Every once in a while, we get out of the workshop. Here is the inspiration we find when we travel.
With 16 different winegrowing regions, 700 wineries, 72 grape varieties, and abundant good summer weather, Oregon is a playground for wine lovers. These are some of our favorite summer wine activities in Oregon. … Read More The Wine Lover’s Guide to Summer in Oregon
Our handcrafted travel games are conversation starters, friend makers, and travel must-haves. Now we’re armchair-traveling along with you, tracking the travel game adventures you’ve shared with us worldwide.… Read More Where in the world have your travel games adventured? (map)
Field trip! Walnut explores historic leather, cycle history, and high design in Milwaukee Wisconsin. … Read More Field trip: Historic leather, motorcycle history, and high design in Milwaukee Wisconsin
On our recent trip to Japan, we got a sense of the general cycling scene in Japan. Mostly characterized as mamachari (“mama chariots”), they were mostly inexpensive, Dutch-style, step-through bikes with few gears. Which makes sense, because these were mostly cross-town bikes on flat streets. Bike parking was a big deal here. There were bike valets… Read More Field trip: The bicycles of Japan
Valerie just got back from Vietnam, where she was on a two-week foodie trip. Over there, in Saigon, Hoi An, Hue, and Hanoi, she caught sight of a lot of very cool, workaday bicycles in Vietnam, especially for commerce. Here are some of her favorite bike pics from Vietnam. One of the hazards of modernization,… Read More Field trip: The bicycles of Vietnam
