Goodyear, Good Golfing

We've been lucky enough to golf every weekend since I arrived in CA. One of the courses we played in LA was right next to the Goodyear blimp's parking spot. They must have been training people to fly the blimp because it kept taking off and landing the whole time we were playing. This was at the tee box for the 17th hole - no pressure, Stu.

Summer Lovin'

Zach & Tish's wedding in Palm Springs: 5:30pm on the 18th hole of Indian Wells Country Club. Gorgeous and sunny, but it was also 102 degrees. The icy mojitos at the reception were a welcome refreshment.

Renovations

After moving my stuff to LA in mid-March, I finally arrived in early May. One of the first orders of business was to repaint the bathroom from a "vibrant" red-orange to something more bathroom appropriate. Some of the walls in the living room and bedroom are a shade of orange, but a much more neutral version that looks great. We thought a nice neutral purple might work in the bathroom, but $50 worth of paint and primer later, with one wall painted, we decided otherwise. On our next run to Home Depot, we were walking towards the paint and saw a single sample laying off to the side - "Brown Fox" - and we knew it was perfect. With the white trim, I like to think it's my personal piece of Nantucket, right here in LA.

Here you can see me happily working on demolition and pre-painting prep (along with the beautiful red-orange color of the walls). The white part in the upper right used to be a big cabinet that the previous owner probably installed in 1936 - it was dirty and blocked all the light in the bathroom, so down it came. And so goes Stu's introduction to home improvement.

Whenever I get started on a project, I get so excited about it, I'm up at 6am working on it (to Stu's delight). Bonus? The whole thing was done in 48 hours including painting and priming one wall purple and then priming plus painting and touch-ups with the final color.

And here you can see BROWN FOX!! The new color made me as happy as the demolition.

Now all we have to do is get the floor replaced after a "minor" toilet leak caused black stuff to ooze out between the seams in the wood laminate flooring. A light red stain on the white baseboard is now black and fuzzy from the same problem.