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We will be observing the holiday in our traditional way, by eating burritos and watching Bruce Campbell star as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams as he battles the Evil Dead.

Showtime is at 8:00, but feel free to arrive earlier. Drinks and dozens of the cheapest burritos we can find will be provided.
Come get some!

Earlier this week a crow came to our yard to find a final resting place. We figure our yard is a lot nicer to be in than the open expanses of lawn of our neighbors.

But we can't just leave a dead bird on our pathway. Instead, we dug a nice hole in the back yard under the nectarine tree, and buried it.

The added benefit of these funeral rites is that later we can dig it up for science. Rob is very excited.

~d

Our quest for ways to quantify Halloween continues! This year we observed which hand the kids used to reach for the candy and sorted them into righties & lefties. We got observed 32% lefty which is higher than the expected 10%. Could it be our small sample size? Or is it that some kids hold their treat-bag in the dominant hand and then reach with the non-dominant hand?

We also weighed the candy bucket at the start and end of the evening; net candy distributed was 1.6 kg.

Pictures from the Masquerade Ball are up at the usual place: http://prestezog.org/pictures/

Thanks to all of our lovely guests for making it such a wonderful party!

This Saturday! Hope to see you there!

To all of those who wistfully think of the ABL darwin door--
after eleven years, we must say adieu...


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We are inordinately thrilled to have a balcony!


Here's to finishing another one of our "2010 home renovation" projects!

~Dawn

We will be observing the holiday, as per tradition, by eating Del Taco burritos and watching Bruce Campbell star as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams in The Evil Dead.

Showtime is scheduled for 8:00pm, and we'll have plenty of burritos and drinks to go round.

Depending on the mix of veterans and rookies, we may opt for watching with a commentary track.

It was the weekend before our Chinese New Year cocktail party. We were sitting around the wet bar, contemplating what needed to be done. Maybe this is the year we replace the barstools! After almost eleven years (they came with the house), they are showing their age.

We searched the internets, and found some that could be delivered and seemed alright. But wouldn't it be better to go somewhere and be able to have them right now? Conveniently, there happens to be a barstool store right down the road! So Dawn and Anna drove down with the big white van, where they got to try out hundreds of barstools.

Turns out, there are all sorts of design features that make a barstool more comfortable! Shape of seat, curve of back, placement of foot ring, armrests, backrests... Those $800 barstools sure were comfy... But in the end, what would Alpine Butterfly Lodge be without butterfly barstools?




Alas, with the acquisition of four new barstools, the four old barstools are looking for another good home... They squeak (WD-40 helps for a little while), and the vinyl is torn (brown duct tape almost matches), but they're free!




Let us know if you are interested!
~Dawn