November 13, 2006 – 11:46 am
before My sanding arm is all wore out. We were trying to figure out why we thought painting was 'fun' and realized it was mostly due to the contrast of the horrors of the sanding and surface preparation that comes before the painting. Still, painting is somewhat satisfying as it continues to cover up the […]
November 7, 2006 – 3:09 pm
So Friday night we finally make a point of going out on the town. Our friend's band was playing a show at Cake Shop, one of the only worthwhile venues left in the East Village/LES. Due to my foggy brain, I didn't quite make the connection, but this was indeed a CMJ performance. There are […]
November 3, 2006 – 11:24 am
The asbestos is gone and now it's primer time. We've got to prepare all the ugly orange moldings throughout the house and obscure them with heavy white paint. I really wanted to strip the paint and stain the moldings but preliminary stripping revealed at least 4 previous layers of paint; this is pretty much on […]
November 2, 2006 – 1:31 pm
Right now some Irish guys are removing the asbestos pipe insulation from my basement. They also informed me that the ancient pebbled tile in much of the basement also contains the dreaded element. Apparently tile isn't as big a deal as the insulation but I'm having them remove it all just to be safe. Yes, […]
October 31, 2006 – 11:38 am
I'm falling behind in the Broken Angel issue, but caught this from the Clinton Hill Blog: On 10/10/06 Broken Angel suffered minimal damage from a fire at the top of the structure. The cause of the fire is unknown and still under investigation. Broken Angel has been an active project of construction by my family […]
