The Desert of My Dreams

[This is so the “design of everyday things” so I had to cross-post it from flickr] The lock on my apartment door has never felt very secure to me. I always get the feeling that anybody could slide a credit card through it and walk right in. The apartment manager called me up the other […]

I’ve finally ended my apartment hunting! Unfortunately, I’m still staying in Mountain View. After yet another unsuccessful weekend of apartment hunting, I decided that I didn’t have the energy, time, or resources to continue looking for a place in San Francisco. I love the city and think it would be awesome to […]

My optimism for finding an apartment in San Francisco (that I like, is in my price range, and in a good neighborhood) has reached an all time low this evening.  I saw three great apartments yesterday - in Noe Valley, the Mission, and Hayes Valley.  I fell in love with the place in Noe Valley […]

I came home tonight to find a notice from my landlord (Prometheus you suck) that they’re hiking up my already overpriced rent (they euphemistically referred to it as “new lease terms”).  The rate hike must be for the added bonus of the rat that I saw running around the grounds a couple of weekends ago […]

Tony Bennett claims that he left his heart in San Francisco.  Tony Bennett hasn’t tried looking for an apartment in the city.

I’ve known for a few months now that I’d be moving out of my apartment in Mountain View once my lease ended, mostly because my rent is way too high.  Since then, I’ve searched online […]

This blog post is brought to you by my new wifi network. There are plenty of things to do in the new apartment - like unpacking those last five boxes, unpacking and ironing all of my clothes, setting up my monitor/scanner/printer/mp3 hard drive, doing the dishes, taking out the trash, or doing the […]

Tonight is my last night in my corporate housing apartment in San Jose. I got the keys to my new apartment in Mountain View on Saturday and my furniture will come in tomorrow. As nice as it has been living in corporate housing (I’m going to miss the free bi-weekly housekeeping), I’m super […]

I spent most of last week (with a side trip to D.C.) in Ann Arbor, coordinating and finalizing my move. All of my stuff (including my car) got packed and shipped this past Monday and should be in Mountain View in a couple of weeks. My move went pretty smoothly (well, as smoothly […]

I’ve been living in my apartment for a little over two months and the apartment across from me has been empty that whole time. For a while, I was anxiously anticipating my new neighbors. Who will they be? When will they move in? What will they look like? As September […]