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This year with Disney's purchase of the Star Wars franchise, Disneyland hosted the inaugural RunDisney Star Wars 5k, 10k, and 1/2 marathon. It was a full weekend of Star Wars themed runs through Disneyland. In my opinion, the runs were pretty expensive, and it was obvious Disney was milking Star Wars fans and runners for …
I started a new hobby: chalkboarding.
4 years ago I purchased a refurbished iRobot Roomba 830 on a deal website. It was a pretty good deal for one of these cool little floor vacuums, so I went for it. The little droid lasted about 3 years before it stopped working. After I got married, my wife inherited this broken robot that …
I decided to do a quick coaster project following my Instagram coaster project and my cutting board project. I combined the pyrography pen and transfer paper from the cutting boards and the wooden squares from the coasters to make a pyrography coaster. I love re-purposing leftover materials! You will need: 4.5" hobby wood squares a …
Our 2nd Artist Trading Card exchange happened just before Christmas, and in the interest of supporting local businesses (and our stomachs) we decided to meet at a delicious tamale joint near MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, called Mama's Hot Tamales. I hear they recently changed ownership, but still have great food. This time, we decided …
A while ago I saw this post on Instagram Coasters from my favorite manly blog. I loved the idea of using your own Instagram photos on wood! I have so many Instagram photos that I'd like to display OFFLINE, and this was the perfect way to do it. So, I teamed up with Tina from …
For Christmas I like to make gifts for friends if I can. It lets me get creative and it adds a bit of a personal touch to Christmas presents. Last year I attempted homemade sparkling cider (some turned out well but others fermented a bit too much), so this year my wife and I aimed …
At our wedding, our amazing photographer (Christine Farah) told us that she "chases light" on her shoots. She was always finding these amazing shots where the sun would light up our faces and the scenery around us, producing a phenomenal photograph. Light is a photographer's best friend. Better light means better pictures. Light reveals things to …
Weddings can be a money pit these days. It's a huge money-making industry for some, and a couple can easily spend tons of money on a wedding. We were fortunate enough to have families that could help us out with most things, but we still wanted to save some money where we could. Since my …
While I'm on sabbatical I get some time to catch up on some projects I've been planning for a while. One of them is a framed hanging jewelry box for my wife (inspired by one her sister has). I drew up some plans for it on the long plane ride back from our honeymoon and …
Onigiri Everyday 