Vinceland

We designed, built, wrote, deployed and plugged the new grainsurfboards.com.
My brother’s company designs, builds, rides and sells hand-built wooden surfboards on the coast of Maine. We still have a few things to add to the site, but it’s fun.
http://www.grainsurfboards.com.

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My parents had seven of us LaVecchias. John, Emy, Mike, Catherine, Betsy, Vin, Nick. Unbelievably, all of us went through private high schools and some form of 4 year college all without incurring our own loans. I can’t even imagine what that would cost if we started putting children through college today. Indefinite debt (on [...]

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Ok, enough of the lovey-dovey, wedding stuff. It’s time to talk about something near and dear to every man’s heart. The man’s #2: His motor vehicles.
But before I delve into that, I want to extol the virtues of a written form that makes more sense to put in use today than at any time in [...]

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After a brunch on Sunday, we flew from Vermont to Portland and had just over 24 hours to chill out, unpack, clean clothes, pack and get back to the airport to leave for our honeymoon. We had planned it months earlier, with little concern for cost, yet the utmost concern for relaxation, beaches and fun. [...]

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I got married to Meghan Pruitt on August 26, 2006, just a couple of weeks ago. Since then, we flew to Fiji, spent 10 days in paradise, snorkelled for hours, came back and went back to work. We’re relaxed, refreshed, and came back to shitty fall Northwest weather.
Now that we’re back, the big question is: [...]

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