Home (check), playground (check), yarn store (check)

Mister T, Miss L and I had a successful trip to San Francisco to find a home. After six appointments on the first day I was not feeling very excited about any of the places we looked at, just okay. We had only two appointments the next day and when one of them was canceled by the broker I really started to lose hope. We went to the sole appointment that day with absolutely no expectations and as soon as we walked through the door we were blown away. We signed the lease that day. We had found a home that we would love to live in.

Our new home is in Presidio Heights. It is a full-floor flat in a 100-year old home with beautifully restored original Edwardian details. While we won't have a yard or outdoor space we just couldn't pass up the interior space, which is double the size of our current apartment in New York. It will be a home we can grow into. Some of the fun features of our new space is a jack-and-jill bathroom between two of the bedrooms, a working fireplace in the foyer and views of the Golden Gate from the dining room and master bedroom. It doesn't have a built-in ironing board, but I decided to let that pass. I can use Mama N's ironing board that she gave me.

There is a playground a few blocks away in a neighborhood park that borders the Presidio. And I found a lovely yarn store, Atelier, that is about a ten-minute walk. They have gorgeous yarns and offer a number of classes. The bins of yarn contain labels to tell you the needle size and other details, which I thought was a really nice touch.

Now that I have a place to move, something tangible, I am getting excited for life in San Francisco. I just wish all of my mama friends could come with me! It is going to be so hard to say goodbye. It makes my heart feel heavy.