Consider Me Over the Edge

Seriously, after all of the craziness over the last few months why wouldn't I want to do something completely random? 

Time for yet another tattoo....and why wouldn't it be a couple of pink flamingos......seriously!!!

Not looking forward to the pain and itchy/scratchiness and have no idea where to place it (doesn't really matter, it will hurt anywhere) but, oh well, we'll figure that out tomorrow afternoon.

It all started with a trip to Maui with a dear friend...we both decided to "get inked" while there...and since between the two of us we owned a significant amount of all things Ralph Lauren, a Polo Pony on our ankles made sense, right?  

and then...a beautiful Sailor Jerry-inspired Swallow and Cherry Blossoms.....followed shortly by the stunning Koi and Lotus flower.  More than enough for most people right?  Uh Huh....key words being "most people".

Send me good thoughts tomorrow around 4:30 pst........I can hear the buzz now.....YIKES!!!

M

Just Call Me Sybil!!!

My long-time girlfriends would be shocked to know that yesterday, when normally I would have spent the day visiting my favorite shopping haunts, I actually rushed through my shopping so I could get back to the Airstream Polishing Project!!!

Who am I and what's happened to my inner shopper?  I'm going with the belief that she's still there...buried deep inside and surrounded by a ginormous layer of Nuvite!!  The fact that I'm walking around with beat-up-airplane-paint-stripper dissolved-permanently-gray-cuz-of-polish gray nails is a clear indication I'm not my normal self!!

Snapshot of my day:  Nordstrom - power shopping; mad dash to Cole Haan store - more power shopping; Home Depot - a different type of power shopping...power tools; and Napa Auto Parts (seriously) for 3M polishing parts 05717 & 05719 (really frightening that I know the part #s AND that the sales guys know me by name!!).  

AS Update:  Had a total of 10 people, all members of our WBCCI unit, six of whom drove a minimum of two hours each way....working on our trailer on Saturday.  The unconditional friendship they've shown is humbling, inspiring and really really incredible.  Should be able to finish first pass of entire AS by tomorrow night...just in time for the delivery of our new cyclo-polisher (which sounds like a monster from some crazy horror flick) and our Zip Dee awning (which should arrive at our local AS Dealer sometime this week).

My Next Career Move:  Become a Nuvite Distributor!!!

Officially at 30 days and counting....yikes!!!

M

It's All Coming Together

Wow....sometimes the smallest things turn out to be the most stressful!  You would think that polishing the AS (seriously, no one sells that Nuvite stuff in Oregon?) and making sure every little thing gets done before we head to Palm Springs on Feb 19th would be the most difficult things to do, right?

Uhhhh, no (don't get me wrong, those things I listed aren't easy by any stretch of the imagination)....try finding somewhere in Palm Springs to actually hook-up your Airstream...now that's what rocket ships are made of!!  I don't want to stay at a trailer park - who knows what you get with that adventure; the place that looked like it would fit the whole kitschy-era thing is booked through April and the place they referred me to had not-so-good-reviews....but wait, it gets even better!!!

One lovely location required that one of us had to be at least 55 and everyone else (except for small children) had to be at least 40....Strike One & Two; the second place had no age limit on the humans but required that the trailer be no more than 11 years old...Strike Three; redeeming moment, they sent me to Emerald Desert RV Park click here who also had a trailer age limitation....UNLESS it was beautifully maintained - at which point I pulled the old "we're one of 18 trailers on exhibit during Modernism Week card"  and, just like that, we've got a place to stay until we move to the Riveria.  

Phew!!!  I've got my eye on the third pool chair from the left, gonna need it after this self-induced craziness!!

M

Vanilla Ice Ice Baby....

Here I go again....first it was the "Crazy Christmas Target Lady" just cuz I could see myself in every one of the commercials she made and now I've decided that Vanilla Ice is fairly rockstar!


Seriously, his home renovation project "Vanilla Ice Project", is pretty good.....he definitely knows his stuff from landscaping to irrigation to design....love it!!


Trailer progress moving ahead well:  ordered the Zip Dee awning (should be here in about 10 days); bought a scooter (not a Vespa but a darling 125 cc Yamaha Vino); have arranged to have new axles installed on our way down to PS; hip Bertoia chairs should be here any day and clear coat removal in preparation for Polishing Posse this coming Saturday right on schedule!!  A little concerned about the electrical (inverter, Long Long Trailer doorbell (but much much cooler)) and interior tweaks but I've got to believe that hubby will make sure those happen.


Oh...and most importantly, I need to get going on aving those fabulous vintage dresses (my favorites are the sparkly brocade hipster ones) altered so I can have plenty of options during the cocktail party and open house(s) during Modernism Week.


Good times.....
M

The Modernism Madness Continues!!!!

The Never-Ending List Of Things-To-Do-Before-PS:

Determine which awning to order:  Vintage roll-out..which comes highly recommended... or Zip Dee

CHECK...going with Zip Dee - love the functionality of the system and the awning fabrication options...it took a group vote on FB as well as an actual visit to the AS with the fabric sample book for my husband, our dear friend Aaron and myself to decide that the sample on the bottom of the picture attached would be the right transition to our interior.

Buy a generator...a quiet, really big one with electric start (isn't that an oxymoron?)

CHECK...altho the nice guys at Cabella's (another story altogether!) wanted to steer us to a much cheaper one with similar functionality...I WANT/WILL OWN THE YAMAHA EF3000iSEB!!!  It absolute has to run, at a minimum, our Convection Oven, Costco fridge and my lighted makeup mirror!!

Find just the right side table and table lamp while in Seattle...

CHECK....sort of.  After much angst, many stops in rainy, lovely Seattle and feeling like we were forcing our natural MCM style we decided to (a) refinish the table we already have which fits the space perfectly and (b) buy what we loved and not what we thought people would expect to see.  Once we made that decision it was easy...welcome home to our lovely Laurel Mushroom Lamp

I almost got through the week thinking Phew!  Big decisions all done...now I just need to get the boys going on their list:  install new Inverter, finish the stainless install on bulkhead doors, polish (that in itself is an entirely separate blog) our AS which we vowed we would never do but now think we should...again with the separate blog thing...install my new fantasticly glowy doorbell from Lux...(yeah me...and yeah Lucy!!!) and finish the sh*tlist...no biggie, right?  Wait for it.....

And Then It Hit Me.....

What on earth are we going to stage outside the AS once everything is all set up @ the Riveria Hotel?  Our camping chairs from Costco are great...when we're camping, and our darling, comfy chairs (complete with cushions) from Pottery Barn are rockstar-comfy but neither fit the design aesthetic of our beloved-and-very-high-maintenance AS.  Urghhhhhh!!

Enter my Christmas gift - the Book of 1000 Chairs...and we so need (the operative word here is "need") to have a couple of Bertoia Wire Diamond Chairs with a small Tulip table  

CHECK....found four of them on eBay, on the way...plus free shipping

DOUBLE CHECK...hubby bought a black Ball Chair and Tulip Table on his vaca to Amsterdam

Phew!!!!

But Wait, While I'm At It....

I probably need some hip method of transportion while I'm in PS, right?  I mean, hubby will probably bring his mini-man-motorcyle but shouldn't I have a Vespa?  Seriously, I've always dreamed of owning one and even decided that while vacationing in Paris, if I was a Vespa I would be Turqoise, so it only makes sense that I should have one, right?  As much as I love vintage things...I also have a firm appreciation for all things resembling vintage but updated - I want to own a Vespa that works NOW...not one that may work someday if I find someone who could maybe fix it in their spare time....NOW!!!

Tick Tock

M

Happy Holidays

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season filled with the love of family & friends.  May 2011 bring you continued good health, happiness and many memorable AS adventures.

M

Things I Like....Confessions of a Happy Glamper

THINGS I LIKE....LIGHT SWAPPING

Confessions of A Happy Glamper

I’m drawn to bright, sparkly things-diamonds, chandeliers, Christmas ornaments & strings of outdoor lights.  Naturally, as I pulled into our campsite at Stub Stewart, the vision of two trailers bedecked in multi-colored lights acted as a beacon drawing me to them.  A quick hello to Doug and our friends the Pauley’s and then I was off to meet our neighbors!!

The couples had clearly been friends for a while, one driving a beautiful new Itasca motorhome & the other a  newer trailer.  Like a moth to the flame, I marched right up and said “hi, I love your colorful lights” &..as I got closer it became apparent that not one of the lights was the same!

As it turned out, these fun & outgoing people make it a practice to “swap lights” with fellow campers resulting in strings of lights with Pumpkins, Snowmen, Cowboys, Palm Trees & Pink Flamingos...oh my!!!  They even carry extra strands just in case they need to offer more options :)

Of course I wanted to swap lights too so, after discussing with Doug, later that evening we walked over with two AS’s in hand & immediately started eyeing our choices.  No surprises here:  mine = Martini Glass, Doug = Salmon.

Imagine our delight the next morning to see the AS  lights proudly hanging amongst the myriad of others. Could it be possible that some other camper down the road swaps one of their lights for our Airstream?  Simple, Magical, Fun - I think Wally would approve.

Happy travels - 

Mona