Today I discovered

[mme_hardy]

 ... that my house, which I had always vaguely assumed was on an east-facing slope, is actually on a north-facing slope.

I found this out by installing a compass app and saying to my husband, "Hey, this compass app is broken!"     Apparently it isn't.   All these years, I figured that "My back window looks across San Francisco Bay to the other side" meant that I was looking east, or some variation on it.   Somehow I reconciled this belief with the knowledge that on both solstices the rising sun shines in through my bedroom window, which is at a right angle to the back slope.

I can only say "Duh". 

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[sara]

Distinctive silk flowers, a statue of an elephant once in a while...really ANYTHING. But noooo, it's narrow taupe corridors all the way down.

[mme_hardy]

Parking garages figured it out long ago.

If you did it right, you'd have a Downton Abbey/stately homes vibe. "You'll be on the Orchid Floor."