J and C in California

I just had to write a post about what many would consider a minor celebrity sighting that Christen and I had last night.  We were down in a little area of San Francisco called Noe (No-ee) Valley looking for a place to live.  After looking around the area for a while we stopped at a [...]

After my hectic first week of work and completing my 3D drawing software training course in San Jose it was finally time to relax and enjoy the city with Christen.  We spent the morning and afternoon apartment hunting as we need to be moving out in 2 weeks and we saw a few places that [...]

I looked back through our posts today and realized how “sugar coated” it all must sound.  This is going to be a realy “debby downer” of a post. I think we (jess and i) want to sound like we have it all together and life is rosey.  Honestly though, these first few weeks have been [...]

I just got a call asking me if I wanted to subscribe to the San Francisco Chronicle and the guy on the other end seemed like this exact guy.  He kept asking me for my name and was like  “Christen? Christen!!! That’s a pretty name, Christen!  So you wanna buy the paper??”  (You have to [...]

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Jesse’s already asleep. He had a super long day as he got up at 5:00am to make sure he got there on time. He had to take a bus and then Caltrain and then a cab to arrive for the 8:00am start. Tomorrow he starts by 9:00am but he now has his Apple ID so [...]

Today we did the whole touristy thing today by renting bikes and going across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito.  It was freezing cold, damp and misty.  The wind on the Golden Gate Bridge was so strong I was afraid to stop and take photos.  Nonetheless, it was a great (but tiring) day. Head to [...]

Stopping for a beak at 101 California St after looking at apartments that were well out of our price range: You can see the fog rolling in over the hill: View looking up the 1 California Cable Car line.  Jesse and I walked about half way up this hill before hopping on a bus: At [...]

Well, we’ve been busy. That might be an understatement. Yesterday we were taken all around the Pacific Heights area by our destination specialist Rita. She had a bunch of places for us to see, but none of them really clicked for us.  I don’t think she really “got” who we were.  She must be used [...]

After sleeping five hours yesterday afternoon, Jesse and I took Parker for her first walk at Lafayette Park.  It’s about 300 meters away from us here but  SO STEEP. My goodness. I wore heels (that’s not happening again).  This morning both of our calves are aching! [View from Lafayette Park - lookin down our street. [...]