Vampire (Memorial Day) Weekend

If yours was anything like mine, by the end of it, you felt like a vampire. Here’s how I celebrated this Memorial Day Weekend.

Fez
Mosley Tribes Lyndel
Vampire Teeth
A.P.C. Madras
L.L. Bean Essential Web Belt
Murray’s Toggery Shop Nantucket Reds
Quoddy Trail Moccasins for South Willard
Old Style
Cornhole

Vampire Weekend – Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac Cover)
For more Head-to-Toe action, visit the King of H-to-T, Secret Forts.

Factory Visit: Crescent Down Works & The Red Wing Shoe Co.

Clint of The Constants Kept and Ryan of h(y)r collective have both taken some fantastic trips of late.

Clint was able to spend the day at Seattle’s Crescent Down Works, maker of fine down-filled outdoors equipment.

For the full story, pay a visit to TCK.Meanwhile, Ryan scored big with a visit to The Red Wing Shoe Co. in Red Wing, Minnesota.For more on the story, visit the h(y)r collective.

Col. Littleton, Lynnville, Tennessee

Vodpod videos no longer available.“Three of the most pleasing things in life … A good woman … A good dog … And a sharp knife.” – Colonel Littleton of Lynnville, Tennessee

well-plaid: Vintage Porsche Ad

Vodpod videos no longer available. “The one thing that is universal is the search for purpose. It is the essence of the human spirit to seek a reason for being.” – Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche c/o Worthy.

The Brooklyn Flea is All Plaidout

Special thanks to Jessica of Brownstoner’s Brooklyn Flea for pulling me aside for a quick interview this weekend. They were nice enough to feature me and my new bucket on their blog. If you’re anywhere near New York and you haven’t been to the flea, you’re missing out. This spring you can find all the terrific vendors Saturdays in Fort Greene at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School on Lafayette Ave. between Clermont and Vanderbilt Aves. and this Sunday they are moving from their usual space at 76 and 81 Front St. in DUMBO to an archway under the Manhattan Bridge, effectively putting the UMB in DUMBO. Get there early for the best finds and stay late to watch all the bartering at sunset. Come hungry. I eat better at the flea than in most restaurants, this in a city of restaurants. Oh, and yes, bring your bucket. You’ll have plenty to lug home, and there is no hipper way to do so than with an antique steel bucket.

L.L. Bean Reintroduces The Norwegian Sweater

Look for it F/W ’09. Images c/o A Restless Transplant. Vintage catalogue image c/o Heavy Tweed Jacket.

Images from The Official Preppy Handbook c/o Tucker.

Images from Take Ivy, etc. c/o HTJ.Image from Jaws c/o 10engines.

Rugged as the Sea

Just placed my order for a pair of Katin board shorts by Apolis Activism. Available at Context Clothing. I settled on Baywatch Red. Check ’em out.

WTWTA: Initial Test Audience

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c/o Spike Jonze’s blog, We Love You So.