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Getting ready for the weekend here at the shop - how'd it get to be Friday already? #chemistry #organicchemistry #naturalingredients #handmademanmade #mixology #tedshane #1950 #guystuff #booklearning #booksarecool

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How we like it - and how we need it #monday #morningcoffee #coffeetime #coffeeanddonuts #open24hours #guystuff #timetowork #madeincalifornia (at The Donut Hole)

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Steam coming off yer cup from a fresh pot of coffee ... is there a more beautiful thing? Not right now there isn't. #NationalCoffeeDay #thatseverydayforus #coffeetime #morningcoffee #organicchemistry #workshoplife #handmademanmade #guystuff #americanmadequality

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Looking forward to the weekend #landofthefree #americanmadequality #thebestthingsinlifearefree #freeisforme #usesoap #usemako #usewoodhicks #usetimberline #useexecutivewashroom #useriseandshine #usepenndutch #useranchhand #organicchemistry #naturalingredients #handmademanmade #labordayweekend #madeincalifornia

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Remember last week when we told you that California's warm days and cool nights ensure that our oranges turn #orange? Well, in Florida (as well as Texas), oranges are routinely exposed to #ethylene to break down the #chlorophyll so they'll turn orange. Ethylene is a naturally occurring harmless gas, so that's not really a big deal. But oranges from those states can also be sprayed with "Citrus Red No.2" - a man-made dye that is banned in this state. No bigs if you're just peeling to eat or squeezing the juice out, but if you're processing "rinds and all," then your result is not exactly going to be "natural"... #orangeistheneworange  #organicchemistry  #naturalingredients #yeswearemakingorangesoap #californiacitrus #CaliforniaOranges #orangeslices #orangejuice #orangeyougladyoufollowus #madeincalifornia (at B&C Mfg Workshop)

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#NationalWaffleDay: In 1904, apparently St. Louis was the happening place in America: the city hosted both the 1904 World’s Fair and the 1904 Olympics. There were over fifty ice cream vendors and more than a dozen waffle or “hotcakes” vendors combined between these two huge events, so the exact fellows’ names in particular have been lost to history, but one guy’s waffle booth was next to another guy’s ice cream stand when the ice cream guy ran out of serving cups. The waffle vendor rolled a waffle into a cone shape and saved the day by creating an edible cup to hold the ice cream, and – check it out – the ice cream cone was born (much like the delicious one seen here in our photo taken downtown today at McConnell’s). That event is why to this day, even the crummiest ice cream cones usually have a “waffle pattern” on them. Today celebrates the August 24, 1869 patent of Cornelius Swartwout’s device designed to make better waffles: the waffle iron. #sellinglikehotcakes #yeswecelebratedwafflesbyeatingicecream #coneshape #conical #cornucopia #wafflicious #organicchemistry #CorneliusSwartwout #twogreattastesthattastegreattogether #since1869 #since1904 #summertime #stlouis #madeinamerica (at Downtown Los Angeles)

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Oranges for orange soap! In the hottest weather, oranges can be ripe and even sweet but still #green, unless the trees grow in an area where the night air reaches a chilly temp - like California - where the chlorophyll breaks down and turns orange. Texas and Florida stay warm at night, so they have to monkey with their #oranges to get them to turn #orange. The Golden State doesn't have to resort to any of that stuff, which is just one of the reasons that California is number one in the USA for fresh-market oranges. #californiaoranges #scienceandnature #orangeistheneworange #organicchemistry #citrus #naturalingredients #handmademanmade #chlorophyll #workshoplife #madeincalifornia #yeswearemakingorangesoap #orangeyougladyoufollowus (at B&C Mfg Workshop)

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First we drink the coffee. Then we do the things. #lotsandlotsofcoffee #monday #coffeetime #blackcoffee (at B&C Mfg Workshop)

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Quitting time came kinda early today but we found something to do in the meantime #happyhour #whiskeytime #barme #whiskeyme #thenamesonthewindow #guystuff #organicchemistry #downtownlosangeles #madeincalifornia (at Seven Grand)

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Hey now – #NationalRumDay is a holiday we can get behind, and we’re gonna start with this dusty, crusty bottle of dark Jamaican rum, which, according to the label, was Sir Henry Morgan’s private reserve. If you know anything at all about the Welsh privateer, you know that he was foremost a pirate of the Spanish Main and West Indies. Morgan led raids on Porto Bello, Cartegena de Indias, Maracaibo and Gibraltar, and was at one time the self-proclaimed Governor of Jamaica. Morgan's grave was in the Palisadoes cemetery in Kingston Harbor, which sank beneath the sea after an earthquake in 1692. Pretty much a badass, he was played by Steve Reeves in a 1960 Italian film, and hijacked as the cartoonish mascot for a popular – albeit 70-proof – Puerto Rican rum. The stuff in this bottle is 100% Jamaican and a bawdy 100 proof and will be disappearing shortly after this post. #JamaicaMeCrazy #jamaicanrum #darkrum #organicchemistry #vintagerum #sirhenrymorgan #morganthepirate #apirateslifeforme #yohohoandabottleofrum #guystuff #yeswearegonnamakeBayRumsoap (at B&C Mfg Workshop)

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Very cool rusty 1947 Ford Super DeLuxe with #suicidedoors spotted here at the beach - We kinda had to make a drop off in Santa Monica then kinda stopped for tacos and then kinda prolly won't make it back to the workshop now. Good thing we brought our swim trunks. Happy Friday y'all! #everybodysgonesurfin #surfmobile #surfwhip #1947FordSuperDeluxe #47Ford #vintageford #ruggedstyle #surfwagon #guystuff #keepitclean #surfingusa #madeincalifornia (at Malibu, California)

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This will be on the test #organicchemistry #naturalingredients #scienceandnature #periodictable #workshop #wherethemagichappens #elementsofnature #guystuff #medfieldcollege #respectthechemistry (at B&C Mfg Workshop)

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Just sayin' #guystuff #organicchemistry #naturalingredients #handmademanmade #workshoplife #keepitclean #madeincalifornia #usesoap

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We might fudge on the exact timing a little #morningcoffee #coffeetime #workshoplife #organicchemistry #naturalingredients #handmademanmade #respectthechemistry #erlenmeyerflask #guystuff #madeincalifornia (at B&C Mfg Workshop)

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Doing some research in the field this afternoon and yes we made sure we are prepared for #NationalSmoresDay: #marshmallows + #hersheys + #grahamcrackers = #smores #thesmoreyouknow #thesmorethemerrier #thegreatoutdoors #summernights #summertime #campfiresupper #guystuff #organicchemistry #madeincalifornia (at Chantry Flats)

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As you can see, we're happy it's Thursday - becuz that means tomorrow is Friday #molecularformula #dopamine #dopaminemolecule #gethappy #benzenering #hydroxyl #aminegroup #ethylchain #organicchemistry #guystuff #happyThursday #madeincalifornia (at B&C Mfg Workshop)

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Claus getting the lowdown at the coolest bookstore in Los Angeles #booklearning #booksarecool #booksarefun #guystuff #oldbooks #rarebooks #readabook #buylocal # #momandpopshop #madeincalifornia (at Caravan Book Store)