30th Jul 2013
book-cover

To Kill An Airstream

Atticus Finch said in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, “You never really understand a person… until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”   This is...

20th Jun 2013
No Place Like Home

Airstreams are for Mother-in-Laws? (Part Three)

We settled on a trailer for my mother and I have to tell you straight away that it is not an Airstream. It is a 35’ Silver Streak.  Brian did a lot...

12th Apr 2013
Mother-in-law-cake

Airstreams are for Mother-in-Laws? (Part One)

Brian’s father passed away a year and a half ago, and with persistent encouragement, he finally got his mother to agree to venture out and visit us in Arizona.  She...

22nd Mar 2013
Broadway Nashville Airstream

Airstream: A Little Bit Country?

I noticed that the ACM Awards are coming up soon. I have little knowledge about country music so when my childhood friend, Kim, bought tickets to “The Brothers of the...

25th Jan 2013
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Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Airstream

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s Airstream unless thou intends to buy it. And pay a price that you will both still feel neighborly about afterward. Our next door neighbor (yes,...

11th Jan 2013
Airstream-Karma

Airstream Trailer Karma

Chapter 10:  Ever since we named Elvis, there’s been a nagging feeling in the back of my mind about disturbing the trailer’s Karma. Especially now that Brian is starting to put him back...

21st Dec 2012
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Airstream Parties

Chapter 9:   I received my first issue of Airstream Life. It’s a quarterly publication that I subscribed to, hoping that it will have some interesting articles for people like me just...

23rd Nov 2012
Airstream-Insulation

Airsteam Insulation

Chapter 8: Brian and I make a good team. We have completed a lot of renovation projects that are beautiful and done right. However, I use the term “team” very...

02nd Nov 2012
Airstream-Makeover

Airstream Extreme Makeover

Chapter 7: Brian comes from a very smart family. His father went to Harvard and his father’s father went to Harvard. There are a lot of PhDs floating around. Not only...

19th Oct 2012
Naming-your-Airstream

Naming the Airstream Trailer

Chapter 6. I wake up the first morning as the proud new owner of a little 1962 Airstream Safari, and immediately I realize that I have to refer to it...

05th Oct 2012
Airstream-Vegas

The Vegas Airstream

Chapter 5. It’s a happy day! I came across an ad on Craig’s List for a used Airstream Safari. I immediately Google “Airstream Safari” and find a rock band in...

21st Sep 2012
Vintage-in-a-box

Shopping for a “Vintage” Airstream

Chapter 4:  The term vintage by definition refers to a season’s yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard. Nowadays, the word vintage seems to describe anything that is not new,...