Shawna asked her boss if she could work from Denver for a week in September, as she had a couple of times earlier this year. She flew straight from San Francisco to Denver - which would have been perfect except Keith had to spend a couple of days in LA before heading to CO. Argh!
On the Tuesday, Shawna got a call from Cigna, where she had interviewed the week before. And...they extended an offer to her at a comparable salary - so by Thursday, she accepted! Since we were in Denver, we thought we'd look around the neighborhood we would be most interested in living in (Wash Park). Kristina happened to give us the name of her real estate agent from when she bought her house a couple of years ago, so we thought - what the hell - let's look at some houses! We really like the neighborhood as it has a huge park with running trails and is close to downtown (10 minutes), to work (15 minutes) and to bars and restaurants.
On Saturday morning, we met the agent (Jennifer) and powered through 5 places. All were nice, but none were "all that". After touring houses, we went for a run around the park and then had lunch at The Tavern. It was at that time we realized we were at home.
Later that evening, we celebrated the new job with dinner at Rioja in LoDo - the food was very tasty and the environment lively. It is definitely a place we would return to. Before dinner, we had a drink at Ocean Prime where we sat in the bar and listened to live piano music and singing.
The next day, we saw another 5 houses - this time the price cap of the houses moved north a bit. And would you imagine - these houses were nicer! In fact, one was so nice that we put a bid on it and went under contract on Monday. If all goes well, we will close at the end of October.
For photos of the house:
On the Tuesday, Shawna got a call from Cigna, where she had interviewed the week before. And...they extended an offer to her at a comparable salary - so by Thursday, she accepted! Since we were in Denver, we thought we'd look around the neighborhood we would be most interested in living in (Wash Park). Kristina happened to give us the name of her real estate agent from when she bought her house a couple of years ago, so we thought - what the hell - let's look at some houses! We really like the neighborhood as it has a huge park with running trails and is close to downtown (10 minutes), to work (15 minutes) and to bars and restaurants.
On Saturday morning, we met the agent (Jennifer) and powered through 5 places. All were nice, but none were "all that". After touring houses, we went for a run around the park and then had lunch at The Tavern. It was at that time we realized we were at home.
Later that evening, we celebrated the new job with dinner at Rioja in LoDo - the food was very tasty and the environment lively. It is definitely a place we would return to. Before dinner, we had a drink at Ocean Prime where we sat in the bar and listened to live piano music and singing.
The next day, we saw another 5 houses - this time the price cap of the houses moved north a bit. And would you imagine - these houses were nicer! In fact, one was so nice that we put a bid on it and went under contract on Monday. If all goes well, we will close at the end of October.
For photos of the house:
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