The Best Gin

Here are few things to share that reminded me of this weekend and just spending time with family at Christmas.

1. troutman rocking chairs (http://www.troutmanchairs.com/)

2. hendricks gin (http://www.hendricksgin.co.uk/)

3. For Christmas I made this mailbox for my brother's new house in great falls, va.

4. my son Harrison turns two (2) in a couple months and i built this stool so he could make dinner with mom in the kitchen. the wood came from my parents barn. its pretty old wood but not old enough to have square nails. the table in the picture was made from wood dating back to the mid 1800's and i removed handmade square nails. i love the family table. the purpose was to build a table where the kids could all do their homework and we could eat together as a family. the joints are all mortise and tenon. took forever. the pine for the table came from discovery antiques in gonzales, Texas. (http://www.discoverys.com/) best reclaimed building inventory in the southwest.

i came back to austin early to make pulled pork. my brother in law came home from oxford mississippi and was talking about pulled pork from corky's. it got me to thinking that i need to re-create our pulled pork experience from a wedding we went to in manteau, nc. i am sure i butchered the spelling but we had a great time a couple years ago there and i cant stop thinking about the pulled pork from pigman's (even though i am true to Tx BBQ). I am a bit of a novice on eastern bbq but I love pulled pork. brother in law (kevin) brought us some bbq sauce from "Rendevous" and I cant stop sopping it up on chips.

I stopped by central market this afternoon and picked up a 5lb pork butt. i will let you know how it turns out.