Oops

Ritz-Carlton, Naples, FL

.. A whirlwind tour of room 402.

Room 536, Naples Grande Beach Resort, FL

Love these corner rooms. Heck, I'd almost rent this!

Ow

You rarely see BWI like this...

...unless it's really freaking early. Which it is. Off to Florida.

The owls become restive...

Carlysle - drag

Wegch brings us to the other negative: the ginormous building being constructed RIGHT next door. Shot from the balcony. Exterior work to be done by end of march. Really convenient location, though. Although, as I said, probably gone.

Carlysle - the terrace

Wide, runs the length of the place, enter from living room or bedroom. Room enough to even work on stuff out there. Partitioned rather than private terraces, one of the only negatives about this place. And most of the view is spectacular...

Carlysle - Master bed, bath, much-huger-than-it-looks-in-these-pictures walk-in closet area

Carlysle - Living room

The Carlysle, Columbia Pike, Arlington

Really nice. Probably gone. He wanted too early a move-in date. Would have cost me here too much. Still, other person may fall through. This is the breakfast nook/kitchen region.

Corner of Williamsburg & Toledo, Arlington

Charming, but trashed. Plus, it comes with a yakky 20-something guy living in the basement. Nope.

Plus, that is highly questionable pink bathroom.

4330 Old Dominion Dr.

Nice view. Essentially charmless. I don't think so. Too bad: best location, right off GW Parkway.

Lee Oaks Court - the Bad

The Good continued...

Lee Oaks Court: the Good

This the entrance to a place I looked at in theColonies

The entrance to a place in the gated community next door. Which would be convenient, if nothing else.

I took no inside pics because the girl who lived there was so young and shockingly beautiful she was already nervous to have a strange man there. If I had whipped out a camera she would have collapsed into an insanely appealing pile of quivering vixen jelly and I would have had an orgasm on the spot. A bad first impression to say the least.

Space - 4
Location - 10
Amenities - 3
Appeal - 4
View - 3
View when startlingly beautiful girl is present - 400
Price - 8

Doubtful. I need more changiness.

BUT....

It has low stucco ceilings and is mostly just same-old, same-old. I give (out of 10):
Space - 5
Location - 6
Amenities - 9
Appeal - 3
View - 10
Price - 9

Probably not.

Powell Lane, Arlington

A huge stark, windswept building. Actually cheaper than where I am, plus the year-round lap pool. Kitchen and view are also nice. I had no idea that lake even existed.

Why do I have Aretha Franklin's hat?

Why indeed?

All in all...

...my drive to work is not too bad.

Sure, it says 'Sears'...

...but it'll always be Jelleff's to me...

Various Nostalgic Proximities

The red indicates the new potential residence and the former Marc Dr. residence and the nearness of the two thereof.  Not quite as close as I thought, but still mildly adjacent. The brown represents, I believe, a rough estimate of the location of my youthful mudding adventure.

Okay, Exterior Shots I Have

I'm curious to see how many pictures it will let me put up...