Free History Lessons | Union Square NYC
With everything in New York City so compressed and with everyone moving so quickly, a person can often miss what is right underfoot. Yes, NYC is not “ancient” in the global sense, but we do have quite a bit of evidence of it’s history all around us. I have the pleasure of emerging from the [...]
Vintage American Industry | Textiles and Shoes
I completely lucked out this past weekend finding an antiques dealer who specializes in vintage textile industry artifacts. Being a sweater guy myself, I couldn’t help being drawn to the beautiful colors and yarns. With the American textile industry long declined and currently the most minimal level, these industry artifacts are all that is left [...]
Happy Halloween
Halloween is big business in this country- 2nd only to Christmas, with an expected $5.8 Billion being spent this year on everything from candy to costumes and decorations. The above cans are from the Anoka Halloween Festival, from Anoka Minnesota (the self-credited Halloween Capital Of The World). Like the rest of the country, Anoka goes [...]
Danelectro | Under The Radar
The Danelectro musical instrument company was established in 1947 in Redbank, New Jersey by Nathan Daniel and has been making unique sounding (and looking) guitars, bass guitars and amps ever since. Danelectro makes a unique well-priced product and purposely chosen not to go head-to-head with the big guns of the guitar world (Fender, Gibson, etc…). [...]
Andy’s and Bob’s | Branding For The Little Guys
Bob’s Special Beer was made possible by the considerable experience and flexible brewing facility of August Schell Brewing Co. Both Bob’s and Andy’s Beers were sold during the 1970′s and 80′s at their respective “package stores” in Minnesota. Having August Schell as a Minnesota brewery neighbor made it possible for shops like Bob’s and Andy’s [...]
Perfect Imperfections | The Details
There is beauty that only Father Time and Mother Nature’s skillful hands can create. All the subtleties, imperfectly perfect nuances and odd imbalances that make natural things so interesting and beautiful.
Vintage Radios | 1950′s Palm Springs
The 1950′s brought post-war color and style to the American home in many forms. The radio, as a central piece of entertainment equipment at the time (even more so than the television), stood to receive a lot of aesthetic attention. The functional elements of the radios were quite similar from model to model, but the [...]
Harley Davidson | Raising New York
Out and about on 19th Street in Chelsea NYC last week, I came upon this serious piece of heavy metal that demanded my attention. I immediately thought of Raising Arizona’s “Biker of the Apocalypse”. The matte finish paint (or is that just exhaust buildup?), sawed off pipes and sprayed shearling seat cover are definitely not [...]
Duluth Trading Co. | Workwear For Working
Looking around for an authentic coal bag lead me to the Duluth Trading Co., the one-stop shop for everything workwear related. I needed a coal bag that was actually made for lugging around heavy stuff- tools, chains and such. A bag that would do the job and one that I wouldn’t care about getting a [...]
The Harbor Yard | Fall Is Coming
Fall at the water’s edge is a favorite time and place of mine. The Fall sky casts an entirely different light on the water and on everything that has slowed down around it. Actually, a perfect time for some fishing- and the reason for heading over to Southport, Connecticut’s harbor yard last weekend. The sign [...]
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