Monday, May 24, 2010

WAXING ON

BARBOUR IN ACTION

BELSTAFF IN USE

NOW I'VE LEARNED MY ABC'S....

I JUST BOUGHT THIS BOOK FROM A STREET VENDOR IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN BROOKLYN. HONESTLY THESE GUYS HAVE CRAP 95% OF THE TIME. BUT THIS WAS A GREAT FIND ($5.00 WITH NO CUSTOMARY HAGGLING ON MY PART) PUBLISHED BY PETER PAUPER PRESS IN 1953. THIS LETTERPRESS BEAUTY IS SHORT, (60 PAGES) TO THE POINT, (MOST COCKTAILS HAVE AN AVERAGE OF THREE INGREDIENTS, TOPS) AND IT'S FILLED WITH ALL THESE BOOZE INSPIRED, PHILOSOPHIC LIMERICKS ILLUSTRATED BY RUTH MC CREA. FIND YOURS ON ALIBRIS.


WM.BROWN AND PARTNERS & SPADE

WM. BROWN FARMS' RED WINE VINEGAR HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARTNERS & SPADE OUTER BOROUGH FOOD EXHIBITION. THIS IS AN UNFILTERED VINEGAR MADE AND BOTTLED BY HAND AT THE WM. BROWN ANNEX IN BROOKLYN. WE ARE IN GREAT COMPANY THERE, SO GO CHECK IT OUT.

Friday, May 21, 2010

EXACTLY...

JOURNAL FOUND IN LONDON HIGH STREET SHOP.

LONDON CALLED

THE TRIP TO LONDON LAST WEEK WAS TERRIFIC. HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND FINDS INCLUDING A GREAT LUNCH AT ST. JOHN BREAD AND WINE.
NEW SEASON ONIONS AND LENTILS AT ST. JOHN
                                          
BOROUGH MARKET LONDON



THE MAKINGS OF THE MOST DELICIOUS CHORIZO SANDWICH


KEY INGREDIENT PURCHASED AT BRINDISA


CHEDDAR FROM NEAL'S YARD


THIS MADE THE BEST BURGERS OF THE TRIP.
FROM HILLHEAD FARM 

A VISIT TO THE GINGER PIG IN MARYLEBONE






OLIVER SPENCER WAS KIND ENOUGH TO WALK US THROUGH SOME OF HIS GREAT BRITISH MADE DESIGNS








FINALLY. A PIE FUNNEL FOR MY GAME MEAT PIES
(FROM LABOUR AND WAIT)


THIS IS DAVID FROM ALBAM SPORTING THEIR MOST COVETED JACKET (MY SIZE WAS NOT AVAILABLE IN NAVY)



HAND MAD ANTLER AND HORN WHISTLES FROM ALBAM





OLD SCHOOL GROOMING AND SUCH FROM TAYLOR OF OLD BOND ST.
SHAVING BRUSHES AND SHOE HORNS (ACTUALLY MADE FROM HORN)

VINTAGE WAX

ON THIS LAST TRIP TO LONDON I BECAME OBSESSED WITH THESE OLD WAX COATS AND VESTS. THE MORE PATINA THE BETTER. I LOVE WHEN THE AGED WAX COTTON TAKES ON A LEATHERY FINISH. I BOUGHT AS MANY AS MY ORVIS DUFFLE COULD HOLD. BELOW IS THE BOOTY. A MASCOT, LONG COUNTRY COAT, BARBOUR BEDALE, BARBOUR SPEY JACKET ( THE PERFECT WADING COAT FOR FISHING, THAT BARBOUR STOPPED MAKING SOME YEARS AGO. FOOLS..) A GAME KEEPERS VEST (COMPLETE WITH .22 CARTRIDGE CASINGS IN THE POCKET) AND TWO 1960'S BELSTAFF MOTORCYCLE COATS BEAT TO PERFECTION! (PS THE SECOND IS FOR SALE- SIZE 38).


LL BEAN VINTAGE SIGNATURE

I THINK LL BEAN HAS MADE SOME VALID EFFORTS WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THEIR SIGNATURE LINE ( I LOVE THE HAND SEWN BLUCHER MOCK. VERY COMFORTABLE AND NO BREAK IN TIME.) BUT, THERE IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE THE CONSTRUCTION AND STYLE OF  ORIGINAL BEAN VINTAGE PEICES. I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING THEM FOR A WHILE. HERE IS A COUPLE OF NEW ADDITIONS.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

PAPER JOURNALS



PAPER REALLY IS THE BEST FOR PUTTING DOWN THOUGHTS, NOTES AND BOOZE INDUCED PHILOSOPHIES. SURE, YOU CAN PUT THEM IN YOUR COMPUTER OR PHONE AND THE RISKS ARE HIGH AT LOSING THE INFORMATION IN ALL THESE OPTIONS. BUT, THERE IS SOMETHING WONDERFUL ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF THE PAPER NOTE BOOK IN YOUR POCKET AND THE DISCOVERY OF AN OLD ONE ON YOUR BOOKSHELF.  I THINK A QUICK NOTE ABOUT A DATE, SHOP, RESTAURANT OR PLACE IS JUST A LOT SEXIER IN A PAPER NOTEBOOK ( AND THEY HANDLE THE OCCASIONAL BEER, WINE OR WHISKEY BEING DUMPED ON THEM A LOT BETTER TOO.) IT'S ABOUT THE TEXTURE , THE FEEL OF PENCIL OR PEN TO THE PAGE, I GUESS AND OH, YEAH THEY DON'T RUN OUT OF BATTERY OR REQUIRE A HARD DRIVE... SOME OF MY FAVORITES ARE BELOW. SMYTHSON IS CLASSIC AND I LOVE THE COLOR AND WEIGHT OF THE PAPER. THE GANG AT FIELD NOTES DO A GREAT THIN AND NO EXCUSE TO CARRY JOURNAL AND DUNDERDON'S PAGES ARE WATERPROOF.