limit it to the stuff that really speaks

"...try your best not to get caught up in the ridiculousness of life.

It's easier than ever these days to get sidetracked by meaningless pageantry and unnecessary drama.

All it does is surround you in a fog of confusion and obscure you from your goal.

When this happens, step away from the mist and focus on what matters...

Remember that chaos is in the eye of the beholder.

Chaos only becomes frustrating when you choose to look at it that way.

Change your attitude and who knows what you might discover?

(Penicillin, Post-Its, Velcro and chocolate chip cookies, if you must know.)"

- title + quotes = a bloomsbury life: how to be happier

photos: [most] links in labels, to incl.
les toiles blanches
remodelista
fermob
it's about time
clives hicks-jenkins

happily,

i think this actually classifies as a need

& not just a want. from the always amazing acl.

i married a submariner

yes, it's true.

but he wasn't issued this jacket.

bummer.

(more about jacket from the ever-spiffy acl: here)

lettered

here

via acl

For You, Dad

Over hill, over dale
We have hit the dusty trail,
And the Caissons go rolling along.
In and out, hear them shout,
Counter march and right about,
And the Caissons go rolling along...

photo credit:

A Continuous Lean

is one of those perfectly amazing blogs; here, a

couple of West Point cadets from the Class of '38

learn a thing or two about Field Artillery.

Boys Will Be Boys: Three of the Brightest

Meet JP, from The Selvedge Yard (above, with sons), and friends: it's these guys who've given me hope, in the past few weeks, that there's good news coming down the pike. These bloggers can write. They've got a keen sense of history. And they seem to be able to find just the right look, these days, to lift spirits and soothe economic fearmongering. Hey, what could be simpler or more honest than a sturdy work shoe, a brief history of weathered barns, or the tried-and-true look of sailors at sea? Check out their blogs for all of the above, and more.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy...there's a good chance Jon Patrick of The Selvedge Yard will cover all of these in the near future. JP has already featured Jackson Pollock (above), Sailor Jerry, James Dean, and a handful of good men who know their way around Fifth Avenue. Look for excellently curated photographs, also, and beautiful, concisely written historical briefs: this blog is absolutely worth watching. 

A Continuous Lean, from the remarkable Michael Williams, consistently brings us unabashedly beautiful images that are also unfalteringly masculine. And if you don't believe a tea party is masculine, think what Hemingway himself would've given for the little beaut, above. The Old Man loved such well-appointed gizmos. The Williams brilliance that brings us ACL also publishes The Material Review. Go, see Michael, and make thyself cooler.

This moment in tartan is from the "Lost Boy" (see his caps post) at Restless Transplant. There's some really beautiful work here. Best of all? Perhaps it's an appreciation for plaid that goes unmatched. Foster Huntington, I think we'll be seeing an awful lot of good stuff under your tutelage. Looking forward to it.

J. Crew: Books Frankly Delicious, Via ACL

acl visits j. crew

go see:

what a treat