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**Poof!**: Pig roasting prep begins with drilling of the stainless steel bars.
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**Poof!**: Pit building with cinder blocks Mark picked up with his low rider vehicle Co found on Craigslist.
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**Poof!**: Morning after: apparently the dimensions were off for the pit, so Mark set off rebuilding the pit again.
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**Poof!**: Mark exhausted after round 2 of pit building.
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**Poof!**: The result of hours of labor.
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**Poof!**: And the neighborhood cat found herself a new home as well...
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**Poof!**: 2 days before the roast, the 60 lb pig was picked up from Chinatown butcher shop.
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**Poof!**: Guess what's in the trunk??
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**Poof!**: Amy gagging - the same expression I had at the butcher shop.
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**Poof!**: Flex those muscles, Mark!
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**Poof!**: Brining of the pig.
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**Poof!**: Suzy pouring in the apper cider.
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**Poof!**: Barricading the pig in the tub so that no animal comes near it over night during the 48 hour brining process!!
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**Poof!**: Day of the pig roast is finally here!!