There's food in the food fridge and beer in the beer fridge. The desk is assembled (though I always seem to end up with a couple extra pieces whenever I do that). The TV and DVD player and internet are set up. The dishes are put away. The bookshelves are full of books. There's laundry in the laundry room, toiletries in the bathrooms, beds in the bedrooms (one of them is even made). China in the china cabinet. Dirty dishes in the sink. Most of our stuff has been dispositioned, if not put away yet. Tools in the garage. Couches in the basement. The bar is set up. We've had a board game night and a movie night. It's starting to feel like home.
Not too bad for our fifth day in the house.
We're near pretty much everything in the city, and that rocks. A short list:
-bus stop on our block
-Yeti Records 2 blocks away
-Bakery 2 blocks away
-Bookstore 2 blocks away
-vintage clothing store 2 blocks away
-neighborhood farmer's market 1 mile away
-community gardens in our neighborhood
-~1 mile from a coffee shop, Anodyne Coffee
-~1 mile from The Lowbrow, a great scratch kitchen restaurant
-~1 mile from Sun Street Breads, an amazing scratch bakery
-~1 mile to lake calhoun and the others in that system
-~1.5 miles from a grocery store, Lunds
-3 blocks to I-35W
-~1 mile to the lyn-lake area, a little further to Uptown
-~3 miles to downtown
-and still only about 20 minutes to work for me
All things are appearing to be awesome so far. I never would have thought it was possible when first moving here, but Minneapolis... I love you so hard.
