Grocery shopping

Here for shopping you dont get Shoprite or Stop & Shop. There are other stores like Safeway, Raleys, Safemart etc. For buying vegetables and fruits, Koreana Market on Cordova Center is very cheap, but be careful for picking as sometimes u get bad quality.
Walmart, Sears Outlet, Kmart is right on Folsom blvd. You can hop on the train and you are right across destination in couple of minutes.
For Indian grocery store, Asian Market and India Bazar is there on Cordova Center. You will get most of the stuff here or you can request and they will get it for you in next order. Fruits and vegetables are cheap as compare to NJ. Better way to eat healthy and keep yourself fit and fine.
Udupi Restataruant located on Sunrise blvd is pure veg and sat n sun they have buffet also.
Life is relaxing here as come to NY/NJ. You will much more relax and peaceful.

Finding an Apartment

Finding Apartment:
There are all different kind of aspects, anybody will consider for apartment search, like;
1. Nice Neighborhood
2. Safety
3. Clean and tidy apartments
4. Good Maintenance staff
5. Near Public Transportation
6. Reasonable price

All this aspects are very necessary. We did some homework for these. We did checked out www.rent.com; www.forrent.com etc. Also side by side, for getting a overview of how things are going in specific apartment complex, www.apartmentratings.com was very helpful site.
After doing ground work, we had sorted out the apartments we were interested in.
Next day, we took appointment and started checking out different apartments. It was very tedious process, but we got lucky to get good one. Winner was 'Windsor Ridge Apartment'. Community is nice, safe and near to train station. Apartments are also nice and clear with good maintenance staff. Also we preferred to stay in month-to-month lease, which also worked out for us.

Reached our Destination...Sacramento,CA

8 hr of flight is really exhaustive. Thank God , our flight was on time and United Airlines were great for its service, cleanliness and courteous staff. We landed in Sacramento, CA.
Nobody was there to pick up. So we booked 'Supper Shuttle'. The driver was nice and for all 6 bags, they charged us pretty reasonable. If you want to save some bucks , you can definately get great deal with this kind of service. I bet private taxi would cost me double of what I paid to shuttle driver.

We were already having reservation with "Extended Stay America" at Point East Rd, Rancho Cordova. Tammy at front desk was very helpful and she also changed our room on request. Rooms were clean and tidy. We stayed for couple of days and I felt safe and secure at this place.
Bed sheets and utensils were also clean. So kind of, I can surely recommend this motel to anybody who is moving to Sacramento.

Moving from NJ

My husband got job in Northern CA. So we moved from NJ to CA. We were little bit skeptical about moving to CA because of its high cost, but then we decided to move. Everything was packed and bags were ready to go in USPS, FEDEX..[You can check out my ehow article on 'How to pack for moving'/ I have given some every cost effective and economical solutions there.]
It was not easy to pack all the stuff but due to proper planning we were able to accomplish it. Things were sorted out according to its usage and others were given in charity.
We called AAA taxi , which gave us good deal for taxi van for JFK airport. Taxi driver dropped us right on time to JFK airport. In spite of over weight, our bags were checked in and attendant, didnt ask for extra bucks for the weight. We were lucky on that side.
So it was BYE to NJ/NY.