Friday, October 27, 2006

Places I once called home

Thought it might be cool to document all the places where I have lived at in the last six years.

Terrace View, Blacksburg, VA: (Aug 2000 – June 2003)
  1. Lived in three different houses in the same apartment complex.
  2. Lasting memories:
    1. My daily struggle to catch the 8 am bus in the middle of the snow season.
    2. Roanoke star
    3. Drives to the Mountain Lake in the middle of the winter nights.
Oakton park, Vienna, VA: (June 2003 – September 2004)
  1. My first experience living in a city (ok ok suburb of a big city)
  2. Beautiful top floor apartment overlooking a well manicured lawn and an urban forest.
  3. Lasting memories:
    1. M’s weekly trips from Blacksburg and the ensuing confusion on whether to pick her up from the north or the south side of Vienna station.
    2. 5 hour struggle in 45F to set up the satellite dish in time for the 1st one day match of the India-Pakistan cricket series.
    3. Snotty management
    4. Craaaaazy DC traffic
    5. Cicada invasion!
River Place, Arlington, VA: (September 2004 – February 2005)
  1. My first property.
  2. Amazing location – Next to the Arlington National cemetery and within walking distance of the Potomac River and all the DC monuments.
  3. Lasting memories:
    1. Walking on the fresh green banks of the Potomac in late spring
    2. Lazy weekend afternoons spent shopping/eating/reading in Georgetown
    3. Biking in the National Mall area
    4. Smithsonian and the National gallery of arts
    5. Kayaking in the Potomac
    6. Metro rides
Harbor Heights, Seattle, WA: (March 2005 – September 2006)
  1. My second property.
  2. In Belltown, arguably the most happening place in the Seattle area – certainly the most convenient place to get back to after a night of parting in the downtown.
  3. Lasting memories:
    1. Morning sunshine coming through the western wall of windows
    2. Sunsets from the building terrace
    3. Pike place market and the Seattle shopping district
    4. Time spent working on my MBA applications at the Uptown Espresso
    5. Weekend jogs at the Myrtle Edwards Park

2 comments:

arati kadav said...

is your phone still working

Abhishek said...

yes it is. Will work until later tonight.