Whole Foods visits my house and we make a skateboard

Dark Rye, the online magazine for Whole Foods, came to my house this summer and shot a video of the stuff my daughters and I like to do. They've also included a downloadable version of bOING bOING #1 (published in 1989), and how-to instructions for a couple of projects.

Mark and Daughters in Dark Rye

• [bcsizemo]

  Mark drives a VW Thing?  Automatic +10 coolness.

• [Bucket]

  I’m very jealous of Mark’s Thing.

  What? I’m talking about his Volkswagen.

• [Chesterfield]

  Your kids are adorable! Life looks pretty awesome in your corner of the world.

• [monitorhead]

  the 72vw super owner in me admires the type 181 he’s drivin.  and kubelwagen beige to boot!

• [kentkb]

  VW thing = cool

• [Rickenbacker4001]

  Very inspiring . Love your interactions with your family. Been a big fan for a long time.

• [niktemadur]

  This thread is unexpectedly, quickly escalating into a VW Thing discussion!

• [zeppo]

  “The views expressed … are not necessarily those of … Dark Rye.”

  But they should be. Loved that.

• [Evan G.]

  WF has an online magazine called Dark Rye? Of course they do.  Ugh. 

• [Ito Kagehisa]

  The only Thing cooler than a Kubelwagen is a Schwimmwagen!   But I have to admit undying loyalty to the Karmann Ghia, myself.

  • [bcsizemo]

    I’m a Type 3 fan myself.  When well done the Ghia is nice, but just something about a Notchback that I find so “german”.

    • [Ito Kagehisa]

       Well, have you seen the Type 3 Ghia then?  I prefer the appearance of the regular models, but there’s a totally cherry type 3 that I see around here once every decade or so.  The elderly gent who drives it brought it back from Germany on a cargo ship in the 60s.

• [RadioSilence]

  Lovin’ the VW love :)

  Never had a ‘classic’ like Mark’s, but I borrow my cousin’s bay-window camper when I can. My current ride is a ’01 Polo and my first car was a ’91 Golf (52BHP – imagine the power!)

• [Brett Coulthard]

  The sandwich uke was great!  But did you use Dark Rye?

  • [Antinous / Moderator]

    Why are you attaching the same image to every comment?

• [RJ]

  That is a beautiful VW Thing, Mark. It looks either restored or very well-kept. I’d like to know more about it. What’s on the odo? Any mods, or is it factory? Is it a restoration? How much? Is it a repaint? Reupholster?

  I’m not a big VW guy, but Things and Karmann Ghias will always be beautiful cars.

• [Ken Oatman ☼]

  This is cool, because some of the hipper Whole Foods locations were supporters of BoingBoing, the dead-tree product, back in the ’90′s. Full circle.

  • [An Infinitude of Tortoises]

     This notion of a “hipper Whole Foods” I find quite intriguing, because …

    * “Is Whole Foods Bad for the Planet?” 
    * “Whole Foods: Selling the highest quality natural & organic wingnuttery” 
    * “Weigh Less, Pay Less: Whole Foods Offers Discount Based On BMI” 
    * “Whole Foods, junk science, healthism, and other stuff white people like” 
    * “Why You Should Have Already Had Problems With Whole Foods”

• [CHMM News]

  I loved this article nearly as much as I love playing and working on projects with my daughter :) thanks Mark for making day’s a little more awesome.

• [Chesterfield]

  Could you post a link to the trucks and wheels that you used for the skateboards?

• [FreakCitySF]

  You have good taste Mark. I to have a 73 as well :). And it’s awesome to see a owner putting the windshield down even for a blog video :) There is great debate on whether or not it’s legal. But regardless the so cal weather is much better for them Things than in SF.  There is a good forum for VWs and Thing enthusiasts at http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewforum.php?f=8. Yours looks factory new, I’d love to see a complete VW restoration done on a junk yard derelict in Make someday.  Possibly one of the best cars for DIY folks.