66 Motor Palace

The Deus Bike Build-Off, Venice The Boundless Enthusiasm Bike Build Off America sounds pretty simple. Below is a description of the competition: THE RULES JUDGING CRITERIA MAKING THE MOST WITH THE LEAST THE ENTRY MUST RUN  (I.E. KICK OVER AND IDLE) MUST BE RIDEABLE  (I.E. ROLL UNDER OWN POWER) DISPLAY CREATIVITY IN DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION DISPLAY INGENUITY IN DESIGN OR FUNCTION Oh...and the local winners from Sydney, Milan, Bali, and L.A. compete for the overall title! The outcome of the L.A. (Venice) event was determined by esteemed Judges; Yoshi Kosaka, Shinya Kimura, Michael Woolaway, Mike (Relief Judge), and our very own Lori Bentley-Law! Orange County was covered in thick fog and that broke around Seal Beach, traffic was light for the 405. We were greeted with hot coffee at Deus and Lori was soon whisked away with the other Judges by Julian and Hiroshi. While they were busy Daniella and I tried to figure out a way to sneak Yoshi's bike out of the shop.

Search for Bathroom Accessories Olde Good Things specializes in Architectural salvage and and other mostly large antiques. Bathroom accessories were a long shot but it was an excuse to drive up and see their L.A store in person. It's not the biggest store I've ever seen but it's packed with some amazing and very big things! Lori and I had wandered in different directions when I ran across an interesting "corner booth thing." I continued down the next aisle and looped back to find her, I wanted to show it to her. We circled each other a few minutes and when we met she was standing in front of the booth. She'd found it too and wanted to show me. We had both envisioned it in the exact same spot at The Motor Palace. A half an hour later we left with no bath fixtures, but we had a Ram full of booth and accessories. Ten minutes into the drive home we realized this thing wasn't going to fit through the doors in our condo. I said, "oh shit." Lori