Happy Holidays from the Neighborhood Mauses!

The Making of Crop Duster IPA

Remember the hops growing in our yard?

They went into a big tea bag and into a batch of Crop Duster IPA!

We had some visitors observing this brew session.  

Make sure you spray everything real good.

Here it comes.  Scott and Adam assist.

yummylicious

shake it

we always have an audience, especially if the sun is out.

Look out for Crop Duster IPA in a sample glass near you soon!

Fun Night @ Surfy Surfy

Another fun night at Surfy Surfy.  Free music, canned beer, and fun neighbors.

waxy waxy

fin selection @ surfy surfy

who wants a plain old white board when you could have one of these?

My awesome new bike

I picked up this awesome Schwinn Collegiate at the Oceanside DAV thrift store.  Ben found it in the back next to the walkers.  Score!  I think I've used up my thrift store karma for the year on this one.

Everything is intact and functioning except the rear brakes which have been fixed.  

Now it's fun and SAFE!

Isn't it pretty?

All shined up and waxed.  

I'm going to do my very best to keep it that way.  

It's me vs. the humid ocean air.

Happy Halloween!

Most importantly, we brought out the mannequins again this year! We dressed them up in our Oktoberfest costumes from last year and got a lot of laughs from passerby's. There is always somebody who will complain about our awesome mannequins, but this year we decided they can just deal.

Here are a few other BBV folks who came over to celebrate before heading to the party around the corner.   We never like to go too far away for a party you know.

Kris as Kick Ass.

Wes and Ale as Chilean miner and CNN Chile reporter.

Ben and I as Yuri and Svetlana, ice dancing champions with bad teeth.