After a 10-day cross-country trip with my b-friend, I arrive in DC after midnight on a Saturday night. Found the mysterious apartment I had rented a room in site unseen and roommates unmet. Good thing Georgetown is cute. The heat and humidity was intoxicating. Found the keys hidden for me in front of the front door under a brick. Hello. That's the kind of thing people in Portland are even afraid to do sometimes.
I entered the apartment. Very cute and funky. Kind of a European dream apartment, kind of a Eugene college slum. My room, the size of a king-size bed. Just needs some love.
We couldn't stay put for more than 30 minutes because of our wanderlust still pulsing through our veins so we walked down the street to an old neighborhood haunt, Murphy's. Very quaint and classic bar. JFK proposed to Jackie in booth number 3. The college students rule the night in Georgetown. We considered a couple of other bars but were taken aback by the noise. Do they all wear perfect J.Crew outfits and talk at the top of their lungs while imbibing? When I was in college we never even wore makeup and that was the 90s. I have got a lot to learn from these girls. Or do I?
Roomates are nice. Downstairs tenants are nice and energetic. Haven't met the basement tenants. Ohh and apparently there are rats in the neighborhood. I am afraid to take the garbage out. Do we have rats in Oregon? Not in the West Hills of Portland.
Just getting settled in. B-friend flew home. Sadness sets in. I am all alone for a week. My job begins next week.
That's all for first impressions. I have to go move my car before I get a ticket. Every two hours until I figure out how to get a parking pass. Uggh.
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Oh, college on the East Coast... Yes, they do. Some things have not changed much it sounds like. Some of it will grow on you, I promise.
Summer:
Yes, Portland has rats, probably even more than DC. It's a habitat issue. Because there's lots of good habitat in the West Hills, you never encounted them. In the concrete jungle of DC they're just more visible. Don't take the garbage out at night and you'll avoid them for a while. But, eventually you're bound to cross paths.
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