On Tuesday morning, my mom and I got up at 3:30 in the morning, deflated and packed her air mattress, collected our pile of luggage, and headed to Logan. This is what we were up against:
Twelve hours, some sore muscles, and two very full taxis later, we looked out the living room window of my new apartment at this view:
My apartment is on the 15th floor of a building in what they call an "up-and-coming area," with a panoramic view of the San Francisco Bay, including (as you see) the Bay Bridge, marinas, and a working harbor. The up-and-coming aspect involves a lot of construction (note pile driver at left). It's kind of like the west coast's large-scale answer to Bar Harbor, but with a very messy front yard. It will be very interesting to see how the neighborhood evolves over the next few years. Several shops are going in downstairs in the next few months, and much of the immediate area will be biotech and research, plus a number of high-end condo buildings.
But more about the move: we opened the door to an almost-new (2 years old) apartment with chocolate carpet, off-white walls, granite countertops, and a really cool view. The dirt and construction next to the building took a little getting used to, but that will go away and the apartment (and its view) is gorgeous. I'll be interested to see how things change over the next few years.
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