re-nest: French Jazz!

Why?

After 14 years of LA, the things we didn't like about living here finally wore us down and we decided to move away. Our first choice was Portland, Oregon. After months of interviewing, neither of us could secure a job. We turned our sights to the next city on the list, New York. We lined up jobs and moved at the end of March 2008.

Apparently this was a bad idea. Things were not as they seemed and New York was not a good fit. We learned some good, hard lessons about life. We moved back to LA (four months later!) because the most important things were:

- be with our friends and close to our sisters

- advance our careers in a market we understand

- enjoy a low cost of living so we can save & travel

This is what makes us happy and apparently we had to move away to get our priorities straight. We still LOVE NEW YORK! We just enjoy it more as tourists...

Friday, April 4, 2008

French Jazz!

Tonight we had a great time - we walked down and found Jules Bistro which serves up excellent French food and live jazz until the wee hours. Our waitstaff was the best I've had here, good humored, interesting, and attentive. Fantastic night, walking distance from home (home!). Also I was a little concerned that we wouldn't find good Cajun food in NYC; it's one of our faves for comfort food and I would really miss it. Well, I have found several candidates all waiting for us just a few blocks away! Acme Bar & Grill is first on my list to try, and I just discovered this one in Alphabet City.