Monday, August 27, 2007

We've moved! (again)

Our building that we used to live in was sold and the new owner has issued the Ellis Act in order to evict all the tenants from the building. Therefore we had to move.
Although we were very sad to have to leave our apartment and neighborhood, we've found another apartment that we love. It has all the amenities that we were looking for and we can't wait for you all to come and visit us here.

Here are a few pictures of the apartment on moving day. To follow, hopefully soon, will be photos of the progress.

the entrance (1st floor)

the office (1st floor)

the master bedroom (1st floor)

the kitchen (2nd floor)

dining room/living room (2nd floor)

We've moved! (again) part 2

More pics

living room (2nd floor)

guest bedroom (3rd floor)

our private roof deck

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Barry Bonds Breaks Baseball Home Run Record

Thanks to one of Shan's reps who gave him free bleacher seats to the game, we were there when Bonds hit his 756th home run.

a shot of Bonds right after he hit the ball

as Barry Bonds is coming into home plate

Monday, August 6, 2007

Lisa's Mom and Dad visit San Francisco


On Saturday mornings in San Francisco the Ferry Building holds one of the largest Farmers Market in the city.



We joined the other 10,000 shoppers here for tons of free samples and some of the freshest produce used for our dinner that night.


The vineyard so nice we had to go back twice! (those of you from NY, I hope you know where I stole this from)
Mom and Dad pose in front of the plentiful grapevines of Viansa Winery.


It's not summer in San Francisco without the fog. As the sun sets, we drive back into the city to see the Golden Gate Bridge disappear as the fog rolls in.

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Shan's mom visits SF

Shan and his mom at Viansa's Winery

(Shan's cousin's, Sachiko and Emma)
Emma checks out her new toys!

(Emma and Greg)
Emma takes a ride on her daddy's shoulders

Monday, June 11, 2007

We're Engaged and Planning our Wedding!!

This is a pic from the night Shan popped the question. Please check the wedding info section on our blog as we'll be updating it periodically with our wedding plans.

Sunday, June 10, 2007

A little bit about Simply Hired

You might notice what is called a widget on the right hand side of the page. This is a product that Simply Hired offers called Job-a-Matic. So far 1,500 of them have signed up for this service...in less than 4 months. This is going to allow us to ride the Web 2.0 wave that has been called the Long Tail or the Blogosphere. These publishers can sell postings on their board, and if they do Simply Hired gets a cut. We also provide backfill their jobs in case they don't sell that many. This allows for their job content to stay fresh and relevant. I'm not selling jobs. I just did this to see how the process works, but you can see that we have our own little job board on our blog now. It took me 5 minutes.

If anyone clicks on the backfilled jobs the blog gets a cut and Simply Hired gets an even bigger cut. Finally, w/ some of our larger publishers I can bundle a number of blogs into a larger buy and sell them to HP, Apple, etc. This is one part of our 3 prong sales strategy, which also includes Simply Hired (of course) and MySpace (which garners 10% of all page view online).

This component of our strategy allows us to take the jobs to where job seekers are living and breathing online instead of posting jobs and waiting for candidates to find them (i.e. HotJobs, Careerbuilder, Monster, etc). So far...2 months into the job our advertisers have been very receptive to the message.

Now maybe some of you will kind of, sort of, know part of what I do! That means you, Mom. I would love to hear what you all think.

Monday, May 28, 2007

Mom and Jen's trip to San Francisco

Here are some pictures of when mom and Jen came to visit. We had a great time and it was great spending Mother's Day together. Thanks for coming out here ladies!! - Lisa xoxo

at Pier 39 checking out the sea lions

"So that's how they get the fortunes into the fortune cookies!"


taking a trip on a trolley

at Muir Woods

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Our recent camping trip to Sonoma Coast State Beach


our campsite

Shan's favorite camping activity

enjoying the sunset

Congratulations Laurissa and Justin!

their first dance


taking their vows

at the rehearsal dinner

Saturday, April 7, 2007

Go Giants!

inside AT&T Park
Typical for San Francisco at night, it's a bit foggy. But, can you see the large boats out in the bay?

a popular chant for the evening

Lou Seal trying to rally the fans by dancing on the dugout.

Believe it or not, this is Shan's first major league baseball game!
Even though the Giants lost, we had a great time.

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Our trip to Big Sur and Carmel

Shan has taken some time between jobs. So we've taken this opportunity to travel around northern California.


California coastline


Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park

Bixby Creek Bridge (aka Rainbow Bridge)
Big Sur

our view at lunch
Big Sur

Can you find the sea otters?

a room with a view
Highlands Inn, Carmel

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Congratulations on your new job Shan!!


Shan has recently accepted a job as Director of Sales at Simply Hired.

To make the hour commute to Mountain View a bit easier Shan "invested" in a new car.


Sunday, April 1, 2007

See where we live

our apartment building

that's the Golden Gate Bridge among the fog

Lombard St.

driving across the Golden Gate Bridge