Man Wing - The Plan

Media room (above). The heart of the Man Wing.

MAN WING - (n) A place at home where dudes hang out and could survive for decades if nuclear war struck.

As it is all but certain that my millions are on the way, it is time to start putting together the elements of the Super House, specifically, the Man Wing.

As the father of four boys who are growing into the manly aspects of manhood, I want to be able to spend quality with them in the absolute pursuit of amusing ourselves aimlessly. My hope and dream is to construct an entire wing of the estate soley for the amusement of the Rhodes males. I fully expect that it will take a staff of eight to run this facility. It will have walls of manly oak, and manly brass, and books "leather bound." With that in mind, here is the wish list for the Man Wing:

Bar basement/garage/pub - It is very important in a manly home to have a basement/garage bar-pub type of area that be used for entertaining during parties and to drown my sorrows when things are rotten.

The bar (above). Easy to sop up the messes, comfortable, full of TV's.

I realize this bar area isn't quite the height of manliness, so I've decided to install a full-blown, fully functioning, full-staffed brewery on site to maintain a constant supply of 'Rhodes Boys Pale Ale' fresh and chilled and ready to go. Now take that...

Rhodes family brewery.

Pool Table - In order to hone bar skills, it is necessary to have a full sized slate-top pool table with the Rhodes family crest embroidered in the middle. This will require me to invent the Rhodes family crest, but suffice it to know that there will be a Twinkie on the shield. Plus, during blow-outs where kids are allowed, the pool table is a kid magnet.

Dart Corner - For the sophisticated partay. Steel tip darts in the little plastic cases. Rhodes Family crest on the feathers.

Private bowling alley. Need I say more.

Bowling Alley - Requires specialized equipment, gear, architecture, and shoes. Takes up an ungodly amount of precious square footage. You are definitely the man if you can pull off the bowling alley in your house. An array of balls, shoes, and shirts to choose from.

No crappy sand pits for the Rhodes family. Horseshoe heaven.

Horse Shoe Pit - The picnics best friend and an excellent way to kill 2 hours at a boring barbeque.

Badminton court - In honor of Jack Purcell (Canadian Badminton King and Shoe Baron), must be regulation, full of gadgets and totally frivolous. Bleachers are essential. There should be a changing hut with regulations whites for all players.

Gym - Never to be used, but to be admired at parties and gatherings "Yeah, I spent 50g's on this room and only used the treadmill once"