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What do you do with family photos?

Printed photos are a rarity for me. Lily & Cohen’s baby pictures aren’t in one of those frilly family photo albums. Well, a few of them are. And there are some in frames. But most of the pictures are on my phone and computer… and backed up on two separate external hard drives… and various online photo services. But printing them always seemed like such a hassle. Have to crop them, upload them to some wobbly local photo shop website (or through iPhoto, Flickr, Picasa, etc), select print sizes, glossy or matte finish, and on and on.  And, usually, you have to do that all from a computer.

Now, though, we have lots of pictures. A Ms. Single Mama/Beauty and the Biker reader, Julie, told us about an awesome photo app she’s been working on called Groovebook: a photo app for busy families. Groovebook prints a keepsake booklet of up to 100 pictures from your iOS (iPhone, iPod, etc) or Android device each month, sends it to you, and all they charge is $2.99 for shipping/handling. Seriously. So, when Julie asked if we wanted to try out this photo app for free (in exchange for sharing our thoughts about it), we said sure!

You can download Groovebook for free from the iTunes App Store or Google Play. Then, create a free account, and select the pictures you want this month. The pics go from your phone to your door with a few taps.

The kids love these little photo books. Each page is perforated, and tells the date, time, and location of each picture.

Lily tore out a bunch and put them on the pin board in her room.

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Maker Mondays – Smoking Goose Meatery

Maker Mondays is where I’ll show you some incredible people making even more incredible things, try to explain what makes their stuff so rad, and why you should care.

Today, meat… errr… meet Smoking Goose Meatery. We found Smoking Goose through Green Bean Delivery, the organic & local grocery delivery service we use. Side note: Green Bean Delivery is very competitively priced, sources locally wherever possible, and is ridiculously convenient. Check them out. Back to Smoking Goose Meatery: they had me at bacon.

Smoking Goose bacon

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Farewell, Big Tom

The world of live music lost one of its biggest, most dedicated advocates last week. You’ve probably never heard of him. Even people that went to the hundreds of live shows he put together probably had no idea who he was. But I did, and I’m happy to have gotten to know Thomas McAleer– Big Tom.

I met Tom at Cheatham St Warehouse in mid 2010. A couple months earlier, I’d finally realized

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Weekend soundtrack #3

Beauty and the Biker’s Weekend Soundtrack #3!

“Spent Time” - Wheeler Brothers
These guys have a new album coming out on April 2, 2013. It’s called “Gold Boots Glitter” and I’m looking forward to it. In the meantime, here’s a song from their current album. I’m a sucker for a good storytellin’ song. Wheeler Brothers are on tour all over this great country, so make sure you go see a live show. I’m gonna. Music snob stuff: driving backbeat, horns (without sounding kitschy), tempo changes, great harmonies.

Entire set from Neslonville Music Festival - Shovels and Rope
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Maker Mondays #3 – Little Alouette

Maker Mondays is where I’ll show you some incredible people making even more incredible things, try to explain what makes their stuff so rad, and why you should care.

This week’s Maker Mondays features another incredible company from Columbus, Ohio: Little Alouette.

Little Alouette is a husband & wife team– she’s a writer, he’s a master carpenter– who started making exquisite wooden toys for their two tots

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Weekend Soundtrack #2

Beauty and the Biker’s Weekend Soundtrack #2!

There & Back Again – River City Extension
Starts out sparse, tired, and fucking depressing. “I live by the ocean, but I don’t feel free.” Then it builds, little by little to a sonic cliff. A hipster headbanging, fuckitall I’ma dance catharsis. Queue it up on your iPhone music player of choice so that at exactly 1:33 into the song you’re busting the door open to the parking lot and heading home for the weekend.

“Feeding Line” – Boy & Bear
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When things fall apart

Saturday morning, 7:05 AM

“Seth! The toilet’s overflowing!” Alaina yelled from the bathroom. One of the boys used a little lot too much toilet paper.

I ran downstairs while pulling on my pants. “Shut the water off!”

“How?!!?”

“Turn the valve behind the toilet!”

Nastywater is slowly covering the bathroom floor. I know, I know. Two poo posts in a week. But, hey. When you have kids, poop becomes a big part of your life.

Back to Saturday morning: reach over and turn off the water while plopping towels down to soak up the overflow. Plunge the toilet like Arthur trying to pull the Sword out of the Stone. Finally, slurpwhooosh. Success!

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