Today we "closed the deal" on the sale of the little 1914 Arts & Crafts bungalow that we have called home for 3 years. It has been grand! A real privilege to live there, watching fireworks over the San Francisco Bay, brilliant sunsets over Mt. Tamalpais, and morning prisms on the living room walls, cast by the sun rays shining through the stained glass windows. We aren't sad. We are moving forward in our plan to live and love at Little Bird Farm, and to spend time also at Jack London Square in our little apartment, a moments walk away from the water - marinas, restaurants, Barnes and Noble, and a farmer's market! This will be a whole new take on good living! We are so excited about this!
After eating dinner at our apartment as we watched the fog move in over the Oakland Hills, we walked out of our building and crossed the railroad tracks. Within two minutes, we were on a waterside path, looking over the waterway between Jack London Square and the Island of Alameda. I knew our apartment was near the water, but I didn't realize it was so near! We walked, breathed in the beautiful bay air, marveled at the pretty flowers - agapanthas, statice, fuchsia, and so many bold, glorious northern California blooms! Then we caught a whiff of gourmet restaurants - Il Pescatore, Kincaids, Scotts - we are so close to these great restaurants!
We are so happy to have this home away from home - more of a 2nd home, really. Our hearts are in Little Bird Farm, and when we can't be there, we will feel grateful and happy to be here! It is all good!
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We will miss Rockridge but will always remember trying to inflate the blow-up mattress that first 4th of July, that Christmas when I was SO COLD ALL THE TIME, then the 4th when I climbed up on the roof, and then the Christmas when the entire family (just about) showed up and were wearing candy cane striped slippers... And then there are all the memories that I'll keep even closer, like the quiet days and nights when Sam and I came up to say hello and it was just the three (4) of us. But now there is JLS and the Oakland experience. And of course, Little Bird. Can't Wait!
Those were ALL memorable times indeed! Some very, very good times were had there, that's for sure! You & Sam were our first guests and our last. Thank you for that! Now, we can hardly wait, too, for the next big FUN together. Here, there, or.....there!
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