Ben, Mikah, the 3 cats, and I have relocated to the beautiful Portland! We’re loving spending the end of summer here in our new home. We are also enjoying having NO SALES TAX! Oakland had a 9.75% sales tax charge so it’s quite a nice change to have. We’re also happy to extend this no tax-ness to our customers. Horray for Portland!

Here are some pics from our drive up. Most noteable a mural Ben did almost TEN YEARS AGO that is still partially visible today. This will be the last time we will see it for a while so I took a shot while driving by on the Highway. If you’re in the Bay Area, check it out sometime!

Original photos from 2001. The mural reads “As they sail, they go through ups and downs but always remain balanced” and features 10 illustrated steps on how to make a paper boat. The top left text reads “Boat Journeys.”

A photo of Ben working on the mural….

And here it is in 2009! Unfortunately there has been some (really ugly) graffiti over it, but I find it pretty amazing that you can still see a good portion of it almost a decade later…

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Goodbye rolling yellow California hills….

Hello, pine tree covered Oregon!