Heart Attack On A Plate

First weekend at home in the new place featured this aggressively meaty and delicious breakfast. Yes, you do see two kinds of meat on that plate: chorizo PLUS pepper bacon, plus cheesy eggs, plus ciabatta and avocado and coffee and a fruit salad. Do not try this at home.

I Heart My Neighborhood

I love cupcakes, and I love that some inspired artist is spreading the cupcake love.
J+C forever!

Farmers' Market

The first few weekends after I moved in, I was out of town so I missed the celebrated farmers' market that materializes every Saturday about half a mile from my apartment. A mistake never to be repeated!


This Saturday I had a lovely brunch with my dear friend (and neighbor!) Sarah and then we hit the market. In the future I must have a strategy because I was so excited and overwhelmed, I'm sure I missed some opportunities. I did manage to come home with some bok choy, italian beans, lettuce mix with edible flowers, apricots, nectarines, and these adorable and fragrant lilacs. I was in heaven!

Ikea Hack

My co-worker, Eden, just moved into a new apartment at the same time I did, so we hit the local disposable furniture purveyor and shopped with wild abandon. She couldn't find throw pillows that fit her ideal color scheme, but we found this dishtowels that coordinated perfectly. So I made them into pillow covers!

Before

After

I didn't want to cut the dishtowels, in case my friend didn't like the outcome or decided she'd rather have dishtowels than pillows, plus I didn't want to buy or fiddle with zippers, so I just made the closure a fold over, like those cheap sandwich bags. They turned out nicely, if I do say so myself! And Eden is happy. Yay!

Pics of the Place!

Here's some pics of the new place from the day of move-in! I tried to get crazy and make my own panoramas. I'll keep my day job.

Front room

This is the biggest room! There's a walk in closet behind the mirrored door, which is why it's the default bedroom. There's a busy street outside the front two windows. I'm on the top floor but it's still really loud.

Middle RoomThis middle room is smaller, and the kitchen is in the back, off this middle room. Also you'll note there's a nook that looks like a closet with the doors removed. What to do with it?

Teeny Bathroom

This room is pretty cramped and the plumbing is ancient. The shower head is at about 5 feet, so I have to bend to rinse my hair. The sink has two faucets, one for hot and one for cold, so in order to get warm water...well, I'll let you know when I figure it out.
These are the compromises that must be made for urban living.

So, I think there's lots of potential! But I'm biased. I live here!

I moved!

Hey friends!
I moved back to California, I got a new job, and I just moved into a cute new one-bedroom apartment -- my first time living alone!
Since so many of you, my friends, are far from me now, I thought I'd use this space to share some pictures as I get settled in, explore my new city, and pursue various exciting adventures.
Enjoy and let me know what you think!
Love,
Debbie O.