Urban Camping is a reoccurring look into the products, services and experiences that enhance the city living adventure.
If you live anywhere outside of New York City your car gives provides you with everything from secure storage space to a mobile charging station, something city dwellers could only dream of. Recently the problem of on-the-go [...]
Every so often you discover a brand that fits perfectly with your style for a certain time or a certain place. The Japanese company WHEREABOUTS does that for me. The pleasantly disheveled collection screams relaxed summer and the line makes perfect sense for a place like Los Angeles. WHEREABOUTS would totally be my look should [...]
On my way home from the office last week I stopped by the Steven Alan Annex in TriBeCa. If you were wondering (because I was), the “Annex” store means that it carries the Steven Alan brand and other labels. While the straight up “Steven Alan” stores carry only the house made goods. What I quickly [...]
Those are good words, Rocco Ciccarelli Custom Tailoring. What is better than just those words, is the place, the man and what he makes. This past week my friend Antonio told me he was going to Rocco’s for a fitting and asked if I wanted to tag along. He knew I was dying to check [...]
Number five of a five part series.
After working our way through Pea Coats and CPO shirts, the next logical step is the classic and recently popular Chambray shirt. The great part about these shirts are their ability to be worn as a casual shirt or dressed up with a sport coat and tie.
Below: Chambray [...]
One of the things I am most interested in - other than clothing - is stationery. Most times I simply admire from afar and this is definitely one of those situations. The Tokyo based company POSTALCO designs and produces some of the most simple and beautiful stationery products and leather goods that I have ever [...]
Number four of a five part series.
Between Free & Easy and the Rusty Knot, nautical seems to have taken over my world. As I browsed The Navy-ism, I came to the realization that the entire issue seems to have been inspired by the 1966 Steve McQueen movie The Sand Pebbles. I think it is fairly [...]
Number three of a five part series.
My obsession with the April issue of Free & Easy rolls on with the awesomeness that is the accessory still life pages. The nautical theme continues through the world of belts, Zippos, ID bracelets, padlocks, hats and shoes. The pages are a buyers guide to all things Navy and [...]
There are a few new great England x Japan design partnerships at the moment. The Japanese accessories company Yoshida & Co., maker of the much collaborated Head Porter label (often referred to as simply “Porter” 
has teamed with the very cool English magazine Monocle on a line of bags. Yoshida & Co. has also [...]
Number two of a five part series.
One of my most treasured possessions is my father’s U.S. Navy issue pea coat, which was given to me while I was in college. My family’s military service has historically been in the Navy. My paternal grandfather served on the destroyer USS Murphy during the Second World [...]
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