Since this blog is being started to chronicle our new adventures in Seattle, I think it is only fitting that our first post is about the place where we will be spending the most time- our new home!

We will fill you in on the details of our trip and the long, laborious two days we spent apartment hunting in a future post, but right now we will leave you with some pictures and highlights. 

Basically, we found something that seems pretty perfect for us:

Fancy stainless steel kitchen appliances (this was the only place we saw that had a gas stove, score!), honed quartz countertops (never heard of that before, but they look really cool!), cork kitchen floors (so comfy for your feet!), and well-designed cabinets that totally maximize space?  CHECK!

Hardwood floors and really cool metal grating that doesn’t really serve a purpose but looks awesome?  CHECK!

An attached garage to store as many bicycles and as much yarn as we can fit?  CHECK!  (Oh, and Mike can park his car in there too!)

Tile shower/tub and an awesome suoer modern, kinda weird, post-modern sink?  CHECK!

A cute little shared yard in the back (perfect for Aubrey’s future-dog!)?  CHECK!

Next door to the Community Garden?  (Our view is the garden + the  Cascade Mountains– sooooo pretty!)  CHECK!

All in all, we are both super stoked.  It is located in the Queen Anne district of Seattle, which is about 5 minutes northwest of downtown.  We checked out some of the more truly urban neighborhoods in Seattle before (Downtown, Belltown, Capitol Hill, the International District), but as soon as we drove through Queen Anne, we were sold.  Aubrey immediately pictured herself walking to the farmer’s markets to buy artisanal cheeses and Mike loves the fact that he can pretend that he still lives in the suburbs, even if we are moments from hundreds of skyrises).  Our house is a 5 minute walk from the main drag of the neighborhood, which is filled with cute restaurants and shops.

The other thing that we took as an omen that we are meant to live here is that of the 6 units that are rented out so far (our place is part of a brand new 10 unit complex that just got listed the Friday we drove by), 4 of the tenants are newly relocating to Seattle to work for Microsoft, 2 are working for the Gates Foundation and 1 is relocating to start a new job at Google! 

Ok, off to recover from traveling and ::gulp:: start packing.  We will update with more pictures from our trip tomorrow! For more info on Queen Anne, click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne%2C_Seattle%2C_Washington.

*Disclaimer*:  These pictures were not taken by us.  They come from the owner and are professionally lit, etc.  Any furniture you see is not ours.  We will post our own photos as soon as we get up there.  Sorry, aubrey + michael = lazy.