Moving Day

ABF moving company dropped off the cube as scheduled. When I opened it up, I was a bit taken aback by all the stuff we still have.  Next time, we're just taking the car.

Luckily, we have an empty two-bedroom apartment in which to put it.

Our new living room. Minimalist at this point.

The kitchen is no great shakes. Yes, gasp, it's an electric range. I'm going to have to learn to cook all over again.

The hallways give us a lot of art-hanging wall space. All the better to cover up the rather ugly eggplant paint on the right.

The mattress from the Ikea futon we bought, for a place to sleep the night before the cube arrived, and a future guest bed.  Yes, it is comfortable, so all you future guests take notice. Check back tomorrow for the assembling-Ikea-crap pics.

But a fraction of the boxes I hauled down the steps at the right. This is our front door and patio area.

We ended our first day in the new digs with a proper meal at this little Sichuan restaurant in the neighborhood.

The salt and pepper tofu was to die for. The garlicky Chinese broccoli (芥蓝 gailan) was perfectly cooked.

The veggie dumplings were killer.

Even the carnivore loved them.