Lost Mountain Woodworks

In 2002, two friends of mine got married. Wifey and I went to Dayton’s (I know, I know, you don’t know what a Dayton’s is) to look at their registry. They had registered for, among other things, a $ 150 pair of salt and pepper shakers. If you are 26, and register for a $ 150 pair of salt and pepper shakers, I have the right to punch you in the junk. Just FYI. Needless to say, Wifey and I were not the lucky couple to purchase a $ 150 pair of salt and pepper shakers for the joyous couple. Who are now divorced. N.B.: now that I think about it, no one in either of our circle of friends has been in a relationship as long as Wifey and I have. I don’t know whether that makes us the winners, the losers, or something else, but it’s an interesting revelation.
Fast forward 7 years. Wifey and I, at the American Craft Council Fair here in beautiful SF, stop by Lost Mountain Woodwork’s booth. We gaze in awe at the walnut salt-​and-​pepper shakers, inlaid with ebony, rosewood, zircote, cocobolo, and other exotic hardwoods. I look at Wifey, she looks at me, and we walk away with a $ 132 pair of salt-​and-​pepper shakers. And it’s beautiful enough to make me want to cry. If I wasn’t so manly. Which I am. Totally.
What happened? I don’t know. But I do know this: they look great sitting on my table, and I enjoyed talking with Martha Collins, the creator of my new table art. If you’re looking for salt and pepper shakers, and have $ 132 dollars, you can’t do any better than this. And I should know.