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Jambox in the Airstream

Kevin got us me one of these for Christmas for the Airstream. Now, I can play music from my iPhone straight to a great-sounding speaker without needing to have it tethered to the speaker at all...totally wireless. So I can keep playing Words with Friends or whatever, with a soundtrack (and the control of it) right it my hand. It's great!

From their website:

JAMBOX delivers stunning hi-fi audio in a portable wireless speaker so compact you won't believe it when you hear it. It's loud. With an output capacity of 85 decibels, JAMBOX fills even the largest rooms. Unlike other portable speakers, JAMBOX is powered by a pair of proprietary, highly sophisticated acoustic drivers, unmatched in their ability to produce extreme high (tweeter) and low (woofer) frequencies from a single, ultra-small dome speaker. They work in concert with an innovative moving-wall passive bass radiator and airtight enclosure to deliver shimmering highs and thumping lows that you can literally feel - the richest sound all in the palm of your hand.

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Orchids and Airstreams

I really love having flowers in the Airstream. I figured out that I can buy a nice potted orchid from Trader Joe's for about eight bucks, and it lasts WAY longer than cut flowers do and transports better.

I've been trying out a new app on my iPhone called Snapseed. Grungy vintage goodness.

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Frosty Morning

Champoeg State Park, OR

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Retro Breakfast

I think this looks like it would go perfectly in a vintage trailer, don't you?

Available here, but currently out of stock.

Happy Silvery Holidays

Here are a few of the pics I took for the Airstream holiday newsletter:

Rhonda Coleman wrote an article about using your Airstream as a holiday guesthouse and they used a few of these shots to accompany. Looks cozy and festive and deluxe. Kinda makes me wish I didn't have to clean the house this week! :)

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Ice on the Water

We woke up this morning and there was (and still is) ice on the lake. I thought the heater was running a bit more than usual last night. (The hose did not freeze this time, however. Bonus.)

I cooked us a warm breakfast of mushroom, bacon, spinach and black bean hash with scrambled eggs, topped with fresh tomato and diced avocado. We're on our second cappuccino and I may actually go for a third today. Doing some usual Monday morning work before we head home around mid-day.

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Electric Heat in the Airstream

We recently picked up one of these to use when we're plugged in (to save propane) and I highly recommend it. It's incredibly quiet, small and portable, and can heat the whole trailer just fine.

We got ours here.

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The Herbfarm and Woodinville Wine Country, Part 2

As I mentioned before, we've got the Airstream parked here at Lake Pleasant RV Park, right on the edge of the lake. There are geese, ducks, heron, and otter that hang out in and around the lake. It's very pretty. Here's a shot of the Airstream from the other side of the lake:

On Saturday morning I made Kevin a birthday breakfast of poached eggs, fresh local tomatoes, smoked salmon, wilted spinach, asparagus, sliced avocado:

We went for a nice hike on the trails around here, then showered and after a light lunch headed into Woodinville and over to The Library and tasted some wine.

We checked into our room at the Willows Lodge and it was fabulous. Large soaking tub, fireplace, balcony...lovely. This is a view of the fireplace from the soaking tub:

Looking into the room from the door to the balcony (fireplace is on the left). These aren't the greatest photos...but you get the idea. (Note Kevin's feet there as he kicks back on the bed before dinner).

I gave Kevin a reversible "smoking jacket" from BetaBrand (olive velvet on one side, silvery luciousness on the other side) and he wore it well (and, I'm happy to report, he wore it to dinner "party side out"):

We headed over to The Herbfarm a little early to get the introduction and tour of the wine cellar, etc. The dining room, from above:

We were seated at a cozy, romantic side-by-side table on the edge of the room with a view of the kitchen and all the other tables, with a personalized birthday bit for Kevin:

The food was amazing. The environment and the service and the staff were amazing. A superb experience overall that we will definitely repeat (in January, for the truffle dinner, woohoo!) Nine food courses with five wine courses, and great explanations and information from the knowledgable and friendly staff. (We had a glass of Domaine Bory Rivesaltes--kind of a Tawny Port, only French-- from 1927. Yes, 1927. Paired with a delicious stinky sheep and goat milk cheese that was SO GOOD (and stinky).

We left so happy, slept very well. We had some delicious french press coffee in the morning and a soak in the huge tub, then went for brunch at the Barking Frog.

The Herbfarm from outside this morning, before we headed back to the Airstream for one more night:

All-in-all a very successful birthday weekend.

(Oh yeah, on Friday evening we had dinner at Italianissimo Ristorianti --this place is great, and not too much $$. Before that we tasted some delicious wines at DeLille and at Januik...both quite good.)

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The Herbfarm and Woodinville Wine Country

We are up in Washington near where we'll be exploring this weekend after we finish our work today. I'm taking Kevin to The Herbfarm restaurant in Woodinville, WA tomorrow night for his birthday. Tonight we'll go into Woodinville and try an Italian restaurant that sounds good, and maybe do a little wine tasting tomorrow and/or Sunday.

We're staying at Lake Pleasant RV Park about 5 miles away and it's quite pretty. I just saw a heron and an otter on the shore of a little island in the middle of the lake (heron's on the left, otter is on the right, just onshore).

Here's the view from our spot:

We should walk over to the other side and get a shot of the Airstream. Pretty nice for a commercial RV park, huh?

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We won!

Thanks to everyone who voted for us in the "Show Us Your Chiasso" contest, and thank you Chiasso. We are the proud owners of a $500 Chiasso gift card (not for long!!)  I don't think I've ever won a contest before...this was a good one to win!

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Cozy Rainy Days in the Airstream

We just returned from a few days working and hanging out down at Champoeg State Park. It was mostly rainy and foggy and gray, with a couple of sun breaks that lit up the blazing red and yellow-leaved trees. I love autumn.

Anyway, we got a lot done and spent several cozy days working, and evenings watching a few episodes of Breaking Bad (just finished Season 2), cooking and sipping wine while listening to the rain on the aluminum. I didn't get any photos really, except this shot when we were on our way back to Champoeg one evening last week after driving into town to go to an opera:

It was late and there wasn't much traffic on the freeway. Once we got back to Champoeg it was intensely foggy and eerie. If I hadn't been so tired I'd have gotten my real camera out and taken long exposure shot of the Airstream in the dark fog, but I didn't. Just know that it looked really cool.

I did shoot some interior photos of the Airstream for the "Using Your Airstream as a Guest House" piece, as I mentioned before, and will post a few of those soon. Made me want to go get some egg nog and cookies!

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Vote for us!! Hurry!! (Please)

We entered a few shots of the Airstream interior to the "Show us your Chiasso" contest (since we were highly qualified!). If you don't already know, Chiasso is the cool store where I've gotten quite a few items for our trailer. I just found out we're one of the five finalists and voting closes tomorrow, so...well....vote for us? 

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