The week that the US elected a new president (in a nutshell)

Last week Will and I did some touristy stuff. Went for a ride with the cable cars and a romantic walk at Embarcadero last Tuesday (at night this time, therefore romantic ... ;-), but also cause we went for pizza after that). Thursday evening we visited SF MOMA, the Museum of Modern Arts. They have an impressive collection of photos, some famous works of art and a very cool Jacob's Ladder in the main hall! On Friday then, we visited the California Academy of Sciences and were sufficiently impressed! Something to write on your to do list for those who plan to visit SF at some point! Check out the caimans and go and have a look at our Picasa webalbum!

Saturday then was the big day. We were finally moving out of the Gaylord Suites and into our new home at Balboa Park (in pouring rain! Something apparently rather exceptional for here ...). Our housemates: Hilary & Taylor, Stephany & Andy and Oscar; the cats: Goose & Cin Jin; the dog: Chinook. You can check out the street view with Google Maps, it's the brown house, somewhat hidden by the car and the tree, with stairs going up to the front door and with the blue house on the left.

Saturday evening we were invited to Jeff's (one of Will's colleagues) BD party. I really enjoyed that party: great food, great people and a very relaxed atmosphere! The only drawback was the wading through the puddles to get to Jeff's place. California's definitely not used to dealing with rain!

The Sunday Will and I set a record! We spent almost the entire day in IKEA looking for a bed & mattress, (computer)table & chair, bookshelves and minor items. Came back with heavy bags and were treated to a bbq by our housemates! ;-) That was very cool!

Monday was dangerously-leaning-out-of-the-window room cleaning day

Tuesday - apart from being that historic day when the US elected their first African American president (what a relief ...) - Ikea delivered our furniture and we went to the SFCB's vertical practice (including bbq and lots of yummy desserts!) Check out a very cool pic of Hilary celebrating Obama's vistory (and some others)!

Wednesday UPS finally brought our stuff that came from Belgium after messing up the previous day and - o joy - that evening we slept for the first time in - eeuh - more than a month in our own bed! :-)

And yesterday evening we went to a concert of Natacha Atlas. Despite rumours about her being notorious for cancelling concerts she did show up, and did so in style and accompanied by great musicians! Both Will and I enjoyed the concert a lot!