The HouseHolders
We are a couple in our thirties, travelers at heart, and visual artists who have fallen in love with the San Francisco Bay Area and its surroundings.
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Jon
Most of my jobs have involved working with people rather than animals and I have never had pets of my own but I enjoy spending time with them whether it's walking and playing with your dog or scratching your cat behind the ear. I spend a lot of time at home reading and writing as well as editing my film projects and have found animals to be the best company.
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In college, I lived in a house with 10-15 foster shelter cats while they waited for the right home and got used to waking up with a kitten on my face and typing emails and papers with the words sfdgusodfin and woihfnfin. Since graduating, I have had many different jobs from Mental Health Worker to B&B manager and am currently working freelance. I am a figurative painter and Kat and I share an art studio in Inner Richmond, San Francisco.
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I have lived in New York City and Stockholm and traveled in other countries since graduating. I have often pet sat for friends' cats and dogs as well as property owner's emus, roosters and sheep and have lived with wild long-tailed macaques and kangaroos in my backyard. Animals of all kinds are a pleasure to work with and have around and I would very much enjoy the opportunity to get to know and hang out with your pets.
Kat
I grew up with Journey, Spikey, Hitchiker and Sam (a golden retriever, a cockatiel, a rescued cat and a mixed breed shaggy dog). Out of college, I bought a two family home and adopted two mischievous cats of my own. Animals tall, small, needy and independent, make me happy and I hope to make them happy.
I'm a mixed media artist and sculptor who for the past ten years has worked an array of jobs; as an art conservation tech, graphic artist and designer, assistant to a warrior-inspired pet apparel entreprenuer and co-managing a floating bed & breakfast in the San Francisco Bay, to name a few.
In 2006, I sold my home in Western Massachusetts and relocated to the central highlands of Mexico for three years and spent six months of those traveling throughout South America and working with a couple of humanitarian non-profits in Peru and Colombia.
I love the adventure of international travel and wandering foreign lands but have learned that exploring local haunts can be just as exciting and inspiring to my creative pursuits. Jon and I have had the privilege of care taking in Australia, New England and, now, the San Francisco Bay area.
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