You know there hasn’t been much action on my corner for a long time. People just aren’t throwing their shit away like they used to—what’s this world coming to? Finally someone had the balls to drop this lovely combo of furniture. I just want to say for the record that there have been a few mattresses and one totally thrashed 80’s TV but I try not to bother you people with crap like that. I know we all want to see the sofas. I can’t tell you how many emails I get about the sofas. They speak to me and they speak to you. I get that.

Andy Capp brown plaid just goes with everything. Brown is an earth tone you know so you can see how in it’s day this sofa-bed was the ultimate design solution where form met function. Again it’s important to note that the cushions are missing: why? Get it while it lasts and pick up a twin and double for the same price!

A little clip from 1998.

I posted this a few years ago but here’s a shareable version.

Possibly this is an economic indicator but no one has has tossed their old furniture on my corner in quite a while. Maybe people aren’t moving as much or upgrading their household items as much.

So, in an attempt to get the posts flowing again on this blog and maybe just to say hi Blake sent me this photo from his Blackberry today. What I like about this one is that it has all the cushions which as you know is very rare. My second thought is simple how hard this sofa is trying to be wanted. It says to me, “Hey, I know I’m not looking so in style right now but look at this: I’m also a bed!” This one is like a brown mutt at the pound. It may blend in but it still has a lot to offer.

On Valentine’s Day I tagged along with Sheila to a Project Linus meeting. Here’s a little blurb about what they do from their website:

Project Linus is a non-profit organization with a two-fold mission.

• First, it is our mission to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer “blanketeers.”
• Second, it is our mission to provide a rewarding and fun service opportunity for interested individuals and groups in local communities, for the benefit of children.

What that translates into is a bunch of people, mostly grandmas, who make free quilts for sick kids in the hospital. Pretty cool. I’ve never seen so many quilts in my life—and this is just the Los Angeles chapter.

So I didn’t do much that day but I did sew on a tag to Sheila’s first quilt. I learned how to do a blanket stitch. Below is the final product. Awesome!

The woman who runs this chapter has a daughter who couldn’t make it that day so she sent a barber shop quartette to sing for her mother. Check out the video.

The workshop was held in a church. As I explored the place I found a library of free Jesus videos topped off with a full rack of romance novels. There’s something funny about mixing dime store literature with christian themed docudramas.

So Pie n’ Burger is supposed to be the Apple Pan of Pasadena. It totally had the vibe but the burger was a grease ball that just fell apart in my hand.