Big dog looking for lil apartment

Chicago apartment search log...


#1. Saw a nice big place whose front door looked out on the lake. Boring neighborhood. Nothing fun (shops, cafes, restaurants, friends) to walk to. Nope. Not my place.


#2. Saw a place with a DISGUSTING carpet. They could've at least picked up the cheerios and cleaned the stains before they let anyone see it! Nope. Not my place.


#3. Right across the street from a friend. Don't want to be a stalker but the place was tiny! Apparently in the 30's (I think that's when it was), Chicago charged builders a tax based on the width of buildings as you looked at them from the street. So of course, people then built crazy narrow buildings called corridor buildings. Too small. Not my place.


#4. Saw a place that was supposed to be a one bedroom.  The kitchen was in the entryway and the "living room" was in the hall/space on the way to the bathroom. Nice building. Nice area. Creepy people walking out of the buildings on that street. Nope. Not my place. Oh yeah. They forgot to tell me that my dog's too big too.


#5. Great building! Nice building manager. Security cameras. Great storage. Decent living space. Huge bathroom. TINY kitchen. The stove was half the size and literally right in front of the sink. SO CLOSE! If only the kitchen were better!


#6. Which brings me to this one. Upstairs from #5 in the great building. Bigger kitchen! Odd though because there was a couple still living there as I looked at it. She made a smelly curry and was now drowning out the smell with awful-smelling incense. He was sitting in just his shorts with his bowl of curry watching TV. Kinda hard to look at a place in that kind of awkwardness. Unfortunately, I'd have to wait a month longer since the curried incense-smokers are still there, but i'll do it for a kitchen! And the doggy and I will be able to quickly walk to the dog park. Perfect.