My New Apartment, East Ukrainian Village, Chicago
If all goes as planned, this will be my new home as of March 1. The building has two apartments in it, an upper and a lower, and I will live in the lower. My apartment is 2 bedrooms with an open living room/kitchen area. There is 1 bathroom and a dining space in the back that overlooks a small yard. The things I’m most excited about besides the price: a dishwasher, a washer and a dryer are all in the apartment! Also excited about a little bit of grass – even if it’s not much, it’s 100% more than I have now.
tien // Feb 9, 2004 at 11:30 am
2 br?!? I smell road trip!
rachelleb // Feb 9, 2004 at 11:41 am
yeh, I’m going to make the second bedroom an office, but I may put a futon or something in there for overnight guests. Depends if I get a sleeper sofa or not.
jeannette // Feb 9, 2004 at 11:55 am
woot woot!! road trip!!
rachelle – you need to stock up on beer and towels for our visit.
Jessica // Feb 9, 2004 at 12:15 pm
I would recommend the 2nd bedroom to have space for overnight guests.. for there will be lots of roadtrips!
Although it should be know as your Blogging Room.
el // Feb 9, 2004 at 12:32 pm
ooh! nice. you can have a little garden!
i don’t think we want to know about the price.
dahl // Feb 9, 2004 at 12:32 pm
wow, dishwasher, washer and dryer? i’m soooo jealous! is it close to the el?
Richard // Feb 9, 2004 at 1:10 pm
Where is Wicker Park exactly? Is that on the north side? How far from Oak Creek are you going to be?
Richard // Feb 9, 2004 at 1:17 pm
I looked it up. You’d be about 75 miles, 1:30 away. Closer than mom and dad!
joel // Feb 9, 2004 at 2:56 pm
wicker park is wonderful … I stayed there for a weekend and had a blast. Do you know what El stop you’d be closest to Rachelle?
Nan // Feb 9, 2004 at 3:18 pm
I can’t wait to see the inside! When do you move?
dad // Feb 9, 2004 at 4:28 pm
Reads like you have a very nice place
We still have your old bed down the basement if you would be interested in puting it in your extra bedroom. Iam glad that you have found a place and you sound that you are very excited about it being Your OWN not sharing it with some one else Congradulations
Dad
dad // Feb 9, 2004 at 4:34 pm
Wicker Park 3hrs and 38 min mapquest
204 miles
Roughfly 84 miles south of Richard and Amanda
Dad
joe s // Feb 9, 2004 at 4:51 pm
2 bedrooms, a lawn, a washer, dryer and dishwasher? You’ll be livin’ large in the windy city! will you be taking the el or buying a car?
rachelleb // Feb 9, 2004 at 4:59 pm
i will be about 3 blocks from the division street stop on the blue line. i wont be getting a car.
rachelleb // Feb 9, 2004 at 5:41 pm
oh. i think i forgot to mention the central air/heat!
jdiddy // Feb 9, 2004 at 5:48 pm
it looks very quaint. good luck. : )
joe s // Feb 9, 2004 at 7:04 pm
who mows the lawn?
should I make a quick trip down to ali baba tonight for their turkey shawarma?
Richard // Feb 9, 2004 at 7:50 pm
How are you going to come an visit without a car?
willo // Feb 9, 2004 at 9:00 pm
i hope your upstairs neighbors aren’t noisy or annoying! that can really ruin a place. the laundry IN your apt. is key though. Mine I still have to walk downstairs & around to the front of the house & into the garage/basement… and it’s free and warm and all once I’m in there.. but still it’d be awesome to have it like right next to my bedroom
can’t wait to see summer photos too – cuz that just looks cold!
rachelleb // Feb 10, 2004 at 10:32 am
the landlord told me that there are two women who live upstairs and one woman who lives in the coach house behind this house.
amtrack and greyhound both run regularly to milwaukee.
Nan // Feb 10, 2004 at 2:54 pm
$40 round trip to milwaukee
but i’ll come pick you up anytime!
rachelleb // Feb 10, 2004 at 5:26 pm
it’s official.. i signed the lease today.
Kelly // Feb 10, 2004 at 10:10 pm
Can you have pets? How will you ever fill the space? You’ll have to go s h o p p i n g !!
Judy Hill // Sep 26, 2004 at 6:28 pm
Oh, how nice. I used to take trips to “Wicker Park” in the mid-1950’s with my Dad, and cousins. I enjoyed this area and remember it well.