We're enjoying the more liberal side of the US so far---couldn't tell you how many Impeach Bush signs we've seen! Also the sheer amount of Asian restaurants is amazing--went to the International District for Vietnamese food and durian (the stinky fruit that's not allowed in hotels in Thailand) was on the menu and in the farmers' market. Seattleites don't mess around with their food!!
On the housing front, we've decided against a temporary furnished apartment and plan to make the Extended Stay our home for a while. Our work with a real estate agent to find the perfect home won't come cheap, we are in major sticker shock!! From what we've seen in our price range in Seattle proper, we can afford a fixer-upper in an ok location. Read: potential if you're handy, which we're not so the debate goes on. Should we buy a brand new fully loaded townhome in a good fun area or a small house in an up and coming neighborhood that needs work??
In between house hunting, we met up with a friend from Guam, Amy, whose family lives close by. And I got to see Ryan's new work digs. It took us double the time that it needed to as we mistakenly got on the freeway and didn't need to do! Embarassingly enough, his work is right off of the street where our hotel is!! Just shows you we don't have a good handle on where stuff is. Seattle has been confusing for us to get around as we're staying on the east side so always have to cross a floating bridge so we've been rewarded with gorgeous water views. We even saw Mt. Rainier one day. I have to brag that the weather has been really nice this first week, not the first thing you think to say of Seattle. It's cool and not humid, plus we haven't seen rain yet:-)
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