Last year I cut out your list from the FT, so that when my wife says "I never know what to get you, you're so difficult" I can just wave it around. I think if I had the meat slicing machine for example I'd be more likely to always have jambon iberico on hand.
What usually happens is that days before Christmas we go to our excellent local antiques shop and pick things out like the brass candle sticks which come in ever so handy when the electricity goes out. Or the Peugeot coffee grinder, or the Femoka espresso maker or champagne cups (sp?).
I've enjoyed looking at the rare book sellers website on this years list and I like the napkins and place mats from Venice and the lagoon pillows. Not to mention the safari suit for my wife and the Coggins books (pere et fils) I'm sure I'll find lots of other things besides. Thank you. There is such a lot to sift through that one is really grateful for The Contender. Also I can see that tangentially ( if that is the word) the small company I work for made it on the list which I find pleasing to no end.
The Moccamaster never disappoints. Leave it to the Dutch to make it simple + beautiful: it makes pure smooth delicious drip coffee and nothing else. And for everyone that complains that it requires cleaning multiple parts? I don’t know “bro” as @Michael Williams would say; most things taste better when they’re made with clean equipment.
A few years ago I bought a short version of the Mackintosh, called the Anstruther, from the great shop Dick's in Edinburgh. It looked so cool. Off I went down the street, and was suddenly overwhelmed with buyer's remorse. It didn't breathe. I'd bought an expensive rubber jacket when I could have bought gore-tex. But time tells. When the conditions are cold and sodden, when the rain is pouring down, nothing gets through the Mackintosh.
It's funny--my first Mackintosh (which I still have) was heavily rubber and sometimes just too impenetrable. But the newer ones breathe better and are just lovely. Still do what they need to do and are just lighter and even can be folded and put in a checked bag. I bring mine everywhere.
Last year I cut out your list from the FT, so that when my wife says "I never know what to get you, you're so difficult" I can just wave it around. I think if I had the meat slicing machine for example I'd be more likely to always have jambon iberico on hand.
What usually happens is that days before Christmas we go to our excellent local antiques shop and pick things out like the brass candle sticks which come in ever so handy when the electricity goes out. Or the Peugeot coffee grinder, or the Femoka espresso maker or champagne cups (sp?).
I've enjoyed looking at the rare book sellers website on this years list and I like the napkins and place mats from Venice and the lagoon pillows. Not to mention the safari suit for my wife and the Coggins books (pere et fils) I'm sure I'll find lots of other things besides. Thank you. There is such a lot to sift through that one is really grateful for The Contender. Also I can see that tangentially ( if that is the word) the small company I work for made it on the list which I find pleasing to no end.
Oh nice!
You just made it easy for me to find things for the hard to please. Bless you.
Thank you, Tom! Hard to please people are my specialty! Ha!
I wish I could say the same thing for me and fishing for brook trout. ;-)
on the subject of brook trout, these caught my eye (pun intended)
https://www.elbowchocolates.com/fly-fishing-caramels.html
Was literally just looking at that Gitman shirt - glad it gets the Coggins stamp of approval!
Oh the Argentine Parrilla grill......looks like an early view of heaven....
I’ve visited him in his studio. It’s wild. Totally customized to each person.
Wms & Co., take all of my money
The Moccamaster never disappoints. Leave it to the Dutch to make it simple + beautiful: it makes pure smooth delicious drip coffee and nothing else. And for everyone that complains that it requires cleaning multiple parts? I don’t know “bro” as @Michael Williams would say; most things taste better when they’re made with clean equipment.
Ha! I didn't know that was the criticism. We don't have quite that much room for one. But I'm still very intrigued!
A few years ago I bought a short version of the Mackintosh, called the Anstruther, from the great shop Dick's in Edinburgh. It looked so cool. Off I went down the street, and was suddenly overwhelmed with buyer's remorse. It didn't breathe. I'd bought an expensive rubber jacket when I could have bought gore-tex. But time tells. When the conditions are cold and sodden, when the rain is pouring down, nothing gets through the Mackintosh.
It's funny--my first Mackintosh (which I still have) was heavily rubber and sometimes just too impenetrable. But the newer ones breathe better and are just lovely. Still do what they need to do and are just lighter and even can be folded and put in a checked bag. I bring mine everywhere.
My personal and objectively correct ranking of Oxford cloth shirts is:
Cream>Green Stripe>Blue Stripe> (most other shirts)>standard blue ocbd
London Review of Books or NY Review of Books?
New York for sure. One of the great publications around.
Thank you.
Hi David, the link to the Drake's Unicorn Scarf is sending me to the Smythson Diary.
Sorry! https://www.drakes.com/products/green-unicorn-print-wool-silk-scarf