{"id":2089,"date":"2014-04-14T07:28:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T12:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=2089"},"modified":"2014-04-14T07:28:32","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T12:28:32","slug":"adventures-in-house-hunting-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2014\/04\/14\/adventures-in-house-hunting-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in House Hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2014.04.14.a\"<\/a>\"2014.04.14.b\"<\/a>The airline companies managed to keep my life interesting once again by canceling my flight the morning of my first house-hunting trip to Sac-Town last week. Unamused, I went to the airport early and had to settle for two connections through DC & Houston to see my wife. Since my future employer was paying for the trip, I ordered a nice seafood pasta at the airport restaurant<\/a> while awaiting my flight. On Friday, after spending the day writing a manuscript while Melody worked, we celebrated her birthday over steak and sweetbreads at Taylor’s Kitchen<\/a>, followed by cake and eclair from Rick’s<\/a> while watching Ender’s Game<\/a>. The movie was visually impressive, but a disappointing adaptation overall. We hung out with our niece and her 14 friends for her birthday party on Saturday, where we tried to raise the game on those 8-year-olds over a game of high-stakes Easter egg hunt. After some Austrian pastries from Konditorei<\/a>, we set out with our real estate broker to scope out some houses in Davis. We recuperated from the long day over HK-style seafood<\/a> and Catching Fire<\/a>, which was a much better rendition of the book. We awoke Sunday morning for more house-hunting in East Sac, but were disappointed by most of the places we saw. We looked for banh cuon for solace, but was again disappointed that the restaurant<\/a> was closed, so we settled for pho<\/a> next door before my red-eye home. As luck would have it, my wife found a potential place the following week. After much deliberation and many photos later, we placed an offer, only to be outbid by someone else. Now back to square one, the house-hunting adventures continue!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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