Doing Man Stuff

Have you ever spent a day doing Man Stuff with your husband or boyfriend? You know, the kind of day where you go to 3 different boat stores, a yacht surplus, a dive shop and eat a Dorito Taco for lunch because his friends told him they were good? That describes one of our recent outings.

To be honest, I was completely down with it. First off, it was a day where I didn't have to plan anything and just got to tag along for the ride. My favorite place was Minney's Yacht Surplus. 

They had a huge inventory of vintage sailcloths. I could see lots of DIY'ers wanting to use them to make tote bags and upholstery projects.
And how about this "art installation" of boat propellers? HGTV is going to pick up on this idea. I can just see it now on one of their shows.

Those silver ring thingy's reminded me of the ones I shot at E. Dehillerin in Paris. I'm pretty sure they aren't meant for the same application. Or maybe they're dual purpose. I haven't a clue.

I loved the patina on these old port holes. Aren't the colors amazing?
And there was an entire wall devoted to every shape, size and color of rope. I thought it would be fun to use them as "ribbon" on a gift for a fella. Or making necklaces. Or macrame. Does anyone still macrame? I remember my grandparents were really into macrame. They lived in Palm Springs which, I think at one time, was the Macrame Capital of the US.
Ok, that was a rabbit trail of thought. 

Aside from the sail cloths and the cool map room (in the first photo) I liked this rope the best. Just thought you should know that. The Man didn't seem super interested in knowing all my personal favorites. Maybe you aren't either. 😉

This was his favorite. Good choice, I must say.

Now, about those Dorito Taco's….