A Bugatti dealer has moved in on our block. When you go in to look at the Veyron they lock the door and lower a shade so you can ogle with privacy.
At 萬佛寺 Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery
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More AMG SLS action.
Holy F! It’s a 2011 AMG SLS gullwing Mercedes-Benz getting a detail down the street. (behind the Maybach)
A new/fun little podcast I did about China and stuff.
A GT3 must be a painful car to own on an Island with 8 mil people and a speed limit of 50 mph.
While ‘project mayhem’ may not be in your immediate future, you don’t have to look far to start feeling a little like Tyler Durden.
As you might imagine. Living in a tent has advantages and numerous disadvantages. Its cheap, it simplify and you feel like you just dropped out of a frame of Fight Club while you glance around your office thinking, “none of these pansys live in a tent”. Beyond that its just plain roughing it.
Angelenos may associate the Palos Verdes Peninsula with high price real estate, grand sea vistas, and Trump National Golf Course. Palos Verdes (‘PV’ or simply ‘the hill’) has been the quiet conservative refuge for the ‘pony club’ set since the 60s. In PV the condos go for $1000 a square foot and the peninsula grocery store is packed with $100k whips.
I’ve decided to cut the prim and proper city down to size by tenting it long term. Well, I’m not on a crusade or anything. I’m just looking to save a buck, but I don’t mind putting a political bent on it. Two thing are for sure, the neighbors don’t like it and feeling a little bit ‘Fight Club’ is intoxicating.
Living in LA can be expensive, especially if you’re surviving on your blog’s non existent income. Most of the folks at my office are paying between $900 and $1200 a month for their modest
I’m no longer playing the game that way. Loyal ManyDigit readers may remember my visit to meet Jay Shafer, modern father of the Tiny House revolution. I really wanted to do something like that. Live simply and save my money for other things, like travel, and paying down credit card debt.
While camping in
In a marathon effort, I got rid of nearly all of my furniture, I kept my clothes, my laptops, my camping gear and I moved in.. err out. I’ve been living the good life for 2 weeks now and I think I could do in indefinitely.
I’ll be writing some more about the new lifestyle I’ve discovered over the coming days and months, so check back. I will say this; the lady next do waters her garden every morning at 5:50am and inadvertently gives me and my positions a good watering down- a challenge that I’m learning to deal with.
You might ask what I’m doing with the grand a month I’ve been saving. The answer is “Whole Foods”. I’ve been eating like a king.
Undoubtedly, you have not heard about the housing sensation that is not sweeping the nation- tiny tiny houses.
I first read about them, when directed by my brother to an nytimes.com article. Man, are they tiny, less than 150 square feet (that is not a typo). Most of these houses would fit into a McMansion master bathroom.
They are fully equipped and free standing. The small space and efficient design lends its self to green housing. The ability to run completely “off the grid” becomes a viable possibility. This obviously isn’t a solution for everyone today, but its certainly is an interesting and very inexpensive option for some people.
They main man getting all of the credit is Jay Shafer of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company.
We recently jaunted up to his 100 square foot tiny house and office in Sanoma for a tour. It was pretty incredible. I could definitely live his life. Plus he’s been featured on Oprah, so hes practically John TRAV-OL-TA.
