Eleventh Monkey:
A new huge fridge and a new stove with four (!) burners, a huge oven and a grill drawer.
Eleventh Monkey:
New granite countertops and new huge sink and beautifully restored kitchen cabinets from the 1920s.
Eleventh Monkey:
Breakfast nook in a kitchen with the original tiles on the floor.
Eleventh Monkey:
Shiny hardwood floor, a beautiful view, the building manager and my hubbie.
Eleventh Monkey:
Our new studio. The inside doorknobs are restored glass doorknobs from the twenties.
Eleventh Monkey:
HIgh ceilings with huge storage boxes, and two doors into the walk-in closet.
Eleventh Monkey:
Bathroom with the original tiny tiles from the twenties.
Eleventh Monkey:
Roomy walk-in closet.
Eleventh Monkey:
View of the mountains from our living room.
Eleventh Monkey:
Lunch at the local burger shop
Eleventh Monkey:
Philly cheese steak sandwich
Eleventh Monkey:
Happy new tenant #1.
Eleventh Monkey:
Happy new tenant #2.
Eleventh Monkey:
Fruitvale Village
Eleventh Monkey:
Our new apartment building, built on bedrock in the 1920s, so it has survived many earthquakes.
Eleventh Monkey:
Randy and his vintage convertible
Eleventh Monkey:
My first time in a car without a roof!
Eleventh Monkey:
Our neighborhood as seen from the train platform. We've got palm trees!
Eleventh Monkey:
Our apartment on the fourth floor... and we don't have an elevator.
Eleventh Monkey:
The store where almost all of our furniture is from.
Eleventh Monkey:
Our new furniture unassembled in boxes
Eleventh Monkey:
In line for delivery services
Eleventh Monkey:
Undeliverable items crammed into Randy's convertible
Eleventh Monkey:
Moved in our luggage
Eleventh Monkey:
Dinner on the floor
Eleventh Monkey:
Chinese in little boxes, like in the movies!
Eleventh Monkey:
Waiting for Ikea to deliver a table to eat from.
Eleventh Monkey:
Bed on the floor
Eleventh Monkey:
Blender experiment #1, really smooth.
Eleventh Monkey:
Breakfast nook with an expandable table, chairs and huge coasters a.k.a. placemats.