MIDDLE EUROPE

I AM OFF ON ASSIGNMENT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME GOOD SHIT.

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RING OF FIRE

MY NEW FAVORITE JUNK SHOP FIND IS THIS DEAD STOCK ZIPPO LIGHTER. I DIG THIS HUNTER MOTIF AND THE SMELL OF THE FLUID IGNITING AS YOU FLIP AND STRIKE THE WHEEL. IT TOTALLY REMINDS ME OF MY FATHER AND HIS BUDDIES LIGHTING COLEMAN'S OR SMOKES AT CAMP OR IN THE DUCK BLIND.

GOAT: A LOVE STORY, THE FINAL CHAPTER

THE BELLY OF THIS BEAST WAS STUFFED THE NIGHT BEFORE WITH LEMONS, GARLIC, ONIONS, OLIVE OIL, THYME AND ROSEMARY, DUSTED WITH COARSE SALT THEN SEWN SHUT AND LEFT TO REST. THE NEXT DAY AT 2:30 PM THE FIRE WAS STARTED.  (ROYAL OAK CHARCOAL OF COURSE) AND AT 3:00 PM THE GOAT WAS ON THE FIRE.

THREE HOURS LATER AND IT WAS PERFECTLY COOKED. WE WERE 30 PEOPLE IN ALL , KIDS INCLUDED AND NO ONE COULD GET ENOUGH. SIX BOTTLES OF GIRARD SAUV BLANC AND 6 OF FOG HEAD PINOT NOIR FROM MONTEREY WASHED IT ALL DOWN. THANKS GOAT, WE LOVED YOU. DELICIOUS...

THE BANDWAGON

NOW ORVIS HAS FOLLOWED SUIT WITH OTHER AMERICAN COMPANIES DIGGING INTO THEIR ARCHIVES AND FOLLOWING THE HERITAGE BRAND TRENDS. I HAVE TO SAY THE LINE, U.S PATENT HAS SOME GREAT NEW EDITIONS AND A GOOD BLEND OF CLASSIC ARCHIVE EDITS THAT STILL STAY TRUE TO THE BRAND. (GRANTED, SOME STILL A BIT OLD FARTY, BUT CLASSIC.)

BATTERED BROWN BEAUTIES

NYC: JOHNY'S DINER

SOMETIMES IT TAKES A SHITTY, RAINY DAY IN NYC TO DISCOVER SOME GREAT THINGS, LIKE JOHNY'S ON WEST 25TH STREET. WET, HOT AND HUNGRY, I DUCKED INTO JOHNY'S FOR EGGS AND COFFEE (AT 11:30 AM AND JOHNY SERVES ALL-DAY BREAKFAST).  IT IS IN A WORD : PERFECTION. SUPER FAST, CLEAN AND DELICIOUS, JOHNY'S IS A MULTI-GENERATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT WITH THE KIND OF FAMILIARITY I LOVE. BESIDES BREAKFAST ORDERS, THEY WERE DOING MOUNDS OF TO-GO CHEESEBURGERS. WILL TRY THAT NEXT.....  I HAVE PASSED THIS PLACE LITERALLY DOZENS OF TIMES AND I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE NEVER WALKED IN BEFORE TODAY. THIS WILL BE A REGULAR JOINT FOR ME.

THANK YOU SHITTY, RAINY DAY.

MAN GUIDE

THIS IS A REPRINT EDITION OF LT. COL. PETER HAWKER'S 19TH CENTURY GUIDE TO ALL THINGS SPORTING. PRINTED IN ENGLAND, IT IS A MUST READ GUIDE FOR WATER FOWLING, UPLAND BIRDS, FLY FISHING, TRAINING DOGS AND CHOOSING DRESS.