Sunday in the Garage

25 Things I Like About My Garage

1. It's my space, and no one bothers me about it
2. The wedding poster that Yee Haw Industries made for our wedding in Athens, GA
3. Red toolboxes
4. A Consular license plate I found in the street
5. The iPod dock I got from Google one year
6. The Helen Stellar band poster from The Knitting Factory - The ink glows in the dark
7. Found art, like the HollywoodandVince.com painting
8. Screws and hardware organized in jelly jars, just like my grandfather in Tennessee
9. Grid paper notebook from a stationery shop in Paris
10. Collection of vintage holiday slides from Rome, picked up on eBay
11. Vintage ceramic lamp base I found in a Goodwill in Los Feliz
12. You can never have too much pegboard
13. Plastic tray from Milan, Italy. I've never been to Milan
14. Levels, squares and rules that keep everything ordered
15. Back copies of ReadyMade magazines, just in case the spirit moves me
16. A playlist on the iPod that has The The, The Grateful Dead, The Shins, The Jam and The Talking Heads
17. Black & white photo my brother took in Kentucky
18. Set of chisels and a Dremel for sculpting plaster
19. Black sharpies and masking tape for labeling bins
20. Rope and string and a guide to use to practice tying knots
21. Rags made from old cargo pants that remind me of another time and place
22. WD-40 and duct tape, which is a cure for warts and other ailment
23. Wood glue, the secret to building anything from IKEA
24. Candle from Ocracoke Candle Company that reminds me of my sister
25. Beer caps from our first Christmas party, nailed to the wall beams