Though it’s high season for the Ugly Christmas Sweater, a category near and dear to my heart, I also take pleasure in a well-made sweater that’s stylish all the time. The folks at Mountain Khakis sent me their Bridger Sweater (shown above). The company, based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, named this design after the nearby […]
Fair Trade Underwear: “The Second Best Thing In Your Pants”
“Change starts with your underwear” according to PACT Apparel, a company that offers fair trade, organic cotton socks and underthings. One evening last summer, I Googled “fair trade underwear” and found PACT. I’d read Vincent Miller’s “Slavery and Commodity Chains” about what he calls the “commodity veil.” Basically, Miller points out that we know a great deal about […]
In Praise of Huckleberries: A Taste of the Northwest
When I moved to the Pacific Northwest four years ago, I learned quickly that this is Huckleberry Country. (Huckleberry Country is also a pretty good name for a band that might play at, say, the Saturday farmers market or a street fair). I was familiar with Huckleberries of the Finn and Hound variety. But I’d never thought […]