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We're back!

We made it back home last night from our trip to California. We had ton's of fun! Jamie who is deathly afraid of rides rode every ride at Disneyland and turned in to a five year old in front of my eyes, full of excitement and wonder. It's hilarious to see how awesome Disneyland can be even to a group of adults.

Now that I'm back it's time for me to buckle down and get back to work. I'm going to try and add a few different types of items to add to my Etsy site like aprons and baby blankets, so those should be up soon. On the Real Estate front I don't have much going on at the moment. A few things on the horizon but nothing immediate. I guess that's good as it gives us more time to work on getting our custom order screen printing shop up and running. It's called Blood and Ink Printing. We have a few clients we are working with and have already done some work for. So if you know of anyone needing shirts printed we have all of our price lists ready to go.

San Francisco

Jamie and I are in San Francisco for a couple days on the way down to visit my sister in Azusa,CA. Last time I was here it totally sucked, the people were rude, the weather terrible and all sorts of things that go wrong on a trip, did... This time it's been great so far! Weather is great, people friendly and we've met up with one of Jamie's old friends and his girlfriend which was loads of fun. We wandered through China town, a nice mix of touristy and gritty. Poor Jamie wasn't pleased with the smells coming out of some of the shops not catering towards tourists, but oh well. We've both found a lot to appreciate in this city, from the Black Flag loving Tranny at the lunch cafe we went ate at to the awesome Royal Tennenbaums style hotel we are staying at called the Pickwick.

Bottom line San Francisco is a great place for a quick stop through if you are a city lover. Great architecture, diverse dinning experiences, upscale and seedy, liberal yet corporate, fun walks, good mass transit, bike culture, you name it.

If you're a Portlander on your way to LA or So CAL don't miss the bigger version of your town!