Mustache Respect

Being a guy during November is amazing - turkey, football and mustaches.

As Movember comes to an end we say good bye to the mustaches on all the men around the country and the world. Movember is a great time to be a man, when you have an excuse to grow that upper lip hair and let it flourish.

As we bid farewell to the mustache magic we look back on something that is understated - mustache respect. I am not taking about someone skipping a chirp to let that gross mustache slid, I'm taking about a level of respect that has not been seen since the peak of mustache. During the month of having a mustache, I have experienced many times of mustache respect - but here are my top 3.

1. In the elevator a guy like me usually gets the cold shoulder, the bump into or the look down. But during a mustache period I receive smiles, laughter and a good hearted "opps, sorry bout bumping into you"

2. When I pass by another beauty with a mustache I usually am the one to judge but when I am rocking the upper lip instead I receive a good shooter gun point (not the one from movies, more like a hey man sweet 'stache'

3. A simple smile from a nice old lady and church - I remind her of her son (from 1974).

It is sad to say, that I will not be extending my upper lip decoration into December. With respect for my family and my girlfriend I will be saying good bye to the mustache.

Don't forget if you've got your mustache still rockin' email a photo to Movember@lake-life.com for a chance to win a Lake Life goodie bag.

Until next time.

Peace, love and lake,

Arnie

Top 5's with 'superfan' Andrew David Pierce

We haven't had many blogs lately, mostly because we were busy taking the docks out of the water... which is sad. But we finally have delivered on a promise from this summer, so without further adieu, please help me in welcoming Andrew Pierce to deliver his Top 5's.

Top 5 lakes you love to visit
1. Bass Lake – home to the Pierce Family Cabin (Merrifield, MN)
2. Gull Lake – home to Dutch Cragun
3. Lake Superior – home to the Edmund Fitzgerald
4. Lake Michigan – 2nd greatest lake
5. Crooked Lake – high school hangout

Top 5 reasons you don’t live in Coon Rapids
1. cost of living is too high – it’s like a mini Maple Grove
2. ashamed to show my face now that my middle school flexed arm hang record has been broken
3. my better half does not want to take a park & ride to work
4. Grand Slam Sports closed, need to reside closer to laser tag options
5. my parents claim I’d “cramp their style” if I lived less than 25 minutes away

Top 5 ways you spend $5
1. McDonald’s dollar menu-naire
2. convenience store sunglasses
3. 1 hour of parking downtown
4. redbox movie, box of reese’s pieces and a whatchamacallit bar
5. tin of grizzle biscuits

Top 5 Christmas gifts you’ve received
1. my first suit
2. Nestle Turtles candies
3. ‘Blood, Sweat and Beers’ DVD
4. iPod nano with name engraved
5. U of M tailgating chairs

Top 5 songs on your iPhone right now
1. The Head and the Heart – Lost In My Mind
2. Trout Steak Revival – Ground Beneath You
3. Cults – Go Outside
4. M83 – Midnight City
5. Fleet Foxes - Mykonos

Top 5 reasons you love summer
1. deep v-necks
2. cargo shorts
3. sunglasses with croakies
4. Keens
5. wearing pro-fit baseball hats backwards

Top 5 things you’ll be doing this ‘off-season’
1. repainting basement
2. winter lake life at the Pierce cabin
3. baking all kinds of bread
4. organizing the 1/2 level upstairs
5. wearing under armor/performance fleece around the house

Top 5 quotes
1. “Knowledge is power - it grows just like a flower.” – David Liebe Hart
2. “He who dies with the most toys, still dies.” – a No Fear t-shirt I had in 7th grade
3. “Round up the usual suspects.” – The Usual Suspects
4. “You know what they say about assuming…you shouldn’t do it.” – Andrew David Pierce
5. “Don’t mess with the best, don’t fool with the cool, ‘cause the cool don’t fool with you.” – Gandhi

Top 5 sports rivalries
1. Vikings-Packers
2. Gophers-Sioux (Hockey)
3. Gophers-Badgers (Football)
4. Twins-Brewers
5. Duke-North Carolina

Top 5 reasons you love Lake Life
1. the lids
2. the classic long sleeves
3. the entrepreneurship
4. the custom desktop backgrounds
5. the lifestyle

We thank Andrew for all his contributions and knowledge he has bestowed upon us. Even though he doesn't have an entrepreneurial bone in his body, he does wear t-shirts from time to time - which makes him a great resource.

Until next time - which will hopefully be sooner rather than later.

Peace, love and lake,

Arnie