L.L.
Safeway and Albertsons are big chains. I personally shop at Top Food and Drug. Fred Meyer has everything! and it's good quality. WalMart is supercheap, but not always the best quality. I try to avoid that store, but if your budget is tight...it works. I really like Target, but they don't have a grocery section per say (just a few odds and ends). You are pretty close to the South Center Mall...just get on I-405 South and follow the signs. You can find anything you ever wanted in that area and there's a toy's R us just down the road for Christmas type occasions. For my medical and my son's medical, we to to University of Washington, Neighborhood Clinics. I love them you are probably closest their Factoria location...here's a link to their location site http://uwmedicine.washington.edu/Facilities/NeighborhoodC... If you are looking for somewhere awesom to take your kids, the Pacific Science Center is one of my favorites...also the Seattle Acquarium, and the Woodland Park Zoo are great (both in Seattle). The Point Defiance Zoo and Acquarium is very nice also and has a special area just for kids too. It is south of you in Tacoma. For the most part, you should be able to get just about anywhere you need to go from I-405, I-5, and State HWY 167...but learn what the major roads are that are closest to you and how to get back to them. I find it easier to get around if I try to keep in mind what side of me the water is on when I don't really know where I'm at...at least that way I know what direction I'm facing...a little easier for me in Federal Way though perhaps. There are some pretty cool things on the other side of puget sound also. Let me know if I can help with anything else.