We bought the leaf in 2016 because a $36,000 car turned into a $16,000 car after all the rebates…and they financed it with 0% interest for 5 years. The car had a 100+ mile range when we bought it and we were pissed when we found out that the 2017 year model came out the […]
Friendsgiving was another success. Cedric, Tami, Roger, and Susan came over with some amazing food and we discovered some new holiday staples. And then everyone else brought some amazing dishes to round out the dinner!! Every dish was great! And some neighbors came over after dinner.
Lina decided she wanted to go to New York for her birthday this year and we asked some friends where to go. The most interesting suggestion was Double Chicken Please, which is a bar/restaurant where the drink menu reads like the food menu. The drinks were very good, but I’ve never seen a better organized
I finally found my BBQ Mecca after years of searching! It all started around 2008. I had just started a new job where we have to hang around a conference booth in San Antonio, TX for four hours in the evening. My boss calls me at 10 am and says “We’re going out for BBQ.
My industrial sewing table for my Sailrite machine is finally complete: I used the last big sheet of wetbar 3/4″ mahogany plywood and sandwiched two pieces together to give me some mass when doing leather and grommet work. Outside and inside edges are mahogany from the Philippines. The inside hole was copied from the manufacturers
There are several holy grails of Tiki, and the moving hula lamp is one of them. These lamps in working condition sell for over $1,200 on eBay all the time and just the cast of the woman sells for $300+ dollars. I think there are two main casts of the hula girl. Ours is the
Our tiki fraternity has a convention every five years, so we all went to Florida to Celebrate its 20 year history. Southwest wanted us to fly through Houston, so we decided to spend the night with some friends. We visited Meow Wolf Radio Tave and an interactive video game space before our flight. The convention
Our Tiki Fraternity is having it’s 5-year convention in Florida, so my chapter had a special tapa cloth designed. I bought some of it from Spoonflower and sewed it into a lavalava, the traditional clothing of Polynesia. I had big plans, but it ended up being pretty simple. I am particularly proud of the two
Our friend Grey was selling a velvet Elvis from his collection. Our other friends, Shawn and George, have always wanted a velvet Elvis. I put them together and they bought the painting. I volunteered to make the frame. It took a while and too many mistakes were made, but the frame was finally completed. This