Well I know its been a while since my last post but we made it to LA safe and sound. The road trip was amazing!! I'm so glad we did it. Since we arrived on the west coast we have been very busy trying to get settled here. Unfortunately our laptop broke too :( so I had limited access to the internet for a few weeks which also made it difficult to keep up with the blog.
Our first order of business when we arrived was to find an apartment. My college roommate who lives here was nice enough to let us stay with her until we found a place to live, however her building doesn't allow dogs so Elvis had to be on his best behavior. We were spending every day trying to find an apartment which was proving to be really hard with a dog- most buildings here don't allow them which is surprising considering the number of people that seem to own dogs. It was much harder than in New York City where most buildings did not seem to care if you had pets. However in LA many landlords wanted additional pet deposits, sometimes two months rent rather than one, and/or also wanted to charge us an additional pet rent per month ranging from $50 to $100. We did not want to pay the extra rent but were eventually able to find a very nice and pet-friendly building for Elvis. He even has a new pug friend, Kevin, that lives next door.
The movers with our furniture came from the east coast on Sunday and we have lots of unpacking to do. Currently I'm surrounded in boxes as I write this but it will all get done eventually! In the mean time we have all been enjoying the beautiful California weather, especially Elvis! More posts about our west coast adventures soon.
Here is a shot of the Santa Monica Pier at Sunset - We took Elvis for a walk here one night and he loved the walking along the boardwalk as much as we did.
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Elvis is getting ready for the beach...sort of. He was not a fan of the sunglasses :(
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I think he still looks cool with them on top of his head.
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