Coffee with Coffee: Go West Young Man...

Haven't you been told? California's full of whisky, women and gold. Sleeping out all night beneath the desert stars, dream in my eye and a prayer in my heart.

Well, at least those were Toby Keith's words of advice... but feeling the mix of dreams in our eyes and prayers in our hearts reminds me that we decided to actually take it! But don't worry... Chris and I have seriously discussed the "full of women" comment. :)

Chris headed west on August 3rd and arrived in the beautiful town of Los Gatos two days later to get the keys to our new one bedroom, one bath apartment. But don't you worry family and friends; we splurged on a new sofa bed so that you have a real comfortable place to lay your heads down when you visit. Only the best for you all, of course! The good news is that Chris's journey resulted in a few cool pics to make you all feel included (see below). The bad news is that our dog-child Gunnar wasn't so excited about the road trip. Chris had convinced himself (by default) that Gunnar would make the perfect partner for his adventure. Unfortunately, Gunnar remembered he was canine, rather than human, and stressed out after two full days of 14 hour car rides. Outcome: One weird sketched out dog that whined and whimpered any moment left alone. As bad as he felt, at least it lead to an introduction to our new neighbors, which could have been otherwise tough to come by.

New neighbor enters stage left. Chris: "Yes, I'm new here; Apt. #41. Nice to meet! Are Y'ALL from around here? ... Me?? No, not so much. Oh.... our dog is torturing you? About that..."

Yes, Los Gatos. We have arrived. Well, at least two of us for now.