Warner Robbins, and although he only lived there 6 months, he still has family in....guess where?? Thomaston!!! :) It's a small world even when 3,000 miles away!
ppps-new addie is 2929 1st Ave, #803, 98121. Pretty cool, eh? :)
pppps-if you are a stranger reading my blog, please do not come attack me at my new apartment. Thank you. ;)
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I like how you're so polite to strangers ..."please don't come and attack me"! Warning to any potential attacking strangers - her new buiding has two huge security guards, one of whom is named "Meat". Beware, that's all I'm saying.
Hope you're enjoying your awesome views! Go get some plants for your awesome porches :)
Thank you Rosie! Erika, I agree. With your passion for flowers you most definitely are going to need a a gifted horticulturist so you don't get your hands dirty. I will be right out!!!!
So I just spent the last hour or so catching up on all your blogs! It's been forever since I've had much time to sit and play on the computer. Cory and I have enjoyed this past week to relax and prepare for Baby Salley. It has been weird to think in the next few days we will become parents and will never again go back! Crazy! Anyhow, I just wanted to let you know I thoroughly enjoyed reading all your posts and look forward to a visit out there...although who knows when that will be! We miss you! We will certainly let you know when our little bundle of joy decides to quit being so stubborn and just grace us with her presence already!
As one of the locals in the aforementioned post, I must say... Air Conditioners really aren't needed.
After having spent the entire weekend in the new condo... I've decided that even in the dead of summer, I'll be forced to sport a hoodie. Regardless of the fact that they're a staple in Seattle, not to mention cute and stylish... I'll need it just to stay warm in 80-degree weather. Dang.
Much love for the new condo though. I do love the A/C when I come in from outside. Rik did a great job finding it, and it's quite possibly perfect. Can't wait to see what it looks like with furniture in it. :)
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