What are your jeans doing today?

[beatle]

Fox in London pic is brilliant

[ranonranonarat]

riff's post is damn epic! full of win in there!

[Forbidden]

So I went by to my faculties new building to secretly study with a bunch of friends. It is amazing how the new building is for MBAs and EMBAs only.

When I came by, I snapped a few shots of these wonderful characters. Notice the color change in a certain area of the big guy.

It just shows how mature we all are.

After the building closed, we headed over to a favorite cafe spot and continued studying. Interesting pen drawings on the lamp are found.

My personal favorite

This is me on my way back from the cafe. It is windy as hell.

[theotherchrislewis]

@Forbidden - Your first pic resembles a Maori chief or something?

Spent the past few days chilling out at Piha (a beach on the West Coast of Auckland) doing pretty much nothing but crosswords, short walks, a swim or 2 and sampling the local brews.

1/ View from the lookout down to 'Little Piha'

2/ Ande Whalls strolling along Kare Kare beach

3/ An afternoon swim at Little Piha.

4/ ROYs and a few beers on the deck.

5/ Final sunset of my holidays... back to work tomorrow.

[Big Eyed Fish]

just back home after a 2 days trip in hamburg

[Big Eyed Fish]

more pics

I love the city

[lostinthesupermarket]

got up early glassed mr's boat

lazed around reading dance dance dance

got some flowers

and other stuff

Are those artichokes?

[tg76]

Are those artichokes?

yes they are

[zissou]

^For folks who grow them, they are worth more as flowers than food.

Anyway, yesterday xpost from RoyxCone thread:

My Roys and I moseyed on over to one of my favorite stores. It's a western/hardware store that's been around for about a hundred years. Yes, that's a giant cowboy boot on the side of it.

501 STFs and Wranglers as far as the eye can see.

Endless supply of leather care products. So much Obenauf's!

Thought I'd get some new overalls to go with my new Roys. I considered the Key herringbone coveralls, but I need the bib pockets.

Solid or hickory stripe?

My usual size, 32x34! Vanity sized to help those farmers feel better about their bodies.

I thought about using one of these buckles for my belt. Add a little personalized touch, you know?

Thirty bucks later, and I was out the door with the "Aristocrat of Overalls".

[k4727]

Where Is That Place?

[ThisSunday]

I need some of that Obenauf's

Great stuff Big Eyed Fish & theotherchrislewis

[ihatebrianwilliams]

Utah. Looks like it has some great history.

[zissou]

^It's a great place. Believe me, I've thought about getting a part time job there just so I can snoop around the basement for old Levi's that were long forgotten.

[Rivet Head]

At the magic bean in Chicago...I heard it was made of scrotanium?

Lofgren

40's Hercules Horsehide

MF Mechanic's Sweat

USN jeans from WWII Impressions

PF Flyers

[tg76]

concentrating

levis while shaping carbon for bow

its too bloody humid to be doing anything

[morse9443]

I'd kill for some humidity here...freezing balls every day

Where to post this, great interview with the brainchild of Momotaro on the history and success of Japanese denim.

http://www.madewithjapan.com/news/2011/the-history-and-success-of-japanese-denim-exclusive-interview-with-momotaro-jeans/

[Forbidden]

I'd kill for some humidity here...freezing balls every day

Where to post this, great interview with the brainchild of Momotaro on the history and success of Japanese denim.

http://www.madewithjapan.com/news/2011/the-history-and-success-of-japanese-denim-exclusive-interview-with-momotaro-jeans/

I think it would be best to x post it to the Momotaro thread.

[baldy]

waxing snowboard, gettin ready for the weekend

[Denton]

pardon the forthcoming photodump

went to visit the lady in portland just before christmas...

the charming house next door

i was there six days and each day more lights would be added, including eventually a sixty foot red-and-white spire sort of thing, which looked kinda like a luminous santa claus, as rendered by el greco, holding his hands up to the sky and shouting to the heavens. visible from long long away.

lunchtime: effing delicious burger, and a waiter who was clearly separated at birth from a guy i know from school

we walked pretty much the length of downtown, even though it was cold as balls... local color:

dessert: it was suggested to me that i get the penis-shaped one, but i declined

i found this very funny for some reason. a restaurant i think?

more effin deliciousness

[Denton]

found a pretty cool antique store

ohoho! well played sir

did not go in, sad to say

one-stop shopping

[Denton]

what up M.O.A. et cie.

had to leave empty-handed unfortunately. saving up the scrilla for some new roys!

deliciousness continues

i'm a little confused why they named the bar area "the shit"...?

downtown at night

[Denton]

seriously more amazing food here than i've had in a while

zoo lights. nearly got frostbite.

then left, heart heavy, for a so. cal. christmas with family. visited the la sciencenter to amuse the seven-year-old cousin. as an architecture student this was quite amusing:

canada goose arctic steez

had time for a quick waywt

(jokes)

the rose garden outside, in full winter splendor (ha):

crazy elementary school attached to the museum. morphosis i think.

[Synthetic <3]

First time WAYJDT poster, long time reader.

Since I'm on winter break from school right now my days are pretty open. Today I packed a day bag, put on my denim and boots, then headed North.

Before taking off I made the standard breakfast. Fried egg, toast, and lots of coffee.

I didn't have a plan aside from getting some reading done. I thought about continuing to pound coffee at a cafe but that's not much of an adventure now is it? I left the city on foot and started hiking.

Water storage I passed on my way up.

No boot prints, just these.

That is aside from my boot prints.

Once at the top I found a nice rock pile that broke up the breeze and provided a seat with a view so I set up shop for a few hours.

I brought Kerouac's Desolation Angels with me. It seemed fitting until I started a new section that was all about desolation in San Fran. Here he talks about running in to Ginsberg.

He then spoke about how he felt alone even though he was among friends, then how he preferred to be alone while romanticizing his days in the mountains. It seemed even more fitting than before. However I, in what I thought was my desolation, looked down between the rock I was sitting on and the one I was resting my feet on only to find this.

It could have been left behind or someone who's living up there could be collecting water. Either way I left it alone. The sun was beginning to descend so I packed up and headed back down in to the city.

All in all it was a good day.

[lostinthesupermarket]

At the magic bean in Chicago...I heard it was made of scrotanium?

Lofgren

40's Hercules Horsehide

MF Mechanic's Sweat

USN jeans from WWII Impressions

PF Flyers

I dig the Hercules jacket. Any chance we might see more photos of it in one of the leather threads?

[Paul T]

I'd kill for some humidity here...freezing balls every day

Where to post this, great interview with the brainchild of Momotaro on the history and success of Japanese denim.

http://www.madewithjapan.com/news/2011/the-history-and-success-of-japanese-denim-exclusive-interview-with-momotaro-jeans/

Excellent interview, thanks for this. Especially interesting to see the hand loom, and the Sakamoto loom, which looks pretty similar to the Toyoda, wonder how they compare. Although I wish, when Masahiro mentions how crucial the cotton is, the interviewer had asked more about where it came from, etc.

[JayFourEyes]

We spotted this prickly little guy feasting on bark:

Great pictures!

Help me out here, I'm feeling stupid. -What is that thing?

[Guy Incognito]

^I think it looks like davy crockett's hat.

[riff]

TG - can't wait to see the finished kayaks!

Denton, Synthetic - nice stuff! Gotta get to Portland one of these days!

Great pictures!

Help me out here, I'm feeling stupid. -What is that thing?

Haha - thanks guys! That is a porcupine!

[Rivet Head]

Thanks lostinthesupermarket...gotta find some time to take some more photos!

[Synthetic <3]

Riff, I can't rep but A+ post.