Hurricane Spencer

Spencer turned one and decided it was time to wreak havoc on our house. All the books are off the book shelves, the toilet paper is usually unraveled into a messy pile on the bathroom floor, etc, etc... I had sort of forgotten how much damage one little tyke can manage. When left to his own devices, it's actually quite impressive.

Brilliant

I think this frame wallpaper is brilliant.

{By Graham and Brown via Simple Lovely.}

Pumpkin Carving

I just finished carving a pumpkin using a picture I found on a random blog last Halloween. It really wasn't as tricky as I thought it would be and I'm definitely pleased with the results. Just in time for Trick-or-Treat tomorrow night!

Cristian, having second thoughts about his new FBM ink. Photo:cran cran

Jive photos from Brian Rainsfeild

Here are some old photos Brian scanned in recently you can find more at www.flickr.com/photos/rainsfoto/ Brian will be tieing the knot in Florida this weekend, congatulations. Willie Nelson is performing the service.. on weed, I cant wait. Lets get margarita'd.


Crack Scott being ridiculous, seriously. Im sure the trumpet was blowing after this.



Regec and the 40oz wallride, I believe Jay had already won the 40, dialed none the less.




Tibbs at Rock City



Neat.



Brett show!

Simple, Yet Delicious

Anytime, I find a great recipe that is simple yet delicious, I feel inclined to share it. I just made this one from Everyday Food and it was just that...simple and delicious! (But really, can you go wrong with any recipe that calls for bacon and half & half?)

(P.S. I substituted bow-tie pasta for the angel hair, red onion for the shallots and if I make it again, I will most likely add more bacon.)

update

weird tree

junk

matt rules!!! water source and signage

be cool have fun!!! yea

Heck yeah!

Life is good, don't fuck around, be real, have as much fun as possible. Just sayin.

Mr Hewitt are you amped?

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Most of these shots are by Tobe, who is moving to Philly for the winter, avoiding mediocraty and living the dream, wish him well at The Club this evening. More photos @ flickr.com/photos/liverad


Wow, completly styled bunny hop.


Sweet Teapee


Jim Jones and C-ville Rob showed up with this tasty treat.

Plate Wall

My sister-in-law Autumn turned the plate wall idea I blogged about here into a reality in her own kitchen and it looks fantastic! Love this idea. Autumn, thanks for sharing!

(Update: The plate wall I originally blogged about belongs to San Francisco based artist and collector Lisa Congdon. You can see pictures of this and her other amazing collections which were featured on SF Girl By the Bay, here.)

A Match Made in Heaven

I'm thinking this bedroom and I were meant to be.

{Via Real Simple Magazine, Oct. 2008}

Dangerous

I picked this book up from the library yesterday and I'm getting all sorts of crazy ideas. Although I'm in over my head in home projects already (yes, my kitchen is still red... and green... and now part blue...) I'm thinking this book will be a handy little resource for my future home decor endeavors.

(Bonus: Since I was the first person to check the book out, I found a postcard for a free 1 year subscription to Domino magazine inside-sweet!)

Trail pictures

Under the knife

more kick ass photos by Bob Quirk www.flickr.com/photos/hannahmontanna

Falltime

We called off the races considering all the rain and the fact that balls would have to drive up to maybe race, oh well. Good news is, its nice and wet, prime for digging, all the new stuff needs clay and packing so we can ride it sooner than later, Im sure folks will be down there all day, lets get muddy.

Busy, Busy

I have been busy taking lots of pictures of my kids, a few brand new babies and some fall family portraits! I've posted some of the new pics on my photo blog here. Check back as I will be adding more new pictures over the next couple of weeks! 

the remains

there was a lot of shots of the action floating around the interweb but i didnt see any of the aftermath, above is the remains of a kickass day. who would have thought millions of beers, hundreds of tacos, pounds of BBQ, and several gut fulls of hotdogs could all fit into this port-o-john, well done.

cheers!

Cool Beans

We gave away the bowl corner recently and recieved this email yesterday...

"Hey Brian. I got the bowl corners from you and just wanted to let you see where they went. This is the bowl I built out of them. I have the wood for the last corner, but I'm going to ply it first to tighten up everything. So far I have 37$ into it including gas to Richmond. LOL Gotta love construction friends. OK, I just wanted to keep you updated Ill send one of the completed bowl. Thanks again and your welcome anytime in Portsmouth. Chris."

38 bucks, heck yeah!



Latane origanated the saying "cool beans" apparently. State finals at the Gillies creek track in RVA this weekend, come hang out, Saturday afternnoon, yell at Balls and support local BMX. Lets get in the woods.

Another rad e-mail...
"ps. We visited Mikey Aitken in the hospital last night and his wife wanted us to take a picture w/ him, now keep in mind he is still knocked out. I suggested a thumbs up photo and we all asked mike give us a thumbs up and you would not believe what happened next... HE OPENED HIS EYES AND GAVE A THUMBS UP FOR THE PICTURE!! It was awesome. Everyone was so happy and excited, there was a party in the hospital room. He closed his eyes again but that moment was awesome. He's a champion and will pull this off. Keep the love for him going."

Yeah!

Wow. The ghetto jam was amazing, Garret Guilliams took the high air win without 1.3 million dollars or a laser height meter, Geoff Slatterly came close but style didnt win it. Other highlights included, the vert apes throwing out some ridiculous tricks and looking clean all day, holes was plowed, every one being psyked, the girl in the ripped fishnets, Gull, RPG, 80 foot airs on a 6 1/2 mini, Mat Hoffman, Mat Hoffman, Mat Hoffman, fun more or less. Thank you so freakin much; Rob, Steve, Brian, Tidewater bros, locals, attendants and anyone who put a hand in without asking for anything in return but a smile and a handshake.