A boring but useful post for those staying on campus

Some people coming for the August workshop will be staying in the campus dorms / apartments, as I have been doing this week. This is useful options, and significantly cheaper than a hotel. There have been some bumps, though, so here's some information I hope will be useful.

Checking in

I called conference services (the phone number on my reservation form) to confirm where to check in after hours. However, when I got there the place was shut down. The apartments are not staffed, and you don't check in at the same building you'll be staying. So, if you have any problems, go to the security office (206-281-2922), which is staffed 24 hours a day.

The apartment

My apartment is spacious. It comes with towels, sheets, and blankets, along with furniture. But that's it. There are no hangers and no garbage cans. I've heard there are laundry facilities but I haven't found them.

Meals

Procuring meals, especially breakfast, has been difficult. There is a buffet-style cafeteria on campus, but its summer hours are tied to the other groups staying here. Hours are limited, variable (breakfast might be at 6am one day and at 7am the next) and some days no meals are served. Conference services offers a cooking set you can rent for your stay here, if you want to cook. Most of the time I walk to Fremont (follow the ship canal and the cross the Fremont bridge, a 20-minute walk) for my meals, and the gourmet grocery store PCC Natural (open daily 6am- midnight) has lots of excellent prepared foods.