Glee! Live at Staples Center

Yes, I did go to see Glee in concert haha. Not bad, not bad at all (although last year was better)...

New Hobby

As with any new hobby, you spend money on the main piece, but where they really get you is on all the accessories. You need to buy propane obviously, then the fun stuff like grilling tools, skewers, thermometers, cleaning brush, basting brush, and the list goes on...

Moved in!

After about a week and a day, we are completely finished moving in and setting up.

Kitchen
BEFORE

AFTER


Dining Room
BEFORE

AFTER


Living Room
BEFORE

AFTER



The End!

Progress...

For the past week, we've been moving into the new house which includes about 2 days of actual moving of stuff, a few deliveries, some furniture building, a lot of cleaning, and a lot of unpacking and setting up.

So far, we've made it out of the bedrooms and into the living room area in terms of unpacking and setting up. Here's some pictures...



Bathroom


Main Bedroom
BEFORE

AFTER



Guest Bedroom



Backyard
BEFORE (when it was a jungle)

AFTER (Sheldon's new territory)



Living room, kitchen, dining area pictures to come...

Downtown...I hardly knew ya

It was a short run, but not a bad one...Got to experience what it's like to live in a city's downtown which meant walking 0.8 miles to work (1.6 round trip), walking to get food, walking walking walking. Of course, it's nothing like what living in an east coast city's downtown might be like as it may include more public transportation thereby decreasing the driving I did on the weekends and increasing my exploring radius on the weekdays.

At any rate, Los Angeles in general is just a different beast with "LA" cities stretching out about 15 miles in most directions from downtown and about 30 miles in some, but I digress.

Downtown LA was pretty cool, got to walk to Lakers and Clippers games, walked to the Downtown Art Walk, tried a few new downtown restaurants (Drago Centro was the best), saw the growing number of bars/clubs, saw the ever growing LA Live... I don't know if or when it'll ever live up to the original vision of being the "Times Square of the West" but I think it'll be something of its own kind as with everything else in LA. I'll miss out on Farmer's Field (new football stadium), Hooters across from Staples Center (which is currently hiring if you're interested), a couple new hotels across from the Marriott/Ritz Carlton, and probably a lot more new restaurants.

Anyway, this doesn't just signal the end of my time in downtown LA, but also the end of my 9 year run in LA...

Now, it's hello Pasadena!

Painted

The house is now painted! I don't think the pictures quite capture the real color of it, but it came out pretty nice...You can see it in person soon.

Echo Mountain

Went on a hike to the top of Echo Mountain, 5 miles roundtrip, basically to the peak of the mountain and back down haha... Got a few pictures of the city from the mountain, but strangely enough, I didn't take a picture of the main attraction, which is the ruins of a resort at the top of the mountain (White City) and a railroad (Mount Lowe railway) that used to go from the bottom to the top (would have preferred that method of getting to the top).

Took Sheldon on his first hike, and he got to go with his buddy Dexter...safe to say they'll both be sleeping through the rest of the day...


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