{"id":2490,"date":"2015-03-23T00:10:27","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T05:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=2490"},"modified":"2015-03-23T00:10:27","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T05:10:27","slug":"more-furniture-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2015\/03\/23\/more-furniture-shopping\/","title":{"rendered":"More Furniture Shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2015.03.23.a\"\"2015.03.23.b\"Frustrated by the dearth of contemporary furniture offerings in the Sacramento-Davis area, we decided to head into the Bay area to expand our search. After a 4-hour marathon of med student skits last Friday, we awoke early on Saturday to drive to Berkeley to peruse CB2<\/a> and a Crate & Barrel Outlet<\/a> before meeting with a friend from the East Bay for lunch<\/a>. Afterwards, we drove into the city to check out KD Buttercup<\/a>, Room & Board<\/a>, and Bo Concept<\/a>; but was disappointed that the Baker<\/a> furniture showroom<\/a> was only available by appointment on weekdays. We stopped for fancy Cantonese seafood at Asian Pearl<\/a> before returning home. My clinical duties kept me busy last week with a pair of RDs that kept me up until 3am Monday night, and our Dean Symposium where I tried to showcase my recent work. Fortunately, my lab work has been alleviated with a new technician whom I hired. In just the few weeks since starting, he has proven to be a quick learner and hard worker. This past weekend, we returned to Berkeley to revisit the C&B outlet<\/a> among several nearby modern furniture stores in Berkeley and Emeryville, including West Elm<\/a>, Ikea<\/a>, and an enormous granite outlet<\/a> endorsed by Martin Yan<\/a> and likely run by the Triad. A Yelp<\/a> coupon gave us a small discount for momos and goat curry for lunch<\/a>, which was offset by the $5 taro egg puffs after dinner<\/a> at the Pacific East Mall<\/a> – our now regular Richmond stop on the way back from the Bay. On Sunday, we ventured back to Vacaville to find more inspiration, scoring a small end table and towering faux ficus plants from Scandinavian Designs<\/a> and another end table from Pier 1<\/a> that Melody’s been eyeing. Despite the low yield of actual furniture purchases, we were encouraged by our slowly-emerging consensus of how we want our new home to look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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