Billie's Office

Things have been busy since the semester started at the end of August, but we have a lot of pictures that we've taken since then, so there will be fairly regular posts for a while. Today we have some pictures of Billie's office for you. These pictures were all taken after Billie took over and was able to clean the office a bit, but she is still working on getting things arranged the way she wants them.

This is the outside of the building

Here is the door to the Diakon office

This is the view out into the hallway from Billie's desk

In this picture you can see the map of Berks County that Billie's coworkers put up for her

Billie's desk

And finally, the filing cabinet.

Pennsylvanian Sunset

Billie and I went for a walk after dinner tonight and I took a couple of pictures of the scenery around our apartment.

This is the road that we take to get out of our apartment complex.

And this is the sun setting over a field behind one of the other apartment complexes.

Trip to San Francisco, Volume II

Here are the rest of our pictures from San Francisco, starting with the top of Lombard Street (as promised).

The top of Lombard Street with Coit Tower in the background

The view from a cable car heading toward Fisherman's Wharf. The island is Alcatraz.

We made it to the water eventually

Here is the proof

This is the view of the city from one of the piers

The Golden Gate Bridge was usually shrouded in fog

This is the view from our tour bus as we approached the bridge

After dealing with some cold winds we made it across the bridge

You can see the fog rolling over the top of the hill

The Bay Bridge

And finally, the business district at nightfall

Trip to San Francisco, Volume I

Billie and I went to San Francisco from August 6th to 11th so that I could go to the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. Because I was attending the conference she got to spend quite a bit more time sightseeing than I did. These pictures were taken by both of us while we were there. The other half will be posted tomorrow.

The view of the airport on the way to the subway

The Handlery Hotel where we stayed

Yes, there are hills

Thankfully, there are also cable cars

Nighttime in Chinatown

After dinner in Chinatown

City Hall

The painted ladies

The intersection of Haight and Ashbury

The bottom of Lombard Street

The top of Lombard Street and some bridges are coming up tomorrow.

Today's post concludes the tour of our new apartment with some pictures of the kitchen (click on the pictures for larger versions). You can also see posts covering the bedroom and bathroom, the living room, and the computer areas.

Kitchen 1 before

Kitchen 1 during (yeah, we have a lot of stuff for the kitchen, too)

Kitchen 1 after

Kitchen 2 before

Kitchen 2 during

Kitchen 2 after

Kitchen 3 before

Kitchen 3 during

Kitchen 3 after

And finally, the patio outside our apartment

And the view from the patio

Apartment in Detail: Computer Areas

Today's portion of our apartment tour covers our desk areas (that used to be part of the "office" room back when we had a three bedroom apartment). Don't forget to check out the bedroom and bathroom and the living room and, as always, click on the pictures for larger versions.

Billie's computer area before

Billie's computer area during

Billie's computer area after

Sliding glass doors before

Sliding glass doors after

Brent's computer area before

Brent's computer area during (have you noticed that we have a lot of stuff?)

Brent's computer area after (the desk changed colors!)

The wall between Brent's computer area and the kitchen before

The wall between Brent's computer area and the kitchen after