My Favorite Year for Vintage Stuff--1951
Ever see the movie My Favorite Year? It’s the story of a boozing, carousing (as in carousing = womanizing with a capital W) old-time...
VCH Visits Paul's Hat Works in San Francisco
I recently had the pleasure of visiting Paul’s Hat Works. It’s a place where high quality fedoras, homburgs and bowlers are still made...
VCH Book Review # 1--Whisky by Aeneas MacDonald
Prowl around the whisky world for very long, and you may well reach a point where you want to learn more about the noble spirit than can...
The Parker "51" -- Fountain Pen For The Ages
Full disclosure: here at VCH, we aren’t hardcore fountain pen collectors. But we are appreciators of good design and classic style. The...
100 Years of the French 75 Cocktail
The story is almost too good to be true. The French 75, a potent concoction of gin and Champagne with a dash of sugar and lemon juice for...
On Seeking the Perfect Steve McQueen Playboy Chukka Part II
Virtually everything about Lieutenant Frank Bullitt is a little unexpected and undeniably cool. This ain't your average cop we’re talking...
Why You Should Consider Vintage Watches
I am sometimes asked for my opinions on starter, entry-level watches for new collectors and for special occasion or gift watches. It’s...
On Seeking the Perfect Steve McQueen Playboy Chukka Part I
Now that we’re safely past the moratorium on Steve McQueen posts that Kempt called for six months ago, we’re charging straight ahead with...
The Ultimate Beatles Cover Song: Harry Nilsson’s You Can’t Do That
A pretty good book could probably be written about Beatles cover songs—if one hasn’t already been done—and VCH is your first customer if...
The Filson Field Satchel: A Briefcase Worthy of Atticus Finch
Harper Lee recently released another book about the characters she immortalized in To Kill a Mockingbird, a work entitled Go Set a...
