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We “Fixed” Another Thing

Laura Domela — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:40:00 +0000

Behold, Airship’s new grill:

It’s the small Sea-B-Que made by Dickinson Marine, and so far, we rate it very highly. It’s brushed stainless instead of polished shiny stainless (which looks crappy in about 5 minutes), and it’s got ceramic, separatable grill sections (easy removal for cleaning), and even (gasp!) medium and low settings (that work!!)

We contemplated the large one, but for 99 percent of our use the small one is just fine (and more portable and efficient). The only thing the large one has that the small one doesn’t (besides more space) is an automatic igniter, but we can order one of those to fit our grill once we are home.

We’ve cooked on it twice now, and it’s fantastic, and WORLDS better than our old Magma that came with the boat (and bonus, it stays lit for more than two minutes)!

First we made burgers (messy, messy burgers, with chorizo and blue cheese) and the clean up was super easy. Last night we grilled the Coho fillets and same thing…just wipe the cool ceramic grates clean and you’re good to go.

We gave our old grill to some fishermen on the dock in Juneau before we left the marina. Hope it does what they want.

Wood Things for the Boat

Laura Domela — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:35:00 +0000

While in the cute little town of LaConner, WA a couple weeks ago, we stopped in a shop I wouldn't normally go into: The Wood Merchant. It's not that I don't like hand crafted items made out of wood, it's just that…I don't know. There are so many of those kinds of stores and they all seem to have the same stuff.

Something caught my eye in the window though, and we ended up going inside, and they have a whole bunch of cool things in there! There were two things that stuck with me, that I kept thinking about since that visit. So when we found ourselves with a little extra time on our way back to the boat from Lummi Island last week, we made a detour back out to LaConner…mainly for one of these endgrain cutting boards:

It doesn't stay on top of the stove, that's just where the light was best to get a photo of it. I'll use it mostly as a serving board for charcuterie and cheese. Also, this long wooden, um, bowl? to use for serving bread or crackers. It's about 3 inches wide, and about 12 inches long, and I love it:

What we didn't expect to pick up was this folding wooden stand for Kevin's iPad (here we are watching Top Chef after dinner):

It looks like this without the iPad on it, and folds flat for easy storage:

A handful of times now while staying on the boat we've used the iPad to watch our Slingbox from home while sitting at the dinette after dinner. (Our cable box at home is connected to a Slingbox, and then accessed from the iPad Slingbox app, so we can watch our DVR'd shows from the road with our unlimited AT&T data plan.) We don't have a stand, so we either hold the iPad up the whole time, or sometimes we use a wine bottle with a non-slip pad under the iPad, but this is MUCH nicer.

Anyway, La Conner! Cute shops! Even this touristy wood stuff shop!

The Mill PDX

Laura Domela — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:34:23 +0000

A few days ago we went over to The Mill PDX (at 2925 NE Glisan Street in Portland) and met up with Paul Sykes (of Sykes Wood Fenders) to pick up a wooden water bottle holder for Kevin's bike. (We got mahogany ones for both bikes and they're great! Here's a photo of mine, only now I've moved it to the spot on the seatpost by the back rack.) The Mill PDX is a maker studio and co-op, and the building consists mostly of workspace with a small shop up front where the makers can show and sell their work. There is some great stuff in here!

That circle ceiling lamp is one of Paul's newest pieces. There are LEDs in a groove in the top of the wood circle that creates a beautiful reflected light from the ceiling. He's got a few different sizes of these lamps and they are so elegant! If we had white ceilings (we have wood ceilings) I don't think we could pass this up!

Paul didn't make our wooden bike fenders, but he does make beautiful bicycle fenders (among many other things). He generously gave us a tour of his studio and showed us some of his work.

Almost finished fenders:

Paul (and Lindsay of MapleXO, also at The Mill PDX) are using recycled skateboards for some of their work. (Lindsay is all about the recycled skateboards, actually.)

Raw shaved skateboard veneer in several color themes:

Lindsay makes jewelry and other accessories and her work is fabulous…check it out here.

We picked up a new MapleXO bottle opener for the Airstream (made from recycled skateboards, of course):

Some source material:

I didn't get a photo of it in the shop, but check out this gorgeous lamp (collaboration between Paul and Lindsay) made from recycled skateboards.

This little set of 2 containers with twist-lock lids and a recycled skateboard tray looks like it would be perfect in the Airstream! (Image from the MapleXO catalog.)

Also at The Mill, Ascari handmade bicycles:

Look at this amazing detail work (image from their website):

I love finding these kinds of artisan/maker spots. Makes me want to make stuff!!

Stainless Steel Suction Cups

Laura Domela — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 19:32:40 +0000

A while back I wrote about putting some of those little Command hooks by the front door for sunglasses (at the bottom of this post). They were fine, but then I found these at Storables: Forma Suction Razor Cups! I bought two at first for our toothbrushes, but after using them for a couple days I went back and got four more!

They're designed to hold a razor and/or toothbrush, but they're perfect by the front door for sunglasses. (I might line those with some felt, even.)

I put three there by the door, and three in the bathroom for toothbrushes and toothpaste:

So far so good on the suction cups staying put while traveling, too. We have another Forma suction thing: this clock, and it hasn't come off once after a few months on the wall over the kitchen counter.