Manny Ruiz, 53, has made a living restoring vintage typewriters out of his converted garage shop in coastal Oregon for the past seven years, ever since he quit his job as a high school math teacher and finalized his divorce. His biggest flaw, by his own admission, is that he’s built a 3-foot personal bubble … Read more
Javi Mendez, 61, leaned his hip against a warped pine picnic table at the annual Oakwood Fire Department chili cookoff, swirling a paper bowl of three-alarm chili with a flimsy plastic spork. He’d only shown up because the fire chief had texted him three times, badgering him to enter his decoy carvings in the silent … Read more
Elias Voss, 53, spent 22 years as a smokejumper before a shattered hip from a bad landing outside Mount Shasta forced early retirement. Now he runs a tiny custom chainsaw carving business out of a cinder block workshop on the edge of Sisters, Oregon, his days split between felling dead cedar and sanding bear sculptures … Read more
Rafe Mendez, 53, has spent the last seven years restoring vintage motorcycles out of a cinder block garage in west Asheville, and the last seven years avoiding anything that feels like a new connection. His ex-wife remarried four years back, but he still keeps a crumpled photo of their 2002 cross-country bike trip tucked in … Read more
Javier Mendez, 53, has restored 17 vintage travel trailers in the seven years since his wife left him for a city zoning inspector, and he’s avoided every small-town community event in that same stretch unless it involved swap meet parts or cheap brisket. His 22-year-old shop assistant practically dragged him to the annual Burnet County … Read more
Javier “Javi” Ruiz, 59, makes his living restoring vintage travel trailers out of a cinder block workshop on the edge of Wickenburg, Arizona. He’s a lifelong perfectionist, the kind who’ll sand a dented Airstream panel for 12 hours straight rather than let a tiny imperfection slide, and that same rigidity cost him his marriage 12 … Read more
Manny Ruiz, 53, has restored 72 vintage camper vans in the eight years since his ex-wife moved to Arizona with a guy who’d bought a 1968 Ford Econoline Manny had spent 11 months perfecting. His worst flaw, if you ask the few friends he lets hang around his shop outside of Astoria, is that he’d … Read more
Appearance style is an integral part of one’s image. It carries a vast amount of information about a woman. Through style, one can infer a woman’s personality, preferences, emotions, intelligence, social status, and, of course, age. Style is the collective concept of the image a woman has chosen for herself. It represents the harmonious unity … Read more
Mary Padian is widely recognized for her appearance on the popular reality TV series Storage Wars, where she stood out for her energetic personality and unique approach to evaluating vintage and antique items. Over the years, she has built a public image that extends beyond her television role. Apart from her work on the show, … Read more
