Leaving Manch Vegas

Open Houses are such a great way to find an apartment. I mean, how else are you going to know how the apartment in question will look during your slammin' housewarming party?

Plus, it's so fun to climb over random strangers (aka THE COMPETITION) to inspect the insides of teeny broom closets. I also find great joy in watching everyone else downplay the apartment to their friends. It's high stakes, I tell you, and no one is going to say one nice thing about the place, lest they inspire THE COMPETITION to attempt to rent it.

Although, at the Open House (Party!) Will and I attended on Tuesday, holding back the positive comments wasn't so hard to do. It was advertised as a "2 Bedroom" with a "spacious eat-in kitchen" at 20th & Guerrero, in the heart of the Mission District. The location was ideal and the apartment sounded perfect!

However, upon inspection, I felt the need to add those quotes to the description.

Bedroom # 1 was the living room and BR #2 was the living room annex. WTF? And, is it legal to call a kitchen spacious and label it as an Eat-in if there are no cabinets or counters of any kind, nor any space to put a table that wouldn't block one of the doors? I guess they don't have to run these ads past any fire safety monitors.

Pity.

My sister (Marion) complained about not having any new posts lately, so I figured I would update everybody about our status here in sunny CA. Basically it has been sunny and awesome every day we've been here. On Saturday, Chili came over and we rode our bikes from Eileen and Joe's place across the Golden Gate bridge and into the city, taking the ferry back to Belvedere. Seems like it was about 17 or 20 miles, and up some decent hills as well. It was a great ride and the views were awesome. Later we grilled up some burgers and cracked some brews. On the job front, Erin got an offer from somewhere she ended up not wanting to work and I got a lowball offer from somewhere I sort of wanted to work. I had a great interview last week with a small consulting firm in South San Francisco and am hoping to hear back this week. We have tickets for a couple of Giants games coming up, including against the Dodgers in the last home series of the season, which could be important. We are definitely looking forward to that. I guess that is about it from here. Tune in next month to find out our employment fate (hopefully).