TV sold. Need a couch?

TV's gone. Now about this couch...

Biggest. TV. Ever.

Moving out and selling my big ass HDTV, with included metal/glass TV stand.

It's an older JVC with remote, picture-in-picture, hideaway front panel inputs. Conventional 4:3 aspect (32"x22", 40" diagonal (fine, so Pythagorus says it's a 39" diagonal, but whatever). DIV inputs for hi-def (no HDMI), plus S-Video, RCA, audio. Surprisingly nice integrated speakers - we use em for tunes. Love me some Super Nintendo on the big screen.

Yes, really $100, really works great.

Here's the catch: It's heavy. It's really heavy. It's like 200+ pounds heavy. And it's on the second floor. We got it up the (thankfully wide) stairs with three burly people. It will take that many people. Seriously, do not show up here alone (I can count as one person).

I have a truck and can drive it within SF city limits for $50. You will need a truck. It's a really, really big TV.

Pickup near Geary & 23rd any time during the day 9am-6pm. Pickup after 8pm possible.

See pics: https://post.craigslist.org/manage/687298124/n4ct8

Possible breakthrough on Chicago housing...

Details forthcoming...

Housing search = uuuuuuuugh

A couple days ago, I had this all figured out. Now, due to a couple dumb mistakes on m part, it's ever-so-slightly fubared. I want this dooooooone. Also, it's 96* F in San Francisco, which probably isn't helping.

Apartments: what we like

This is our checklist. It's not a hard-and-fast list, places we'll consider will have 80% of this. But mass transit, office, access to downtown is pretty essential.

Location (near transit, 0.5mi strict max, <0.2 ideal)
Location (near bike-to-work route, <6 miles from downtown)
Location (walkscore.com 80+)
Location (warm-fuzzy-safe-friendly)
Location (near JW's list of gyms)

Space (nice to live in, closets, hardwood, light)
Space (office - 1+ bedroom, 2 bedroom, den, nook, etc)
Space (kitchen – eat in, post-1990 appliances, dishwasher)
Space (bike friendly - garage space, elevator, ground floor, etc)
Space (parking for 1 available, street or garage ok)

Also:
Price (rent + parking) hard cap at 1200, target 1000.
Price (utilities estimate)

Move in date? (June 1)
Any management issues?

Apartments we're looking at

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UPDATE: Kate's not in Chicago due to airline issues + her desire not to go freaking crazy. This complicates things a little, but not fatally.


Feel free to editorialize in the comments section. From here, these look pretty good, except for the Rogers Park one, which isn't really on the El. But walkscore.com has them in the low 90s out of and ideal 100, which is great.

Icons: (?) are craigslist ads I like, /!\ is apartment people places, (v) are craigslist ads we're interested in.