Love: While I have a girlie side, I am often drawn to guy stuff. Like the vintage-Pendleton-blankets-and-dead-animals hunting lodge vibe of Freemans Restaurant in New York. And the great Peckinpah movie Straw Dogs (which, by the way, is currently being remade with James Marsden taking over the Dustin Hoffman role. Ugh.) And the Timex vintage field army watch from J Crew.
Like: My Uncle Chris' super simple but always good grilled tri-tip recipe. Make a rub using 1.5 T McCormick's Montreal Steak seasoning and .75 T smoked paprika. (It has to be smoked - not just any paprika will do). Rub the roast with olive oil then apply the spice mixture. Let it sit in the fridge for about 6 hours. Then grill over indirect heat for 16 minutes (flipping at 5 minutes, 5 minutes, 3 minutes and 3 minutes - this is bbq science, my friends), then tent it for 10 minutes. Slice and serve. Perfect every time.
Discovery: Cask, the liquor store from the Bourbon & Branch people. It makes you want to drink brown liquor. (Or at least buy some sexy new bottles to display on your bar.)
Obsession: World War II. HBO's Band of Brothers and The Pacific and Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line bring to life what the men who fought experienced. And Ken Burns' amazing documentary The War looks at it through the lens of four American towns - their boys who fought but also the home front and all that was wonderful (the way everyone sacrificed and rallied together)and shameful(the internment of Japanese Americans) about it.
Complaint: Women's magazines. I can not read them. They suck. Instead I read GQ and Esquire. They have really good articles on politics, pop culture, technology, even food and wine, and good writers like Chuck Klosterman.
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