“UTILITY” my new favorite british store, and some of the amazingly simple stuff you can score there…. CHECK THEM OUT HERE! “No-nonsense household goods made by us and other independent manufacturers. We are called Utility after the WW2 scheme that produced everyday necessities under rationing. Raw materials and labour were in short supply, so the range of goods was by definition simple, but hardwearing. If we only bought one of everything like we did then, knowing it would last and we wouldn’t go off it, we wouldn’t be in the fix we’re in now. The scheme started in 1941 and…
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I’m a friend and coworker of Tereasa’s and helped photograph part of her book Found Flea & Free. Tereasa and I share a great passion for travel and I was lucky to go on vacation last week to Berlin. It was a last minute decision, mostly driven by a need to use up some vacation days and a big chunk of my credit limit. On Sunday, I was invited by a new friend in Berlin to go on a tour of the Preussische Spirituosen Manufaktur. (http://www.psmberlin.de/) It stands for Prussian Spirits Manufacturing, an old-world style liquor/spirits/schnapps producer who works to…
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and… here are the final bottles. yay! tucking a hand written note card into each bottle wrapping. (without the card) each bottle is wrapped in a different newspaper day / headline, all on the topic of prohibition. this one has a story of Jack Dempsey the heavyweight boxer… …this one tells the story of a saloonkeeper breaking prohibition laws by offering bribes… …it was easy to find articles about crime & politics during that era. found some with stats on babe ruth (one headline reports that he’d lost 6 pounds.)
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we’re making two versions of this.one fancy.one not-so-fancy.(this is the latter, as it was easier to assemble) this is the first of two… (check back for the 2nd) here is the work in progress- next post will be the full-on “afters” (my fingers are bleeding at the moment from assembling these things) the gift: a short-run batch of local maple syrup, served up prohibition style in a vintage italian style glass flask with a flip top wire cap. each bottle (1/60) is hand- lettered with its batch and bottle number, then wrapped in 1920s era newspapers. a leather-cord letterpress hang…
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(morbid, but this is near where grace kelly, driving in her convertible on the French Riviera) one of the question i had to answer from a recent interview with the TRAVEL site FATHOMAWAY.COM… her are my answers Hometown: Given: Beardstown, Illinois. Chosen: Chicago. Occupation: Advertising creative director / proprietor, Camp Wandawega / author. Favorite destinations: Ibiza, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Prague, Camp Wandwega, and Surat, France (population: 498). Dying to visit: Surat, France (again) and Morocco. Bizarre travel rituals: Articles inside the book. Inside the magazine. Inside the folder. Inside the backrest. (Turducken style.) In-flight relaxation regime: Sound-deadening earphones. One…
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but ive finally got the wandawega pinterest board up!for the love of all things CABIN, CAMP, COUNTRY, COTTAGE, LODGE. check it out here. and…. like all loyal social media junkie, also on: facebooktwitterflickrwebpageyoutube linkedinvimeo
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what an amazing way to document our lives. and how short they are! dig out a photo of yourself as a child- then replicate it. some great examples: irinawerning.com tons of folks are doing it. so easy + obvious, im surprised its just not catching on. love it!
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written for the travel website: FATHOMAWAY.com In her next installment of The Innkeeper’s Tales, Tereasa Surratt, head counselor at Camp Wandawega, exhibits incredible grace when confronted by visitors who force themselves to be wanted.WISCONSIN, USA – The baby raccoon greeted our guest and new friend Matthew with an excited hug. (Although Matthew recalls the encounter as more of a “mauling.”) Matthew had two options: freeze (he’d read this in the Boy Scout preparedness manual in the chapter on bear confrontation) or try to tear its little razor mitts off his backside.Matthew chose the latter. To his credit, it’s hard to…
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check it out : NateBerkusShow THE SHOW: (www.TheNateShow.com) STATION FINDER: (http://www.TheNateShow.com/station-finder). thanks to our beloved treehouse family! – Bladon Conner, Shaun Owens-Agase, Tyler Peterson, Angela Finney-Hoffman and Steven Teichelman
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found this awesome Girl Scout equipment magazine from 1949. you could order everything from a knife big enough to skin a bear to your own a hatchet. girl scouts are bad asses.
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