As I hinted a couple of days ago, I’ve found myself an apartment. It’s in Uwajimaya Village, an apartment complex built over the locally famous Uwajimaya Asian food market. The location is perfect:
- It’s just across the street from the Amazon.com facility where I’ll be working.
- It’s 10 minutes walk to Pioneer Square or Qwest field, and 15-20 minutes walk to the heart of downtown Seattle.
- King Street Amtrak station and a big bus interchange are also right there.
- And the pièce de résistance: when they finish the light rail project through the city and out to the airport in 2010, I’ll be a block from the station.
My idea of going car-less is looking more and more promising.
I’ll be signing the lease on Monday (the same day I start at Amazon.com), and I expect to take a couple of weeks to furnish it before I move in.