I'm feeling peaceful. Chris and Dan's house has always done that for me. This is a new house, though, quite different from a half-good, half-hood area of San José. At Salmonberg -- the original name of Redmond, Washington -- there's more than one acre, trees, and the pleasures of a European aesthetic throughout.
And Microsoft is only miles away.
Here's the spectacular tulip bed:
And the dining nook, bedecked with succulents:
And Chris, authentically blurry: