This is the single most important item on our registry, but also the most intangible. We probably won't be able to purchase a home for many years, but we will put this money into a dedicated account set aside for the down-payment on our first home. We will continue to contribute to this account until home ownership becomes a financial reality. Thank you so much for considering this gift, hopefully one day it will go toward the home we will raise our children in.

This flex beater is perfect for scrapping the bowl while the kitchen aid mixes. Thank you for all the future cookies!

This cookie sheet evenly distributes the heat - helping mitigate our oven's eccentricities. With this Jen will no longer have to strategically rotate her pastries.

This is the pump for the inflatable kayak. Yes, however cool a rigid kayak would be, it would not fit in a San Francisco apartment. This gift is key to the success of the kayak, and we are very appreciative of whomever gets it.

As you may know, we travel by tandem in the city. These panniers would be a significant upgrade from our current panniers, that Chris used to go cross country. Clean, waterproof, without holes, these are our dream panniers.

Lifejackets! Key to ocean tandem kayaking. These jackets are perfect for longer treks, and designed to keep our faces out of the water if we get knocked unconscious. Thank you so much for considering this gift.

A skinny, rolly, nifty bookshelf! Soo cool. This will be the rare book collection! Thank you!

In addition to grinding angles, this tool is excellent for all kinds of things. Chris used to have one before the terrible movers, and it worked for sharpening tools, rough stone cutting, cleaning messy welds, slightly crude tile cutting, and generally answering the questions, 'how do I cut that?' and, 'how can I make this fit?' Thank you very much for considering this versatile tool.

Every home needs one good cordless drill. This Makita is the latest in this brand's evolution of awesomeness. Thank you very much for considering this tool!

Some of my family members may remember giving me a palm sander - which I still have and use. The orbital sander eliminates directional groves when sanding - excellent for buffing out scuffs in wood floors, or furniture making. Thank you for considering this gift!

This bit collection is a great all in one set to accompany the cordless drill. Thank you!

This is the only gift that we are including with a professional focus. This lens is perfect for shooting landscape architectural work, it can capture detail in the foreground and context with the wide lens. As we have moved into the phase of our careers with built work, we are starting to build a photographic library of our work for our portfolios - and this lens would be the next step in making this library more professional. Thank you so much, this tool will be well appreciated.

We have decided to upgrade our coffee table after movers destroyed Chris's handmade coffee table. This table represents the material cost and method that Chris wants to attempt to build himself. Thank you!

As many of you know, we get about town on a tandem bicycle. Now we want to paddle around as well. Chris used to canoe and kayak when he was younger, and is excited to take Jen on trips around the Finger Lakes, the East River, San Francisco Bay, and wherever they go in their lives together.

After years of catastrophic kettle failure and near fires (seriously) - we would love to have a whistling highly durable grown-up kettle. Jen is a die-hard hot water fan.

Jen LOVES baking. And she uses a cheap small tin to melt her butter - also sometimes causing small fires. A real butter warmer would make Jen's life so much better and decrease Chris's anxiety level. This would be AWESOME and loved forever.

We eat ice cream all the time. Making ice cream will be even better!

Jen is a carbo-holic with a strong preference for pasta. Being able to make her own pasta will open up a whole new world for her.

Pop overs are delicious. Jen has been eyeing this pan for years. Chris thanks you for enabling Jen to finally make him tasty pop-overs.

This is part of our new dishware collection. Cute, grey, and simple. Thank you so much!

This is a super expensive casserole dish - but it is a lifetime tool. We have two items from creuset that we have cooked with for years, and they are indestructible. Thank you for considering this gift, it will be well used, now, and when we start our family.

Paddles for the kayak - because we are not hardcore enough to successfully propel ourselves through cupping our hands. Thank you for this gift, it will be very appreciated and well used.

To stay warm while paddling the kayak. For our east coast family, you would not believe how cold the water in San Francisco is. This gift will be well used and keep Chris warm enough to get Jen back to shore.

This is a wetsuit for Jen, to keep her warm and happy in the kayak. A warm woman in a boat is a (more likely to be) happy woman in a boat :) Thank you so much for considering this gift, as it is truly key to the success of tandem kayaking.

Chris loves to build things, and now that we have a garage Chris is once again building small projects. This chop saw will serve Chris's needs now, and more importantly, be a key tool for the future refurbishment of our first home. Thank you so much for this tool, it will be well used.

For those of you familiar with 'Tool Time,' this is a grunting worthy tool. Compatible with routing tables and free routing and etching by hand, this tool will enable a degree of finesse to Chris's woodworking. Fun for projects now, this tool will one day be key for Chris's refurbishment of their first home. Thank you for considering this tool!

This is actually a crazy good deal. All the router bits one could reasonably need (unless of course trying to match antique molding), at a great price. This set would accompany the router in future woodworking adventures. Thanks so much!

This luxurious item will enable Jen to cool multiple batches of cookies at once! The grid is key for omni-direction spatula work. Thank you very much for considering this gift!

We would use this for rolling out dough on our kitchen counter - which is made of tile with really wide grooves that catch the dough. Baking will suddenly become so much cleaner. Thank you for considering this gift.

Chris is excited to make pizza, and Jen bread, on this pizza stone. Thank you very much!

This is part of our new dishes collection - a lovely grey set for future family dinners. Beautiful pasta bowls to go with our new handmade pasta! Oh YUM!

Plates - the essential element of all our future meals. These will be used every day. Thank you so much!

This serving bowl will be great for when we have friends and family over. We like to serve family style - hopefully if you stop by sometime we can make you a great dinner and serve you in this bowl!

These are lovely towels that will become the top choice in our linen closet. Thank you