Looks like it’s going to be the perfect weekend for working outside, so that’s what we have on tap here at the Richard hacienda. Temps in the ’80s, light winds, no more intestinal bug. So with the air full of fragrance of citrus flowers a (not-so) young man’s thoughts turn to…. staining the tiki bar and the big kahuna tiki. Out here in the Valley of the Sun summer is never really that far away, and the sun / heat/ lack of humidity being what they are, if you don’t protect your outside wood it will just disintegrate over time.

“Tiki Bar Weekend” usually takes place in November but this past year it seemed like every weekend something cropped up to prevent it from happening. And now that the days are getting longer – is it March already? Really? – and our temps have crept into the 80s there is not a moment to lose. Heck, the Goodboys just received their first “heads up” e-mail regarding this year’s Goodboys Invitational weekend, so can summer really be that far behind? The answer, of course, is no.

So it will be off to the local Ace for the usual acoutrements that make the whole deal possible. I’m hoping I can recruit my sister-in-law to do the tiki because the tiki bar alone will take the better part of the weekend all by itself.