claudia's surf city

Dear Post and Beam Rep, I expect to have Zoning Board approval by January 13, which means I could have final CRMC permission by February to ...

The Christmas decorations are up on the island, the deserted downtown bright with tinsel trees and lighted sailboats, the shuttered hotels g...

Mr. Li was, of course, not invited to Happy American Eating Ceremony. But he made his presence felt by sending this item. NOT one I had orde...

The stockings were hung by the chimney with—oops, wrong holiday. That's a turkey from 125th street. And now it's time to play: Guess...

What do you do with country mice in the city? Introduce them to elevators and flower sellers, take them to see the dinosaurs and feeding tim...

Dangerman 2:00 a.m.

OK, y'all. I'm back in Nueva York and darn happy about it.

After just six months and $100,000 plus, Sis's kitchen is finito!

2 Tony Lama cowboy boots 3 pieces fried chicken 1 Bosch jigsaw 1 Passload nail gun 1 block old tea from China 4 rickety chairs 1 bicycle 1 I...

Yes, once again it's time for that popular feature (also a favorite on the site My Turn To Drive, see link) WHAT'S IN THE TRUCK? I k...

What looks like a bathroom but isn't? A bathroom with a toilet without the water hooked up. Hence the cushion. This is a ceramic armchai...

Yes, I know the two have to be resolved. Unfortunately they have to be resolved by me lying scrunched in a corner on the floor with a saw th...

The Architect e-mailed me the first sign. Then I noticed that it had a website in faint letters on it. So I created the mission control sig...

Tasks: Take truck to Boat Basin for caliper replacement. Meet w/ contractor Pick up stats from ferry Take Pomegranate and children to boat ...

Remember the boards on the Ford? Well, they are all on the wall now. It's a wonder the house doesn't sink with all the weight it...

The viewsheds are OK, you'll be happy to know. Maybe you're wondering what a viewshed is. Maybe you're picturing like a small ar...

This is the Ford that carries the boards that fried the brakes for heaven sakes after three thousand bucks of work on the truck that c...

How does this work? One thing gets fixed, the rest gets wrecked. I guess a small place is like a jigsaw puzzle. You move one piece and all t...

Did I mention that every other room in the place is destroyed so that I could fix this one? The light's still not right. Will try again ...