re-nest: An Aside

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...

Saturday, May 3, 2008

An Aside

Now people, *this* is a proper bagel. Notice the size: small. These are dense, small, chewy, yummy goodness. This is a poppyseed bagel with cream cream cheese. Not toasted! It's a sin to toast a fresh New York bagel; so much so that the people in line in front of us were kicked out for asking! This one is from Brooklyn's The Bagel Hole, our favorite so far. I've been to Ess a Bagel, and today H&H. Yummy goodness from all, but my fave is still Bagel Hole.