Entries Tagged as ‘Random’

July 1, 2008

Obsession | Perot Charts

There are certain things that I post on A Continuous Lean that I know many people aren’t really going to be interested in. File this Obsession under that premise.
One time presidential candidate and patriotic American Ross Perot recently launched an entire website dedicated to “charting government fiscal irresponsibility.” Incredible! I have literally combed through every [...]

June 23, 2008

Los Angeles Acquisitions So Far…

I’m on the LA retail scene like Nicholson in Chinatown. Thanks for all of the suggestions and tips. Below are some of my purchases thus far. A more extensive round-up upon my return to NYC.

June 20, 2008

Los Angeles Bound.

I’m headed out west to Los Angeles this afternoon. Looking forward to seeing lots of friends, eating good Mexican food and doing some ACL reconnaissance. If you have any tips or suggestions, new stores, brands or things to check out please leave them in the comments below.

May 27, 2008

Summertime Domestic Bliss

Memorial Day is behind us and summer time is here. So its time to break out the madras, white bucks and the seersucker. For some odd reason over the long weekend I kept having visions of this Steven Klein W Magazine photo shoot from 2005. In the story pictured below, Mr. Pitt and Ms. Jolie [...]

May 21, 2008

Advice to Young Men from an Old Man

Generally I don’t look to Craigslist for advice, but I remember reading this post a while back and some of these things have been with me ever since. I am by no means advocating everything that is said below, and have never taken a political or any other sort of position on this website. So [...]

April 28, 2008

The Banker Bag.

Is there a more ubiquitous bag in New York than the canvas duffels that the bankers carry? I noticed the bags frequently around the city and would always try to find a store that stocks them. I was sure that I would be able to get one on the Upper East Side, but alas no [...]

April 23, 2008

Obsession | The Saltbox

I have been thinking for a long time about getting a place upstate. Maybe something in a sleepy town in Sullivan County. I’ll get myself a nice old pickup truck to haul stuff around. I know just what I want the place to look like — a classic Saltbox. My mother grew up in one [...]

April 10, 2008

Man of the Hour | Waris Ahluwalia

Dear Kempt,
May I nominate Waris for Man of the Hour?
Regards,
A Continuous Lean

Waris and the Bugatti Veyron FBG with interior by Hermes. Photo via Wireimage.

April 9, 2008

J. Press x Supreme (You Wish!)


April 2, 2008

Robots.

I found a cool piece of letterhead (pictured below) from a company called “Robot Salesmen LTD” on the Coudal + Partners website the other day. It reminded me of a shopping excursion I took a few weeks ago to Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. I remembered seeing these awesome robots for sale at City Foundry. [...]