Wesley Cannon has a cool mom

February 22, 2011

Think about your favorite hobby. It’s probably something normal, like playing guitar, collecting baseball cards, or building a giant train set. And you probably have a perfectly sensible story about how you chose that particular hobby. Wesley Cannon appears to have a not unusual hobby – collecting authentic props from his favorite movies and displaying [...]

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Behold, The Egg

February 21, 2011

The New York Post published a feature over the weekend called “Dude, where’s my den?” looking at four man caves throughout the city. “Man caves are the ultimate luxury” for New York City men, says the Post. “With square footage to spare, any suburban chap can boast a no-girls-allowed basement hangout, complete with a wraparound [...]

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Adam Carolla’s Man Cave

February 17, 2011

The first book I ever bought for my Kindle was In Fifty Years We’ll All Be Chicks by Adam Carolla. It’s equal parts autobiography, cultural commentary, and complaining about a bunch of stuff based on the core premise that “masculinity by any definition is disappearing.” I’m just now getting over a case of Kindle Thumb [...]

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Don Bolinger’s Shed

February 16, 2011

We may have just identified one of the founding fathers of the man cave. Don Bolinger was a World War II vet who passed away last Thursday at the age of 83. Yesterday, the State-Journal Register in Illinois published a story by Dave Bakke about Don’s man cave, dubbed The Shed. It was always the [...]

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Man To Man: Chris Fenn

February 15, 2011

“We’re on a streak of not showering. If it was July you wouldn’t want to be talking to me.” That’s how my conversation with Chris Fenn started. Chris is the manager for Matt Costa, a singer-songwriter on Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records label. If you’re not already a Matt Costa fan (and I don’t know why [...]

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Man Cave Links

February 14, 2011

Like fingerprints and Blake Griffin dunks, each man cave is unique and special. Every so often I’ll scour the web to bring you a smattering of links that celebrate man caves and the personalities behind them. The law enforcement officer’s ‘Man Cave’ A very detailed description of an ideal man cave for the modern law [...]

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Good Week: Bacon Chunks Edition

February 11, 2011

It was a productive first week for To The Man Cave. A writer for the Wall Street Journal mentioned us in a tweet and we had our first man cave profile from Brad in Seattle. Thanks for checking out the site, I hope you like what you’re seeing. Best thing I saw: It’s got to [...]

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Calling Your Shot: Five Guys Who Did What They Said They Were Going To Do

February 10, 2011

I have some pretty lofty goals for this site. I’m sure there are going to be some moments where I’ll want to pack it in, but hopefully I can keep finding sources of inspiration. It’s motivating to hear about people who are living the lives they want to live; even more so if the goal [...]

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Brad Harlow’s Man Cave – The Garage Mahal

February 9, 2011

Our first man cave profile is a good one. Brad Harlow lives in Seattle and is the owner of what he’s dubbed “The Garage Mahal.” It’s three stories tall and 1400 square feet with views of Mount Rainier and Lake Washington. Brad can control everything from an app on his iPhone, including the lights, heat, [...]

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A man cave is born

February 8, 2011

“Man Caves” is a show on The DIY Network hosted by Jason Cameron and Tony Siragusa. Each episode chronicles the construction of a different man cave, usually based on a different theme (“Cigar Lounge,” “The Irish Pub,” “Hockey Hideaway,” etc.). You can watch a bunch of the episodes on Hulu. Robert Passarella, a writer for [...]

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