last sunday we went to the maker faire and were overwhelmed by the number of people, the amount of technology and resounding creativity. there were fire trucks shooting flames, rockets, power tool races, at least three different electric cars, bicycles, bicycles, bicycles, a life-size game of mouse trap (it looked just like that too..), yarn, clothes, legos...



there was this tiny house which is truly remarkable. before we left for california we thought it'd be a great idea to build and tow a tiny house instead of a u-haul. our design looked more like a cross between a gyspy wagon and a train car.



a tiny tiny model A engine! (for those of you out of the model A loop: this past summer george spent hours upon hours tinkering on a 1930's model A in his parents garage and managed to get it running!)



on our way out of the faire we came across driving cupcakes! there were three or four of them, well, one was a blueberry muffin.

since we were down in that neck of the woods, we decided to check out half moon bay. it's one of those ridiciulously quaint costal towns that only survives because of the tourist traffic. we had some coffee and looked around an antique store where we found this little hand drill. i've been searching for one to use to drill little holes in order to bind books. (someday i may shell out the $40+ for a screw punch, but until then...)





but perhaps the most exciting part of the day was the very beginning when we were just heading out of san anselmo and stumbled across and antique faire! (they're all about the "faires" out here.) we meandered through looking at all the unaffordable antiques and the wealthy people buything them to use as decorative splashes to their homes until george found a little chest full of machinists' tools!



$500 later we were on our way to the maker faire.