i think i need this

it continues! this time sarah and i pick from brooklyn’s kaufmann mercantile, which stocks “carefully selected, high-quality products” that they say — and i believe them — “will outlast you.” here are my favorites, and here are sarah’s

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the latest in sarah’s and my ongoing series of photoset-offs features items from london’s jasper morrison shop. above are my favorites, and here are hers

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peter franus

my favorite zin

i want to be drinking it right now…

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in the proud tradition of our epic photoset-offs, sarah and I took on the uk’s toast. these are my six favorite items from the store, and here are hers

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sarah drew my attention to the reclaimed mahogany coasters on the left, and i made a crack about their being one of my favorites (because I have so many favorite coasters)

for the record, the stainless steel coasters on the right, designed by arne jacobsen in 1970, are my other favorite

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sarah challenged me to a brook farm general store photoset-off, and now you get to decide whose photoset is best by hearting this post.

only this post.

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kings county moonshine

very unlikely I leave brooklyn without this

(via pleatsareforlovers)

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blanton’s

america’s first single-barrel bourbon, in a bottle shaped like a grenade

(via pleatsareforlovers)

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the bramble

2 ounces gin

1 ounce fresh lemon juice

1/2 ounce simple syrup

1/2 ounce crème de mûre

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake together the first three ingredients and strain into a rocks glass filled with crushed ice, mounded high. Drizzle crème de mûre over the top and garnish with a slice of lemon, two blackberries and a short straw.

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