Here we go again

We originally created this blog some 4.5 years ago to document our crazy, rushed move to Los Angeles from San Jose.

So now i guess we circle back to the start; we will now document our crazy, rushed move from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! Yes, we are moving again, this time cross country.

We moved to LA because Sarah got a new job at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. This time Sarah has gotten a new job at the Carnegie Museum of Art.


We've been getting quotes for moving companies and auto shippers. We've been hunting for daycare and rental houses. There is an awful lot to do.

In part of the interview process, we flew to Pittsburgh as a family. Claire's first plane trip. She did great; thank you portable DVD players & Yo Gabba Gabba! We were honestly surprised. I was expecting a complete meltdown on the plane, but it never happened.



Stay tuned, there will be many updates.

You Moved Where??

We first started this blog 4 years ago to document our move to Southern California, and the process moving into and living in our condo in West Hollywood.

Things change over 4 years, and now that we moved over the weekend, we are:

1. No longer homeowners, we sold our condo. There were a variety of reasons for this: we wanted an actual yard, a 3rd bedroom would be nice, we didn't like the building we were living it, and we also realized that we could get a lot more for our money renting than paying a mortgage. So we bit the bullet, and sold.


2. Renters in an single family house. A great, 1930's vintage Spanish architecture house. It's about 2x the size of our condo, with wonderful details all over. The house is great because it has not been largely renovated & screwed up, like so many in LA have been.


3. We are no longer residents of West Hollywood, but Los Angeles residents now. This is sad to me... WeHo is a pretty well run small city within a city; LA is a horribly run huge city. We moved about 3.5 miles (from A to B on the map above).


4. Air conditioning-less. We had 2 large criteria when we were looking at places to rent; it needed A/C and a dishwasher. The place we chose has neither. We're having a dishwasher delivered next week... the A/C, check in with us in June and see how we are faring.


5. Closer to work for Sarah and daycare for Claire. This should be pretty sweet, I should be able to walk or stroller Claire to daycare in the morning.