re-nest: LA

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...

Monday, June 30, 2008

LA

We flew out to LA Saturday and stayed at the house by camping out on the living room floor. Saturday night we spent time with friends at The Mandrake, and then had brunch Sunday morning at Metro Cafe.

The entire remainder of Sunday was spent at an event celebrating the life of our lost friend with the extended group he left behind. It was amazing. About 35 close friends came in from all around the country and took turns sharing funny stories, memorable quotes, movies, sound-bytes, and even did reenactments of scenes from times they hung out together. He made quite an impression on all of us and continues to live on in his friends.