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After only about 30 minutes of waiting in traffic we arrive. - IMG 0146
Our final haul: 7 chairs, an end table, and a bookcase. - IMG 0147
Can it fit? Leslie had her doubts, but she fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The first is never get involved in a land war in Asia. The second, and only slightly less well-known, is this: never underestimate the power of the hatch. - IMG 0148
Voila! - IMG 0149
The dining chairs, $20 each. - IMG 0150
The living room with Bryan's stuff moved in. This includes the couch, piano, guitar, TV, electronics, HUGE speakers (soon to be repainted). The room doesn't look quite as big now, but it's much more homey. - IMG 0151
More living room. - IMG 0152
And again, from the patio. - IMG 0153
The patio, featuring our Ikea end table and $10 (!) arm chairs. - IMG 0154
The kitchen. Not it's cleanest; we just entertained. - IMG 0155
Hallway, and a bit of my bookshelf. - IMG 0156
The reading nook in the bedroom, featuring the inexplicably large and comfy green chair, former star in Bryan's Speedway Apartment. - IMG 0157
The bed. Really it's nicer than this picture, the flash's light is not very flattering. - IMG 4135
the curtains leslie made - IMG 4137
one bedroom wall - IMG 4138
another bedroom wall - IMG 4139
the bed - IMG 4141
the bath - IMG 4143
more bath - IMG 4144
bryan's desk, thanks ikea - IMG 4145
office bookshelves - IMG 4146
leslie's desk, a little more chaotic - IMG 4147
leslie's desk + view from window - IMG 4148
looking down on living room from the stairs - IMG 3962
wild mushroom and sausage lasagna with red pepper tomato sauce. cook/prep time: 3.5 hours. (www.epicurious.comrecipes/recipe_views/views/11626) - IMG 3964
serving suggestion if you, as bryan does, churn through 8,000 calories/day - IMG 3966
paul, mia, and beer: the hamms' long and glorious tradition - IMG 4102
the man with an electrical engineering degree attempts to replace the batteries in leslie's street-vendor purchased mermaid lighter. - IMG 4104
he thinks he's figured it out! but alas, he has not only failed to replace the batteries, but also broken it beyond repair. so if anyone runs across a mermaid lighter with blinking nipples that plays "fur elise," pick one up for us, please. - IMG 4115
leslie and jeff in synchronized cooking.