About 2 years after moving in, I've finally managed to round up some "before" photos of our house! These are from the realtor, so I think they actually look better than the house felt when we walked through it. The carpeted areas were stained, the vent registers were disgusting, most of the ceilings were popcorn, etc. These don't include photos of the 2...
This past weekend was our last 3-day weekend that we will be traveling around California, other than our trip to LA before we head back east. This would definitely be categorized under "first world problems," but leading up to the weekend, we were getting a little tired of traveling. In case you didn't know, California isn't the cheapest place and doesn't have the...
A couple of weekends ago, we did an "urban hike" in the Berkeley Hills. The hills of Berkeley and Oakland are nice neighborhoods and in Berkeley, there is a system of walking trails throughout the neighborhood. Pictures really don't convey how cool it was, but this is definitely something I would suggest as a Berkeley activity. The houses were all eclectic, which was...
