Matt, Susan & Claire

1. The feeling of isolation. It was dark on our street. It was dark going down to the laundry (in fact, we did the occasional load of evenin...

1. The view. It is really hard to beat the view we had from 3 walls of windows looking out over Richardson Bay and Tiburon. 2. The kitchen, ...

After the excitement of an unplanned cat bath , the Thanksgiving meal actually went quite well. We dined among some stray boxes, but all hap...

With my parents in town this week, Matt and I had many things on our respective to-do lists. Matt & Dad worked on wiring, electrical, ca...

After two full days of moving , unpacking, Ikea shopping and adjustment , this is the state of the condo as of this morning (photos taken w...

Although not ideal for the long term, we succumbed to the draw of Ikea for some new furniture, lamps, rugs and odds & ends to help make ...

Any literature you read about cats will tell you that they do not like moving. They do not like change, new places. Ours do not particularly...

The big move finally happened Saturday and now the new place has furniture. It's nice to be able to take a load off somewhere other than...

The move has caused me to drive up to the 101 in the dark more than ever before. I have noted lately that the moon sits nicely above the fre...

The floors are nearly done! Matt, Brian, Greg and Hans collectively put in a long day & night Thursday and all rooms are at least 95% co...

While Matt & the boys laid more flooring, I kept packing in Sausalito. Hard to fill boxes when they're occupied though.

We have begun the various projects in our new home and also have moved quite a bit of stuff from Sausalito. This is the current state of our...

Ok, I didn't create the ad but I did review & approve it. See the little green line across the bottom? In real life, you would be ab...

Watching the sun set over the water is one of the joys of living on the West Coast. Sure, you can see this in many other places, but you hav...

We get the keys to the place today! Matt, Brian and Greg will bring the flooring from Berkeley. We'll also start filling the empty space...

I took advantage of our friend Lisa's last few weeks of maternity leave and her proximity to my office to have lunch with her and 6 week...

Saturday turned into a great California day. Mark (who just moved back to SF), Matt and I set out around 10 to cheer on Brian as he ran a ch...

I had ample opportunities this afternoon to practice and perfect my new signature. We signed all the loan documents known to man and now jus...

We can breathe easier*. The financing for the condo is in place. Hopefully we'll schedule the loan signing, closing, whatnot for early ...

The cats had their first "close" encounter with a dog this weekend. Former house guest Greg came by with his pup Bridger to drop o...