Home Sweet Home

As you all know, I'm a junior at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. My major is based on the smaller, more professional Downtown Phoenix campus — NOT the rowdy, fratty main campus in Tempe! — and for the past two years, that's where I've lived: In the two-towered, fourteen-storied building that is ASU's single downtown dormitory.

But that changes next week. You see, Thursday I was given the keys to my very first apartment!

My friend Annika and I started looking for a place a few months ago, but most of the larger apartment complexes nearby were either too expensive or were too far away — though still along the light rail, they were decidedly midtown, not downtown. So we started looking for small houses to rent instead of focusing on apartment complexes.

And then we found this place. It's a cute little bungalow built in the 1920s. It was originally a duplex, but the upper floor has been sealed off and turned into a third unit. So now Annika and I have 900 glorious square feet to call our own.

I told Annika after touring it the first time that I don't believe in love at first sight except for this house (I refuse to call it an apartment). I've dubbed it SixThreeNine, and it's my baby.

Excited to see the inside? Check back later this week for more photos!