Urban Living

I suppose it's probably a stretch to call Downtown Bellevue urban. It's a decent sized city (probably the same size as Salt Lake City), but pretty sterile. It's clean as can be. No homeless people sleeping in our doorway. No heavily tattooed and/or pierced kids loitering on the corners. No graffiti. The parks are so clean they sparkle. I doubt there's much of a nightlife. But living here (temporarily) with kids, it's perfect. We're kind of "playing house" here in corporate housing, and at the same time "playing urban living."

While we were in college, Kolby and I lived in the Avenues, the neighborhood directly abutting Downtown Salt Lake City. We loved walking around to restaurants, movies, shops, and yet also being able to run up City Creek Canyon from our apartment.

Now we're living that lifestyle again, this time with two adorable girls who are loving it as much as we did! We're in a 3rd floor apartment in an 9 floor building. We have amazing views of the skyscrapers, and a beautiful city park across the street. We can walk (or scooter) to everything. And if I run out the back door I hit Lake Washington, which is so beautiful with Seattle's skyline on the opposite side. It's incredible to "live" in such a beautiful place. And I'm getting such a kick out of watching our kids type in the key code to get into our building, or ride their scooters off the elevator, thru the lobby, and out onto the street. I'm sure it'll get old eventually (especially taking the dog out to pee in the rain), but right now I'm in heaven!