Exploring Beach Street

Wake up time: 7:15 AM

Weather: 64 degrees, raining all morning

Shopping day - Amy encouraged me to explore Beach Street today. Beach Street is the exit I took on the loop to get to my Extended Stay. From the loop, I journeyed north on Beach Street to explore. Amy said this would be a good place to start because this area has everything I need - and it's not too crazy as far as "city driving" goes. There wasn't any traffic this morning. Most of the restaurants are Thai or Mexican food.

Places I visited on Beach Street:

*Albertson's - for groceries

*Taco Cabana - for a breakfast taco & diet coke

Other places to visit on Beach Street:

*Zia's Pizza

*Subway

*Kroger grocery store

*Mercado Juarez - Mexican food

*Pancho's - Mexican food

*Various coffee shops

*Wal-Mart

*Blockbuster Video

*Debbie's Bagels & Breakfast

Extended Stay Deluxe Part 2 - More Pictures

Here are some additional pictures of my hotel/apartment.


Here is the "fitness center"



Here is the laundry room. I didn't think to bring a roll of quarters.

Close up picture of my room from the outside - I can park right outside my room.

Outdoor pictures of Extended Stay - looks pretty nice.

The loop just outside of extended stay.

Arrival

Upon arriving, Fort Worth looked just like Lubbock! The humidity was about the same as this morning in Lubbock and it was about 85 degrees. I made in exactly 5 hours - And the loop wasn't busy at all! Little did I know....

After checking in and moving in all my stuff from the car, I was famished. I didn't eat lunch on the road because I wanted to get here early. So I ventured out into the city around 4 PM to find some dinner. I ended up stuck in traffic for 45 minutes!!! AHH!!! In that time, I only traveled about 2 blocks from my hotel & through 1 stop light!!! Cities have so much traffic! As the evening progresses, I look out my window at the loop and see cars backed up for miles! So now I know, I will not travel anywhere between 3 pm & 8 pm during the week. But that will be fine since I will be working.

After eating some not very good Chinese food, I unpacked everything! The only thing I haven't unpacked are some clothes. I'm going to wait on hangers for those. I'll probably go to
bed really early tonight since I didn't really sleep last night. Plus then I will be able to get up early and battle the evil city traffic that will likely war against my soul while I am living here.

The places I'm staying is around a group of other long-term stay places (like Marriot Residence Inn). Behind our apartment/hotel buildings are a group of office buildings called Fossil Creek Business Plaza. Seems like a really quite nice neighborhood - the office buildings are small....not skyscapers.

Here are a few photos of the place I am staying!!!

The Bedroom: glad I brought my own comforter. The bed is semi-comfortable.

The living room: cozy

Desk: already messy and full of stuff - Also, I have a really good sized closet and chest of drawers - so unpacking was easy. I just have to pick up some hangers when I go to the store tomorrow.

Kitchen: larger than my one at home - haha! Dishes provided, that was a joke. There are 2 plates, 3 plastic glasses, and 2 forks. So I will get some paper stuff when I go to the store.


Kitchen: other side - full size fridge and little eating area.