so we send Tim on a vacation and then we have the F2F at his house?

We could invite him...

Infinity pool.

I think it's okay he doesn't have one, but I'm disappointed in the lack of facility for hot food near the theatre.

The kitchen is above the theater. The kitchen has a wet bar, two refrigerators, a servant area thingy, a breakfast nook, wrap around counters, and something about wine glasses that I don't remember.

The whole place is intended to be party-central.

Is there a dumbwaiter to lower things down to the theater? There should be a dumbwaiter.

I'll yield on the infinity pool, but those things are awesome.

Oh, and back on the penguin, it's funny because I was so distressed when I couldn't get the sodamix that I investigated, and it looks like I could buy actual Coke syrup, too. I dunno if it would work or not, but I think so. I didn't, because the most efficient way to buy it involved buying really large quantities and I wasn't sure I wanted to commit.

Is there a dumbwaiter to lower things down to the theater? There should be a dumbwaiter.

I was just about to ask that. Or a snack-sized set of pneumatic tubes.

The whole place is intended to be party-central.

But wait, isn't Tim a hermit?

What does NASA jokingly call the demon who lives near Mars and likes to trash spacecraft?

Mars.

Andre Coudrescu had a very funny bit on NPR ages ago requesting that the martians quit trashing our stuff.

Obviously I need to talk to Daniel about getting to LA again.

Too bad Tim forget to put a sticky floor in the theater, though. It's the little details.

I had the same dumbwaiter idea, heh. Then ita could be in the theater and get magic pizza from the sky. Which seems pretty awesome.

Apparently, Tim wasn't always a hermit. he house has been like, six years in the making and he's been living in a construction zone or various apartments while the work was being done.

He definately likes being home, but loves company (despite anything he says to the contrary, he's a wonderful host).

I really wish I had brought my camera. Will take pics next time. It's sooo beautiful. The detail work on the tile and the doors and the windows is lovely. And everything is so OPEN. The office has two sets of french doors that open onto a deck overlooking the pool and garden, the dining room opens onto a patio in the same way. There's skylights and such to bring natural light into the main entry way.

But I kept getting lost and forgetting where I was in relation to the rest of the house.

That does sound just gorgeous. I want an office like that.

My office will be westfacing, so I'll get some of the not-best light, but we're going to put trellises and a grapevine out there to temper it. But I don't mind getting some of the light, because I'm cold a lot of the time and welcome the extra heat.

We put the SO and his recording studio at the east side of the house 'cause he's become an early bird and me at the west side because I'm a night owl.