Hello Brent and Happy New Year 2012 and that of the Water Dragon! I never took the time to thank you for the SE Classic Fedora you designed for me over one year ago. Therefore: thank you very much as it fits perfectly, has resisted the elements so far and turns heads on a...
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I stumbled on these on Etsy recently and thought they were really clever: Adventure Sticks by Prunella Soap. These are sets of single-use mini bars of handmade soap specifically designed to go traveling, backpacking, camping, whatever — you can use nice handmade soap without having to figure out how to store the wet, slimy,...
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The Montecristi Diaries, November 2004 20 Nov - Twenty minutes of terror. That would be the taxi trip from Manta to Montecristi. I‘ve made this trip a couple of hundred times over the years. And still, every trip, I nearly punch a hole in the floor of the taxi, trying to stomp the brake pedal...
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Marcie Polo is the great, great, great, great, great, great—well, she’s really great—granddaughter of Marco Polo. Like her illustrious ancestor, she knows how to travel. And she knows a good idea when she sees one. Marcie wanted a high quality women’s travel hat. Asked me to design it. Said the Optimo just didn’t suit...
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Friend-of-hats Roff Smith has launched his latest project, a blog chronicling his incredible bike adventures, My Bicycle and I. Roff is good people and a great writer — take a minute to check it out!
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Have you always wanted to go to the true home of the Panama hat (Ecuador) but don’t want to deal with the hassle of airplane travel? Thanks to the magic of the internet, you can experience Ecuador in the comfort of your own home (or wherever you happened to have found a strong wi-fi...
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The following piece was written by author and world-traveler Roff Smith. You might remember Roff’s recent adventures with curious cheetah cubs. In the continuing quest to discover just how a hat from Ecuador came to be called a “Panama hat,” Roff has turned up a clue that hints the misnomer appeared much earlier than...
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I have only recently returned from an epic multi-state road trip, ostensibly to Las Vegas and back. I had a great time seeing and doing as much as possible, and, because that’s the kind of person I am, I took some silly pictures of my personal hats: Here my Too-Good-to-be-a-Garden Hat (TGTBAGH) is enjoying...
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