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Pegs, VW, and Margaritas

Angus being fierce

Adventure (Friday) night – Shelley and I headed to the  Gulfport Artwalk for dinner at Pegs.  We both ended up having the chicken enchilada followed by key lime pie with great beer, Ale to the Chief and somethign Dunkle  for me. We explored the artwalk, and I  forgot to pick up coconuts for making some [...]

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Lemon cake and cat harnesses

Monday I spent the day returning to a state of near normalcy from my weekend adventures in Lakeland.  I ended up writing a post covering my first regional burn that would have unexpected consequences later in the week Tuesday is my day in Gulfport working on developing the online presence of the Outpost and the [...]

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The French Laundry

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Located in Yountville, California is one of the country’s best restaurants. Not having had the opportunity to visit while I was living in California it is on my list of places to eat before I die. The food is mainly contemporary American with French influences. One of the most notable alumni is Grant Achatz  who went to [...]

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My First Regional Burn

The first sign you encounter at the event

The past weekend I went to the 2009 Florida PreHeat regional Burning Man event.    About 500 people were in attendance (or so I heard) at a ranch in Lakeland, Florida having come from places as far away as Miami or Atlanta.   From my experience it was closer to one of the weekend campouts [...]

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Bikes, wine glasses, and a pet fountain.

My new GT Gutterball singlespeed/fixie bike 53/16 gear ration and trimmed in blue.  The rest is stock

Running late for the weekend wrap-up.  Maybe because I have spent time riding my new bicycle! Saturday was shopping day for the apartment and the pantry.  With the special ability Angus has for knocking over glasses it was time to find some replacement wine glasses.  As it happened Bed Bath & Beyond had a suitable [...]