GOKEYS FIND

I CONFESS I HAVE A LOT OF BAGS. (TOTES, SHOULDER BAGS, DUFFLES) BUT I COULD NOT RESIST THIS VINTAGE GOKEYS SHOULDER BAG WHEN I SPOTTED IT. SO, I CONSULTED WITH MY BUDDY (ALSO A BAG DUDE-DESIGNER ACTUALLY) IF I HAD A PROBLEM WITH TOO MANY BAGS AND THAT I WANTED TO ADD THIS TO MY COLLECTION. HE SAID WELL, YES YOU DO HAVE A PROBLEM BUT THAT SHOULDER BAG IS PRETTY SPECIAL. WELL IT IS MINE NOW AND IT IS GOING TO HOLD MY CAMERAS.

OXXFORD JOURNEY COMPLETE

WHEN I VISITED OXXFORD IN CHICAGO (FOR MY ESQUIRE SHOW ALTERNATE ROUTE) THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO BUILD ME THIS JACKET FROM SOME BEAUTIFUL DEAD STOCK FABRIC THEY HAD. WELL AFTER SOME TWEEKS AND TIME IT IS HERE. I HAVE BEEN WEARING IT REGULARLY AND BREAKING THE OLD BOY IN. IT IS DEFINITELY THE ARGUMENT FOR BESPOKE. IT FITS AND LOOKS GREAT.
SEE THE WHOLE JOURNEY HERE.

DRAKES FOR TUDOR

I AM LOVING THESE SPECIAL ADDITIONS FROM DRAKE'S. THE TIE AND POCKET SQUARE WERE DESIGNED BY HODINKEE TO MATCH THE TUDOR BLACK BAY.

AVAILABLE AT HODINKEE

ARGENTINE DRIVING MOC

WITH ALL THE OVER PACKING I DID (FLY GEAR, HIKING, HUNTING , DRESS FOR DINNER - I HATE TO BE UNDER GEARED) I TOTALLY FORGOT TO PACK A MOC (QUODDY HERE FOR ME) FOR AROUND THE LODGE. LUCKY FOR ME I FOUND ARANDU IS BUENOS AIRES. ARANDU IS THE BERGDORF'S OF GAUCHO SHOPS AND THEY HAD THE MOST AMAZING SELECTION OF ARGENTINE HANDMADE DRIVING MOCCASINS. THEY WEAR LIKE SLIPPERS AND ALL IN FOR ABOUT $60.

CHOCOLATE TAKE AWAY

SAN MARTIN IS THE MOST ADORABLE ALPINE TOWN IN PATAGONIA. (THINK ASPEN MEETS ZERMATT BUT WITH MORE LAID BACK LATIN FLAIR). WELL, IN THAT SWISS TRADITION THERE IS ALSO GREAT CHOCOLATE TO BUY AND MAMUSIA IS THE PLACE TO GET IT.

WILD BOAR HUNT PATAGONIA

TO WAKE UP TO THIS VIEW IS SIMPLY AMAZING. KNOWING THIS LANDSCAPE IS HOME TO MANY WILD BOAR TO STALK AND HUNT IS EPIC.

JORGE

 BROWNING .270

 120 LB WILD RUSSIAN TAKEN AT 150+ YARDS

(AFTER CLOSING THE GAP BY CRAWLING 200+)

NEXT STOP ASADO

THE EUROPEANS THAT SETTLED PATAGONIA BROUGHT MANY EXAMPLES OF THEIR NATIVE SPECIES WITH THEM TO ARGENTINA AND THEY FLOURISHED IN PATAGONIA. NOT ONLY TROUT, RUSSIAN BOAR, (NOW CONSIDERED AN INVASIVE SPECIES, HENCE THE NEED TO CULL) CALIFORNIA QUAIL AND RED STAGS THAT GET ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE DOWN THERE.  SEE BELOW

ASADO

WHEN I TOLD MY FRIEND I WAS HEADING TO SOUTH AMERICA HE SAID "AH, ARGENTINA WHERE CHICKEN IS A VEGETABLE" HE WAS RIGHT, IT WAS A MEAT FEST AND I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. (JUST HAD A FULL RUN OF MEDS AND FOUND SURPRISING LOW CHOLESTEROL…) ASADO - BRING IT!

THE PIT

WE WERE DRINKING THESE VINTAGE BOTTLES OF ZAPATA LIKE WATER. THESE VERY RARELY FIND THERE WAY TO THE STATES AND ARE VERY SPECIAL INDEED.

THANKS CATENA ZAPATA AND AGAIN EDDIE BAUER