…it’ll be in good hands (provided we don’t screw it up beyond recognition first). Our six year old friend, Xander, recently drew us a picture. It’s the story of a robot that plays, breaks, gets recycled into a can, and then the can gets thrown in the garbage.

So he threw the can in the trash [...]

We’re starting a new column here at TheLOH – Your Tangible Shopper. You know, for when something catches me enough to actually buy it, or at least visit it off screen and in person.
I found Brook Farm General Store while browsing Big Cartel for our Virtual Shopper column we started earlier this month, and decided [...]

We took Sunday off and got back to work on Monday.
Check out the first six posts here, here, here, here, here, and here.
See where this whole project is heading here.
In a sick plot twist, I pulled a muscle in my back pretty bad on Monday, so I’m out of commission, and this is really a [...]

… is to save ourselves. The earth, barring any disaster on the galactic or universal level, will be just fine. It will flick us off like fleas and put on a nice icy scab for anywhere from 10,000 to 220,000,000 years, and keep on keepin’ on.
In addition to 99.9% of our genes, the only thing [...]

On to Saturday – more rain.
Check out the first five posts here, here, here, here, and here.
See where this whole project is heading here.
We sifted and loaded for the first four hours of the day then headed up to the recycling spot in Sun Valley at noon to unload.
Armand wonders if his feet will ever [...]

Hello Friday.
Peruse the first four posts here, here, here, and here.
See where this whole project is heading here.
Armand’s aching back begged us to change our sift strategy. All of that bending over to pick garbage out of the ‘crete was taking a toll. We used a busted patio chair to get the sifter higher.

The shovel [...]

What began as a simple trilogy has become a full-blown eight part saga, and not because the first few installments made a ton of money, believe you me, even though we live in Los Angeles and work in the biz.
We got down to work in June, expecting the job to take 2 months, maybe three. [...]

At the beginning of October I wrote about this plan to bring in a prefab unit for our future Guesthouse/Studios.
Out of the 18 prefab companies we researched, we found that Summerwood would be the best bargain and the best suited for us. A 520 square foot unit would wind up costing around $40,000 once [...]

Lately I’ve been spending both airport and sky time devouring whatever design mags catch my eye at the terminal. The Dec/Jan issue of House Beautiful has a photo of what I’ve had in mind for framing out all of the doors and windows.
(photo credit: housebeautiful.com)
Our friends have a stack of old railroad ties that they’ve [...]

Read Part 1 here.
We picked up our check today!

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Everyone out here calls him Armando :)