Silicon Valley - The Purple Sink

Steven stares in disbelief at the purple sink 

The good news is that Steven has a great new job as Medical Director for a biotech firm, smack dab in downtown Palo Alto. He starts November 4th.  And my firm is also located in Palo Alto, just two miles from his employer.  So we are now moving to Northern California (with frequent visits back to San Diego).  We'll keep our house in San Diego and rent in Silicon Valley.

Now comes the hard work of moving.

As I write this, we have just returned from Silicon Valley, land of Google and Apple and Facebook and even NASA. Land of 980 sq. foot homes with one bathroom selling for $2 million!  Steven and I crisscrossed Redwood City, Atherton, Mountain View, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, and Los Altos to view a dozen rental properties.  We also learned that one community flows into the next and sometimes you only  know you’ve crossed over the line by the color of the street signs. It's a long stretch of leafy suburbia with not a skyscraper in sight.  The big landmark is Stanford with its bell tower. 

The last home we viewed contained the purple sink.  Lest you doubt me, see photo above.  Note how the purple sink nicely clashes with the countertop.  I say, if you’re going to go rogue, go all the way.  This house was a little too much for us.  Too big, too purple.  But we do have three applications in and are on waiting to hear which house we'll rent exactly where.  

More details as I have them.