Before you venture off trail for that perfect place a few thousand feet up and secluded from modern civilization, you will want to take the ultra-lightweight Marmot Plasma 15 sleeping bag with you. Jam-packed with Certified 900+ Fill-Power Goose Down, EN tested (EN13537), with a 15F rating (hence the name), the Marmot Plasma 15 sleeping bag should keep you warm and comfy when the nasty wind and cold comes.

The saying goes that you don’t know really someone unless you can say you have walked in their shoes. With these Wolverine Addison 1000 Mile boots that would be a very long walk. Nearly 100 years ago Wolverine introduced the 1000 Mile boot line and this Wolverine Addison along with other shoes in the Wolverine 1000 Mile Collection pays homage to the standard set by the company G.A Krause founded. Genuine brass eyelets capture the laces as they run upwards to meet several sets of speed-lace hooks, sitting atop a shoe manufactured in the United States made from premium Horween leather with Goodyear welt construction. For your enjoyment Wolverine 1000 Mile boots are available in several colors and styles.

A boxer short that is white as milk, runs true to size and made from 400-count Pima cotton seems like a dream. Well it was a dream until Royal Highnies made these high quality boxers a reality. Focusing on the true purpose of a boxer short instead of fashion and with emphasis on the important parts of boxer construction, Royal Highnies created a boxer short that won’t shrink, gives you room to breathe in front, room to sit in back and comfortably keeps your moving parts in place. You can’t ask for anything more.

There is no need for you to be caught in the rain this spring without an umbrella or with the old battered and bruised umbrella that suffered through the winter showers. After ten years of engineering, designs and Force 12 wind tunnel testing, enter Blunt umbrellas. Created by Greig Brebner and backed by what he calls the Blunt Technology Radial Tensioning System, Blunt umbrellas can withstand 70mph windblasts. So unless you are walking in a hurricane, winds won’t be flipping your umbrella inside-out anytime soon.

Do you want to let your employee know that you appreciate their efforts? Do you feel compelled to thank the client that pulled through for you at the last minute? Maybe you are having a private gathering of select friends. Maybe you want to leave something other than your phone number on the pillow in the morning. Whatever your stationery needs, be it thank you cards, invitations, labels or even fold-over XOXO notes, Charles Fradin Home has you covered. Elegantly crafted from luxurious 100% cotton paper and card stock, hand mixed inks and letterpressed prints with Charles Fradin Home stationery you have the appropriate backdrop on which you can deliver your messages with sophistication and an acceptable degree of pomp.

If your standard plastic collar stays are not keeping in place, make buying a few Jan Leslie collar stays your next move. Do the washer and dryer eat your collar stays and spit them out as tiny crumpled nubs? Don’t worry because Jan Leslie Stay Stiff collar stays are made from real brass and they can handle a few accidental visits to the washing machine in case you forget to remove them. Aluminum collar stays ($CHA CHING) and stainless steel collars stays are available well (skull and bones) in case brass is not your thing. Jan Leslie collar stays come in a variety of colors and if choosing only one color is too limiting for your tastes Jan Leslie provides a multi-color pack so you can match and mix to your hearts desire.

It does not matter if you know Martin Dingman’s story, what does matter is that you get to know the quality of Martin Dingman leather goods. You will be hard pressed to find a Martin Dingman belt or wallet that is not made from carefully selected finely craft leather or finished by hand making each piece a unique work. Take the Martin Dingman Kade belt that is pictured for example, nothing holds your jeans up better than a thick leather belt made from hand painted saddle leather with a gun metal buckle. Dingman does it right.

Full-grain leather that looks like you’ve just conquered a week long Safari tour, makes each bag in the Tumi Alpha Bravo collection unique. Plenty of organizational pockets on the interior and exterior of all of the bags make them good for both business use and casual affairs. The Knox Backpack looks great and the Lejeune Backpack begs you to test the limits of those waterproof pockets, but the McGuire Duffel takes rank as it can be your go to bag for gym visits, a carry-on duffel for casual flights and you can toss it in the backseat for the occasional nefarious overnighter. There’s enough room for work stuff too if needed.

For the uninitiated, this may seem inappropriate timing, but where there is water there is potential to ride. That means it is always time and a place where you can pull out your board. Dakine makes a surfboard bag to protect your goods until you get there. The Dakine Daylight Deluxe Thruster Surfboard Bag has a 600D polyester top, heat reflective tarpaulin bottom and quarter inch padding for board cushion. The board bag has a heavy-duty zipper that won’t rust or rot away from all the salt and a convenient shoulder strap to carry your board just in case you might need to lug a bit further than the parking lot to the sand.

The 2011 Air Jordan features handcrafted Patina leather, advanced footwear technology to help you improve your hoops game and an impeccable design, to go along with what has become symbol of excellence in basketball footwear, the iconic Jumpman logo that graces the tongue. The Air Jordan Year of the Rabbit however, takes the 25th Anniversary Jordan sneaker to another level. The limited edition sneaker features custom Chinese packaging and artwork with the theme of current Chinese New Year and zodiac, the rabbit, which also happens to be the same Chinese astrological sign Michael Jordan was born under.