Email Newsletter
RSS Subscription
Top Posts & Pages
- A Cory Glass Filter Rod Makes the Vacuum Coffeemaker Perfect
- Ten Most "Luxurious" Things About Christmas
- About Affordable Luxury
- Ten Most "Luxurious" Things About Halloween
- Bogue Ultrasonic Jewelry Cleaner Does a Professional Job and Costs About $25
- Panasonic AG1980P Professional VCR
- Sharpie Stainless Steel Permanent Marker
- A Projector and a Screen Will Give You The Biggest TV On the Block
- Ten Most "Luxurious" Things About Thanksgiving
- An Electric Shoe Polisher Will Make You Feel Like Don Draper At the Waldorf
Archives
- November 2015
- September 2015
- May 2015
- September 2014
- July 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- August 2013
- April 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
Categories
Blogroll
Categories
Category Archives: Outdoors
The Steampunk Rain Barrel
Not so much the steampunk rain barrel, it’s the rain barrel itself that is the affordable luxury. Free water for your yard, your houseplants, cleaning and/or your iron with no chlorine. In fact, in some places, like the City of … Continue reading
Posted in Outdoors
Leave a comment
Hose Quick Connectors Are So Much Easier (and More Fun)
Hose quick connectors just might be something you’ve never seen. I did not know about them, and when I found out about them, got some, and tried them out, it was almost life-changing … It’s finally summer, and we’ve gone … Continue reading
Posted in Outdoors, Tools
Leave a comment
A Mallory Snow Brush, and You’ll Be Ready
If you don’t have a Mallory snow brush (or any snow brush) after it snows, that’s just too bad. You can’t drive to the local auto parts store right then and pick one up without brushing the snow off your … Continue reading
Posted in Gifts for Anyone, Outdoors, Tools, Transportation
Leave a comment
Anco Winter Wiper Blades Will Help You Through Winter Storms
One thing I knew my winter beater needed was the best winter wiper blades – Anco winter wiper blades. I love to drive my vintage Mercedes convertible in warm weather, but in the winter, it’s a bad idea. Snow, salt … Continue reading
Posted in Outdoors, Transportation
Leave a comment
Strike Anywhere Matches for Lighting Candles
First things first – keep Strike Anywhere Matches away from children! They are fun to play with, but they are not a toy. Only adults should be able to reach them. Now that’s out of the way, back to how … Continue reading
Posted in Household, Outdoors
Leave a comment
If You Get A Quality Umbrella, You Won’t Leave It Behind
As I write this, eastern North America is bracing for a wallop from yet another hurricane with a girl’s name that is tearing up the coast, having somehow gone rogue and escaped from her natural home in the Caribbean. So rain … Continue reading
Posted in Gifts for Anyone, Outdoors
Tagged caribbean, failure, hurricane, northeastern north america, rain, rainstorm, trashcans, umbrella, umbrellas, wallop
Leave a comment
Fenix E21, the Best 21st Century LED Flashlight
What do you need flashlights for? Camping, looking in small spaces, seeing in the car at night, going out in the dark, living through power blackouts – when you need them, you really need them. Or do you? Is the … Continue reading
Posted in Gadgets, Gifts for Anyone, Outdoors, Tools
Tagged 21st century, camping, cells, electricity, fenix, flashlight, flashlights, power blackouts, small spaces, sweet spot
Leave a comment
Brome Squirrel Buster Plus Feeds the Birds … Just the Birds
It may still be unseasonably balmy in much of North America, without too much snow on the ground yet, but it’s nearly winter as far as wild birds are concerned. It’s nowhere near too soon to start feeding them. It … Continue reading
