Movin' on up

That's right, in addition to all the other craziness in our lives, we are moving AGAIN.  This time, to a loft space in Pioneer Square, the heart of downtown Seattle.  Part of the impetus is cost-saving - though the rent is the same as our current space, the utility costs are either included in the rent or more easily controlled.  The utilities for our current space run between $400 and $500/month. 

Another consideration is location.  While our current space is relatively handy to our work (we both are currently working in south Seattle), we find ourselves constantly driving into town, because everything we want to do happens there.  Our current neighborhood will eventually be more convenient to town, once the light rail is running, in 2009.  In the meantime, we are missing the liveliness and possibilities that living urban offers - lots of things in walking distance of the new place (bookstore, library, waterfront, restaurants, bars, clubs, music venues) and the new place is in Seattle's free bus zone, so it's a quick, free trip up to the Pike Place Market and the art museum and a just a bit of a walk to Seattle Center from the edge of the free ride boundary.  We will also be close to the bus tunnel (which is scheduled to re-open this month), so a bus commute to work for either of us will be straightforward.

The new place is directly on the "Ride the Ducks" route and that of the Seattle Underground Tour.  When you come visit, be sure to wave (or quack) near the intersection of 1st and Washington.

All the books, records, and CDs are packed.  We get the keys on Tuesday and the movers are scheduled for the next Monday.  There are many boxes never unpacked from our last move, which beg the question "Can we just throw them out unopened?"