no parking – Jessica Eanes

Queen Anne hill remains my great nemesis. Someday I will take my bike there without suffering ignominious defeat. Today was not that day because I opted to leave the bike home. I have no regrets.

If we use a very generous concept of lunch break, I snuck off to tour during today’s. The 8 runs very near to my office, so I hopped on, took it all the way to its end, and got started. A new townhouse development on Olympic was open for tour and I checked out the offerings there. (I’m only counting it as two properties even though there were technically four.) Between that, the nearby co-op apartment, and the condo on Roy, it’s very fresh to me right now how easy it is to have a gorgeous view in Queen Anne.

After the condo on Roy I hopped on the SLU Streetcar toward Denny and took a look at two condos on Blanchard. More views, but very different.

The best part was the lucky timing; the 8 arrived to take me back to the office just as I reached its stop. Very efficient! And this was yet another tour where I noticed distinct envy from others when I didn’t have to find parking. I’m definitely a huge fan of that part.

Location: Lower Queen Anne, Cascade
Time: 2.5 hours
Transit modes: Bus, Feet, Streetcar
Cost: $4.50
Cats petted: 0
Tea consumed: Honeybush with Lychee Syrup, Iced
Properties Viewed: 6

This week was a Tuesday tour week. I’ve been running from appointment to appointment ever since and this is the first chance I’ve gotten to write it up.

The weather on Tuesday was pretty nice, so I caught the train downtown and took a look at condos. I had five I wanted to see, the last on in Belltown, but I cut the Belltown condo from my plans because I was getting tight on time. The downtown condos were all clustered fairly near Pike Place Market, so walking between them was quite easy – I probably would have opted to walk even if I’d had a car with me just because parking downtown is such a hassle. My favorite part of looking at condos downtown: the views were fantastic. Mount Rainier wasn’t out – it was hazy enough in the distance to hide a shy mountain – but the sun on the water was great. Days like that, I spend a little time wishing I worked out of an office downtown instead of in Capitol Hill.

This tour was definitely a clear victory over using a car, though. The train to Westlake was easy, and not having to find parking and debate whether I should move the car from one showing to the next was a huge improvement. So far, the tours in the denser parts of the city have been strong arguments in the no-car column.

Location: Downtown
Time: 1.5 hours
Transit modes: Train, Feet
Cost: $2.25
Cats petted: 0
Tea consumed: No tea
Properties Viewed: 4

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