SOME FRENCH HIGHLIGHTS

SHORE DINNER : ALASKA

SPRUCE SMOKED SALMON FILET

 HALIBUT ON STONE PLANCHA

 BEACH PEAS & GREENS, WILD CURRANTS & ROE

GIN WITH SPRUCE TIPS AND ROE GARNISH

PAULA RUBENSTEIN LTD

PAULA RUBENSTEIN IS THE STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO STELLAR VINTAGE TEXTILES, FOUND OBJECTS AND COOL INDUSTRIAL FURNITURE. I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND HER POINT OF VIEW THE MOST INSPIRING AND SHE HAS BEEN AT IT LONG ENOUGH TO BE THE AUTHORITY. SHE LEFT HER LONG TIME PRINCE STREET STORE FRONT THIS SUMMER AND HAS RELOCATED TO BOND STREET IN A MUCH BIGGER SPACE THAT SHE SEEMS TO FEEL IS A CONSTANT WORK IN PROGRESS, WHICH MAY BE TRUE BUT THERE IS PLENTY TO SEE IN THE MEANTIME.

SIGN PAINTERS

I TOTALLY DIG THIS NEW BOOK FROM PRINCETON ARCHITECTURAL PRESS. MY DAD WAS AN OLD SCHOOL SIGN PAINTER WHO LETTERED SHOW CARDS, WINDOWS, FIRE TRUCKS AND RACE CARS (AND PIN STRIPED AND GOLD LEAFED THEM AS WELL) I WISH HIS SKILLS (AND ARCHIVE) WERE STILL AROUND FOR ME TO ENJOY. HE WOULD HAVE EASILY FIT INTO THE PAGES OF THIS BOOK.

STOCK VINTAGE SHOW

STOCK VINTAGE (MY FAVORITE MEN'S VINTAGE CLOTHING SHOP) IS HAVING AN OPENING OF EARLY PHOTOS OF MEN AT WORK. ALL IN FINE EXAMPLES OF PERIOD WORK WEAR, I'M SURE. IF YOU ARE AROUND DON'T MISS IT.

SEE YA RUGBY

IT IS NO MYSTERY I AM A HUGE FAN HERE AND I FEEL THE PLUG BEING PULLED ON RUGBY IS A REALLY BIG MISTAKE. I THINK THE CORDS, SHIRTS, SUITING AND KNITS ARE GREAT AND THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED. 

RUGBY, YOU WILL BE MISSED.