This Old House

After 4 grueling months of waiting and working hard, we finally closed on our first place in the heart of San Diego.  Here are some pics:

 

 

These are the pics taken before we moved in to the place.  We're slowly getting things where we want them and making our new home unique.  We should have some updated pics for you soon - including pics of the transformation process.

Shaka Brah

We recently went on a journey to the Garden Isle.

 Shaka - gunna go grub on that kine ono grind brah

Hamura's Saimin

Luau

Ang was up all night in anticipation

Waimea Canyon

Na Pali

Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls

Hells Yeah on the Heli Pad

Waikiki

PCC with the folks

Secret Beach

Hot Dogs

As some of you may know, for quite some time I have been very VERY interested in owning/operating some sort of hot dog stand - possibly a food truck, cart or a permanent location.  I've been getting a little crazy with it lately - going as far as formulating unique hot dog concoctions.  Admittedly, some of my ideas were stolen while doing a little research online.  Am I batshiz crazy for even wanting to do this, let alone spending time to think up different hot dog ideas?

Here's a small glimpse into a couple of ideas i've come up with:

1) SLC Punk Dog - There are several things unique to SLC and Utah - two of those are Crown Burger's pastrami burger and the state's obsession with fry sauce.  There is a hot dog joint in SLC already offering a pastrami wrapped dog with fry sauce on it, so to twist it a little bit I thought why not incorporate an SLC Punk element.  If you've ever seen the movie you know that Steve-O and Bob prefer to drink beer.  Instead of a traditional dog I want to use a beer soaked dog or polish.  Thoughts?  I've also tampered with the idea of tying in some of SLC's great Greek food to this dog - maybe some feta sprinkled on top or use a gyros based dog?

2) Maple Dog (the name needs help) - I want to take a maple bar doughnut (excluding the frosting - just the doughnut shell) and hollow out the inside.  Coat the inside of the hollowed-out core with a maple syrup & mustard reduction, then insert a bacon-wrapped high-quality dog.  Pretty straight-forward but it sounds delicious.


Ang thinks I'm a little crazy, but is being supportive.  The next step in the process is to continue trying out recipes here at casa de Crouchies and see what does/doesn't work.  Gimme some feedback. :)

To wet your appetite a little bit

New Tricks

We've been teaching our dog to do some tricks. She is pretty good, except she will only do them when you have a treat. She hasn't learned the concept that we aren't teaching her tricks so she can get a treat, we're teaching her tricks strictly for our enjoyment.

Don't Drink The Water

It's been a while, thought we'd give you a peek into our Mexican adventure.

We're On A Boat

Later suckas, we'll be on a boat all week. Follow up post to come.

Straight Hoota Compton

A few months ago we added these to our collection:

ANG (March 2010)

JARED - Part I (March 2010)

Followed up by this:
JARED - Part II (August 2010)

Double Owls All The Way Across Both Legs