I have been on a mission to find just the right tubing to make some hula hoops. For the last two weeks, I’ve been madly calling hardware and home and garden stores all across LA. Each tells me that someone else has it. No-one did. Jason recommended an irrigation supply store, who said they had the tubing. And it was dirty cheap: $50 for a roll of 500 feet! That’s enough for 60 hoops.

After a brief set-back (I went to get the tubing on Saturday, only to find that the place closed at 11 AM on Saturdays), I finally got to the store and bought the tubing today. However, once I brought the material home and compared it to my existing hoops, it became evident that this tubing, while technically the right stuff, is just a little too flimsy. Damnit. Who knew this would be so hard?