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    • renovation

      Posted at 9:55 am by jasminedesirees, on March 21, 2016

      house renovations

      Did you miss me? It’s been a pretty crazy few weeks! We bought a house in December, but we basically just shoved our stuff in it, and took off for California and Mexico. Then in January we had house guests for a few weeks in a row so we didn’t get much done, but we finally started working on it at the end of January.

      We ripped out all of the floor, upgraded the bathrooms, and painted everything. At some point in February, we decided to put it up on AirBnB to rent it out for Spring Training (a big deal in the Phoenix area). We didn’t even have flooring in it then, but we figured we would be able to get everything done no problem.

      I ended up traveling to NYC and SF for work during that time, so Derek basically was working on the house all by himself. I got back from SF last Sunday, and the renters were moving in on Wednesday.

      I was working all 3 days as well, so before work and after work I was frantically cleaning and trying to get everything ready. Derek finished laying the last of the tile on Monday(!) and we actually managed to get everything done, just as our tenants were pulling into the driveway.

      It’s basically a miracle we were able to finish in time, also I have the best husband in the world. It was actually kind of sad, the house looked sooo good after months of work, and then someone else got to live in it before we did! But we’ll be back in there on Wednesday, so we don’t have to wait too much longer.

      Posted in other things | 0 Comments | Tagged AirBnB, DIY, homeowners, house, renovations
    • sanur, bali

      Posted at 8:00 am by jasminedesirees, on November 24, 2014

      Once we decided we definitely wouldn’t be able to stay any longer in Australia, we had to decide where in Indonesia we wanted to go. We’d spent a few days in Bali on our way to Flores, and loved it, so we decided to go back and really spend some time there.

      We heard good things about Sanur, so we decided to spend a few days there. I wasn’t crazy about the beaches in Sanur, but it was way nicer than being in the hustle and bustle of Kuta or Legian, and it was a very relaxing few days.

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      We ended up finding a room to rent on AirBnB from the friendliest group of Bulgarians you’d ever care to meet. They lived in an amazing house with a swimming pool right in the center, which is basically where we stayed the entire time we were there.

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      We did manage to venture out into Sanur every day though, and found some awesome places to visit. Our hosts also took us to some really fun places, so I wanted to share them here.

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      The Man Shed– This was basically the coolest bar I’ve been to since the Warehouse. The whole thing is like a garage, filled with old, fixed up cars and bikes, and funky art.

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      Casablanca– Every Friday night at Casablanca they have a “free pour” for an hour, starting at 7 p.m. It is free draft beer for everyone, as many as you can drink, starting at 7, and ending either at 8, or when someone breaks one of the rules. During the free pour, nobody is allowed to be on their phone, leave the restaurant, go to the bathroom, etc, and there are a bunch of funny rules. Everyone is super careful not to break any of the rules because nobody wants to be the reason that a bar full of people are no longer getting free beer, although we were told that it almost never lasts the full hour.

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      Barb’s Sport– This was one of our first stops when we arrived in Sanur, we were both a little sad to have had to leave Australia, so we hung out with all the Australians and watched football with the Aussies. They have really good food, and their iced coffee is pretty much legendary. Weeks later when we were staying on the other side of Bali, we had to make a trip near Sanur and were seriously considering stopping in Sanur just to go back to Barb’s to get another one.

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      Night Market- If you are in Sanur, be sure to stop in a the Night Market for supper. There are lots of delicious little morsels for sale, but the best thing to get is at the very back corner of the market, where a little fish restaurant is set up. You choose your cut from the cooler filled with all different kinds of freshly caught seafood, and they grill it for you right there. A fillet of Mahi-Mahi with rice and onions will set you back USD $3, $6 if you want a one liter Bintang to wash it down.

      They also have an amazing smoothie stand where you can get fresh juice with every single fruit in the world for only $1 USD. I spent a LOT of time at the smoothie stand.

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      Posted in Indonesia, travel | 2 Comments | Tagged AirBnB, Bali, Indonesia, sanur, travel
    • rectory

      Posted at 1:44 am by jasminedesirees, on January 23, 2014

      I signed up for AirBnB awhile ago, but hadn’t had a chance to use it yet. After the new year I got an email from them offering one night free if you booked two nights, so I decided to give it a try when we went down to L.A.

      We found this amazing house to stay in, it used to be an old Catholic rectory, turned into a home by a cool musician and his wife. Our stay was lovely, he worked nights and slept during the day so we barely saw him and had the place to ourselves, and it was one of the most beautiful and most unique places I’ve ever stayed.

      There was a lot of stained glass windows, and lots of tiny little details that really made it special. I also loved his collection of musical instruments, scattered around the house as decoration, and also ready to be played at any time.

      Our first AirBnB experience was awesome, I’m planning a trip to New York in March (I’ve never been, and I’m soooo excited, I’ve wanted to go since I was little) so I’ll definitely be looking around to find a neat place to stay there during my visit.

       

      Posted in California, Los Angeles, travel, USA | 0 Comments | Tagged AirBnB, architecture, catholic church, decoration, design, Los Angeles, rectory
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