Gear
Check out my guest appearance on the Extra Pack of Peanuts podcast!
So if there’s anything missing from this ingeniously written and lovingly crafted chronicle of my far-flung thoughts and adventures, it’s the deeply pleasing, sonically delightful, Barry White-esque timbre of my voice. …
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Techwear at its finest: 10 stylish travel outfits that look as good as they feel
“I can’t pack light the way you do. I want to look good!” I’ve never understood these people. What does quantity have to do with beauty? I’ve always been an advocate of …
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Best portable coffee makers for travel junkies
Travel means different things to different people, and to me, travel generally means going places with good coffee. Sampling the local varieties and getting a morning energy boost before adventuring around …
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The Tom Bihn Aeronaut: Probably the best duffel bag for carry-on-only travel
I have something of a bag obsession. I know all sorts of specs and fabric details for so many bags from so many random companies, and finding a bag that manages to …
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Why merino wool t-shirts are the best travel t-shirts
There’s an interesting pattern that emerges from perusing the packing lists of long-term (or frequent) backpackers; they end up using eerily identical sorts of gear. You’ll see surprisingly consistent suggestions, such as using …
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Soft shell jeans, the world’s greatest invention
Jeans. The world’s greatest stylistic achievement. Rugged. Comfortable. Dependable. Gloriously adaptable to the whims of fickle fashion nonsense, anywhere in the world. Soft shells. High-tech fabric that’s tough on the outside, …
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