Update: Apartment plus The Coast!
Apartment:
To start, I got an apartment! After calling around to a few places, we learned that a full time student faces a hard time getting a place with cheap rent. So leaving a few places without even looking at the apartments left me a little sad. I had made an appointment to view a place and decided to go through with it anyway, just hoping that they wouldn't bump my rent up $200 since I'm a student. I walk in, ask the lady and she says "No" and that the rent advertised would be my rent regardless of going to school or not. Woo hoo! I see the place, it's great, I applied, and got it! The building is an old, vintage building split up into apartments. I have a studio on the lower level, plenty of room and counter space. It's excellent, right near the river and about 15 minutes from downtown PDX. I move in Monday! What luck!
The Coast, etc.:
My brother and his girlfriend Denise have been in town the past couple of days. It's been great. We took them around downtown Portland yesterday, ate a place called Ringlers (owned by McMenamins, the excellent Portland brewery) and just chilled out. And then that night I took them to this absolutely fabulous Thai restaurant called Thai Noon. The food is so amazing there; it's similar to Bangkok, but slightly more authentic and not everything is designed to just burn your mouth out. After that, since we were in the Alberta neighborhood, we went by the Kennedy School (also a McMenamins' joint) for some beers and desserts. It was awesome. The place is an old high school and we sat out in the courtyard. So great. We all got hammered though. I think Scott and Denise are getting married! Woo!
This morning, hang over wore off quick and we hit the road for the coast! First traveling up through Washington to catch the sights, we then rode down to Astoria, Oregon. Astoria was nice, a small ocean town, really pretty. Then it was off to Cannon Beach!
Cannon Beach is gorgeous! The water was cold and I stupidly wore jeans to the beach, but I ran into the water regardless. Cannon Beach is home to Haystack Rock (as pictured above) and it's like any other touristy town by the ocean. Everyplace sells kitchy souvenirs and salt water taffy and everything is super expensive. We stayed for a couple hours and then high tailed it back to Portland.
The beach was just so amazing. I loved it. If and when friends visit, we will have to go there.
I took pictures with my camera phone, so they aren't that great, my brother's girlfriend took some with her digital camera, so once I get those I'll post them.
Other shots:
I wish I could say that the camera made my feet look so pastey.
Take care everyone!
m
To start, I got an apartment! After calling around to a few places, we learned that a full time student faces a hard time getting a place with cheap rent. So leaving a few places without even looking at the apartments left me a little sad. I had made an appointment to view a place and decided to go through with it anyway, just hoping that they wouldn't bump my rent up $200 since I'm a student. I walk in, ask the lady and she says "No" and that the rent advertised would be my rent regardless of going to school or not. Woo hoo! I see the place, it's great, I applied, and got it! The building is an old, vintage building split up into apartments. I have a studio on the lower level, plenty of room and counter space. It's excellent, right near the river and about 15 minutes from downtown PDX. I move in Monday! What luck!
The Coast, etc.:
My brother and his girlfriend Denise have been in town the past couple of days. It's been great. We took them around downtown Portland yesterday, ate a place called Ringlers (owned by McMenamins, the excellent Portland brewery) and just chilled out. And then that night I took them to this absolutely fabulous Thai restaurant called Thai Noon. The food is so amazing there; it's similar to Bangkok, but slightly more authentic and not everything is designed to just burn your mouth out. After that, since we were in the Alberta neighborhood, we went by the Kennedy School (also a McMenamins' joint) for some beers and desserts. It was awesome. The place is an old high school and we sat out in the courtyard. So great. We all got hammered though. I think Scott and Denise are getting married! Woo!
This morning, hang over wore off quick and we hit the road for the coast! First traveling up through Washington to catch the sights, we then rode down to Astoria, Oregon. Astoria was nice, a small ocean town, really pretty. Then it was off to Cannon Beach!
Cannon Beach is gorgeous! The water was cold and I stupidly wore jeans to the beach, but I ran into the water regardless. Cannon Beach is home to Haystack Rock (as pictured above) and it's like any other touristy town by the ocean. Everyplace sells kitchy souvenirs and salt water taffy and everything is super expensive. We stayed for a couple hours and then high tailed it back to Portland.
The beach was just so amazing. I loved it. If and when friends visit, we will have to go there.
I took pictures with my camera phone, so they aren't that great, my brother's girlfriend took some with her digital camera, so once I get those I'll post them.
Other shots:
I wish I could say that the camera made my feet look so pastey.
Take care everyone!
m
posted by mwelch at 7:47 PM
1 Comments:
That first picture makes it look like you're under the Northern Lights, which is awesome. So glad you got an apartment!
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