It’s been about a week now since Frankie and I finished moving all of our things into the new place. We’ve slowly started hanging pictures, organizing books, placing rugs, stocking cabinets, et cetera, and it’s beginning to have that cozy, lived-in feel that makes apartments great. Already, the downtown location has been perfect in dealing with Snowpocalpyse 2K10; “the car’s snowed in? I’ll just walk to work today.” It’s like marrying the perks of city life with the small-community vibe. I love it, and can’t wait for warmer weather when I can park the car for good and pull my bike out of storage.
The cable company came two days ago and plugged us back into the interwebs, so now we’ll be able to work and play from home without having to suffer through the ups and downs of the downtown wi-fi connection. We decided to suck up the extra $12 and spring for basic cable, after not having television for more than a year. If nothing more, we now have a venue to watch our weekly guilty pleasure (LOST), some quality local programming or the occasional PBS gem. Twenty-four channels has never seemed so vast. So what if three of those are snow channels.
At present there are two vacant store fronts below ours and our neighbor’s apartment, though that’s apparently about to change. A hastily drawn sign taped to the window of one of the spaces below us reads: “Coming soon: Vintage Vinyl.” At first I was skeptical: what kind of market could there be in Wilmington for vinyl records? But my friend and landlord tells me they have a fairly big regional following, and could bring plenty of outside customers to Wilmington. And I guess a niche music store is better than a general music store here– you can’t download a vinyl record or buy one from Wal-Mart. Now, Frankie’s Christmas gift of a record player seems a lot more practical. We’ll probably be their biggest customers.
At this point, there’s only one more room to paint and furnish before we can call this project finito. A thrift-store visit to find some comfortable chairs is in order. Any recommendations? Apart from Ohio Thrift, which is nearby and has great deals, I’m unsure where to look for second-hand furniture.
