In our expert opinion, there are two parts to Capitol Hill — the urban, gritty part and the practically suburban fancy pants part. We live in fancy pants. The two parts mix here and there but mostly seem to keep to themselves. But what do we know? We just moved here from downtown Seattle. We used to blog there too. We plan to blog here. It’s a habit. It helps us know our home better. It gives us an excuse to eat out more.

We’ll write about a few things. Probably complain a bit here and there. Praise a restaurant or two. Compare and contrast Belltown living with life on The Hill. FYI, it’s noisier up here than down there. Not in volume, really, but in breadth of noises, the jet flyovers, the plaintive doggy yapping, the leaf blowers and the children have downtown’s constant hum of automobiles beat.

We’re happy to be here. It’s exciting to have Victrola on your home turf — we feel like they are part of our team now. Go, Victrola, go! And now we can look forward to a stroll down to Monsoon or Fork or Harvest Vine for a meal just like we used to look forward to Marco’s or Le Pichet.

Of course, not everything is going to be so rosy. All this free parking up here has us befuddled. What to do with our free time now that we don’t have to shuffle our car around to beat the meter maids? And the noise up here — did we mention the noise?!?

— j/k