On a clear day you can see Oakland

As many of you know, we really lucked out in finding a furnished one bedroom apartment in a great neighborhood that we can actually afford. But, having arrived and lived here for almost two weeks it is even better than we could have expected. On a clear day you really can see all the way across the bay, and even on foggy days we can look around at the colorful houses that dot the surrounding hills. It has a beautiful garden in the back with a tangerine tree and hummingbirds that stop by to feed on the flowers. It feels so cozy, Bob and I were commenting last night about how homey it is and that it hardly seems like we're living in someone else's house. And, it's so easy to move to a furnished place that we already had friends over for Bob's birthday dinner last night. All in all, about as smooth a move as one can hope for!

SF

Home again, home again, jiggity jig! Both Bob and I have made it to our new home in San Francisco. We've set up this little blog to keep friends and family updated and to chronicle the adventures we'll have this year. The title comes from the greetings J.F. Sebastian's robots give him when he returns home in the movie Blade Runner. Maybe a bit obscure, but something I say all the time whenever we get home from something.

Anyway, I've been here for a week and Bob for about 12 hours after an all night drive from Salt Lake City to SF. He brought some of the warm weather with him and after a short nap and a long shower he was ready to head to Baker Beach for a little of the sunshine with our friends, Nasha and Jason. It was a gorgeous day and the beach was in a nice little cove with views of the Golden Gate bridge and flocks of brown pelicans flying overhead. (In fact, I think that photo used on this blog is taken from the same beach, but I'm not positive since I snagged it from the Library of Congress' photo archive.) And, in true San Francisco style, a portion of the beach is a nude beach, so we saw lots of naked men tanning, walking around and frolicking in the ocean. Quite the way to spend our first day in the city together.