Posing in front of one of San Francisco’s many colourful houses / My in-flight reading material / The keys to our new apartment / So much peanut butter, so little time / This so-bad-it’s-good vintage paisley shirt may have come home with me after a trip to a charity shop… / wearing my new lip stain from Sephora
Today marks two weeks of living in San Francisco, and until yesterday it was feeling like we were just here having a little jolly before heading home, but now we have our own apartment, it’s starting to feel a lot more real. We started moving some of our stuff in yesterday and although I don’t think we’ll be fully moved in until next week, I can’t wait to be there, it’s just so beautiful.
The first week here was very much centred around Getting Stuff Done – sorting out a US sim card, getting bank accounts set up and viewing a thousand apartments. Ok, it was only 18 apartments, but it felt like a thousand! This last week has been more about settling in, catching up on freelance work and Mr Ship-Shape starting his new job.
Here are a few observations on life in California so far…
It still rains here, though temperature-wise it’s lovely and warm // people actually use skateboards as a form of commuting // San Franciscans have a thing for dogs, especially little ones // Whole Foods is amazing and if I could, I would spend a small fortune there // walking up hills is a feat of endurance, but not as hard as I thought it would be // Thrift shops are amazing // American peanut butter tastes so much better // I think we’re really going to like it here
Peanut butter envy! So glad you’re settling in well! x
So happy you are settling in so well!!
Loving reading about your move, it sounds like it’s going really well! What is our with tiny dogs?! They’re obsessed with them here too!
Aww so glad that you’re having fun!
Very jealous of the thrift stores.