Where the Heart Is

We're talking about our current digs in this post.  We live about a mile from our respective workplaces, near downtown Salt Lake City.  SLC is set up like a grid, with the streets numbered going north, east, south, and west of Temple Square at the northern end of the city.  So if someone tells you her address is 820 South 700 East, she lives 8.2 blocks south and 7 blocks east of the Temple.  It's actually a quite logical way to do things, but it caused some confusion when we first arrived ("We want 400 Street....but there are four 400 Streets!?!").  

We live on the west side of town, which has the reputation for being the "bad" side.  As we've found out, "bad" is a highly relative term in Utah.  Apparently no one here has ever been to Avondale or Newark*.  We've never felt unsafe in any way. We do live near some industrial buildings, but we also live across the street from a hipster bake shop that sells $3 delicious cookies, and we are walking distance from the SLC Farmer's Market, facts that bring much joy to Devon.  We are definitely pleased with our choice for our first home in Utah.

We're also the first tenants to live in our unit, so everything is new and doesn't break.  Win.  Here's the tour, in photos.

Living room.  We spend more time on the couch than we should.  Also note the throw pillows that appear to only be good for throwing.

Living room, part deux.

Kitchen and dining area

Blurryish kitchen close up.  Yea, those are homemade cookies.  Mmm.

Guest bedroom.

Guest bath.

Devon's life motto (she really likes bears).

Our bedroom, office/lounging area.

Our bedroom, bed.

Devon's favorite part of the apartment, the ginormous closet.

Our bathroom.  Note the monogrammed towels proving you can totally be "that couple" even without a name change.

Our bath/shower area.

Laundry room (in the unit).

The kicker:  our apartment has one of the best views in the city for a residential unit, and we have a great balcony to enjoy those views.  Want proof?

BAM!  That view just punched you in the face with its awesomeness.

We definitely haven't tired of looking out our window or sitting out on our balcony yet, especially when wine, cheese, and fresh bread are involved. 

We also get killer sunrises.

So that's our place.  Please note there is an extra bed and bath just waiting for you to come visit.

*Note: this is not to hate on either Avondale or Newark.  Just saying that for a number of reasons, they have worse living conditions and higher crime rates.  Liberal guilt: assuaged by a footnote.