we had the most amazing weekend. it was filled with…. CONDO SHOPPING!! now there are few things in life more exciting to me than shopping for clothes, but i believe condo shopping is one of them. we had four appointments all over the place in river north/gold coast and managed to make every one of them (and still squeeze in a tasty lunch at rockit inbetween). this is the breakdown of each place, in the order that we saw them, and the stuff in quotes is the stuff going through my head as i see what i’m seeing (most of which i didn’t say out loud, thankfully):
place # 1. 2.5 bedrooms with 2.5 baths as well in river north. walk thru the front door, “oooo should i go left or should i go right? so many twists and turns, i like that! ok, i’ll go left.” well i wound up going right b/c the selling agent shovelled me that way. but on the whole the unit was really nice, so sunny, lots of corners and hallways, ledges all over the place – it really seemed like you were in a house. at the end of the walk-thru, all i could hear in my head was me saying to myself “I WANT TO MOVE IN!! I WANT TO LIVE HERE!!” i might have unintentionally insulted the selling agent though (truly unintentionally, as usually my insults are quite intentional ;)). while the selling agent was opening one of the balcony doors -- this place had 2 balconies, but one of them was really tiny, like a sliver of a space for just one person to stand, so i was like, "it's cute but apparently you can't be a fatty mcfatty pants (my affectionate term for anyone who's kinda big) to fit out there". vic told me later he thought the selling agent was a bit on the hefty side and he couldn't believe i said that. :D
lunch at rockit. YUM-MAY. we also had a booth so it was very cozy. i ordered chocolate chip pancakes, vic had french onion soup and the kobe beef burger with truffle fries. i ate all his fries. the whole experience was great. i drank a diet rite with lime -- i think they’re the only place in the city that serves rite rather than coke or pepsi. we gabbed about how wonderful place #1 was, and i was thinking, is anyplace going to beat it??
place #2. walk through the front door. “THIS IS IT!! THIS IS OUR NEW HOME!!” in fact, my eyes started watering (which happens only on 3 occasions: when i’m scared during a horror movie, when i’m crying or when I want something very badly. obviously, i wasn’t watching a horror movie nor was i sobbing b/c someone hurt my feelings). i walked through the entire unit in a daze. even now as i’m typing this it’s difficult to get words out b/c i keep picturing the unit and then my imagination goes and the next thing you know i’m selecting paint colors and furniture. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, with TWO PARKING SPOTS included.
place #3. pictured in one of the blogs below. this place is gorgeous. you can’t help but walk through it and say “ooooo” at everything. it hasn’t been built yet, so we walked through the model. i would move into the model if it were an option. an interesting thing i remember: the refrigerator/freezer was subzero brand, so it’s this fancy sleek looking machine. when we opened up the freezer there was a six pack of diet coke that had exploded. i’ve never seen that before.
place #4. walk through the front door. “THIS IS IT!! THIS IS OUR NEW HOME!! I WANT THIS PLACE!! FORGET THE OTHERS!!” the coolest layout i’ve ever seen, try a condo DUPLEX with a master bathroom that’s all modern and marble and big enough to start a spa business in, and with a kitchen that looks like it belongs on a food network show. i could totally picture us living here. i could totally picture us living in the master bathroom. i'm telling you, this place is amazing. when we left, i told vic we had to stop at papyrus so we could order our We Have Moved cards.
definitely a lot to think about, plus there are 5 more places we're going to look at.
on the current condo front, we got a note from our new neighbors sent to all the people on our floor apologizing for their disturbances. apparently someone else complained in a more conventional way. so that was kind of a bummer... we didn’t even get to do our rock band thing. vic and i have been rehearsing sabotage for our rockband bedroom debut: "IIIIIIII CAN'T STAND IT, I KNOW YOU PLANNED IT..."
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