Kitchen and Bar Stuff

• Reusable chopsticks
• Bread baking tools (loaf pans, bannetons, baguete couches)
• Mandolin (the kind with a blade, not the kind with strings that makes music)
• Pretty much any barware from Surfside Sips or Viski

Clothes

• Aloha shirts from Hawaiian companies. The following summarizing some brands from a Hawaiian friend:
  • Kahala - The brand standard of aloha shirts worn by professionals on the islands
  • Kamehameha also a good option
  • Hilo Hattie a good bang-for-the-buck option, not as formal as Kahala
  • Tori Richard offers a made in Hawaii collection and is also the manufacturer of Costco’s aloha shirts

Media

Books

• Telephone Road, Texas: A History and Guide to Telephone Road and Southeast Houston by Burton Chapman
• No Foreign Food: The American Diet In Time And Place by Richard Pillsbury
• Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine by Andrew Smith
• A Revolution in Eating: How the Quest for Food Shapred America by James McWilliams
• Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
• Le Guide Culinaire by August Escoffier (originally in French, the English edition is published by Wiley and is ISBN 978-0-470-90027-7)
• Escape into Meaning by Evan Puschak
• The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design by Roman Mars

Art

(Any of these already being framed would be even more better :D)

(Yes, I know some of these links are dead :/ )

• A print of this photo. This is from an old article, so you’ll have to contact WaPo HERE. The original link is HERE which should make it easy for them to locate the file for you.
• Print of the piece Wave of the Future by Grafik (High res sample here)
• Various pieces by Jared Yamahata. I especially like the following. Note that these links are for paper prints. Size is selectable on that page. At the bottom are links for other products including pre-framed prints and higher quality canvas and metal prints.
  • This Magic Moment
  • I’ll Shoot Your Eye Out
  • Feel Lucky, Duck?
  • Steve Zissou

Music

My current record collection may be found [here] and gives an idea what type of stuff I like. Buying from a local record shop is best. For old records online, check out Discogs or eBay. For newer stuff, artist websites are most likley to have things in stock. The usual online shops may be cheaper. Target and Urban Outfitters often have exclusive special editions.

As I’m often adding things to my vinyl wishlist (or removing them as they join my collection) I have a dedicated vinly wishlist [HERE] .

Collectables

• A “Spaldeen” signed by Richard Schiff (benefits the ACLU of Southern California)