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This photo taken at 10:12am in Milan, Italy on April 23, 2013 represents the precise point in time when I vowed never to buy another pair of Keen shoes. That’s my 3rd pair of Keen Boston shoes in the trash can in my hotel room.

May 17th, 2013 | Tags: 10th Anniversary, apart, Arroyo, Blogging, Boston, China, claim, color, construction, customer, delaminate, delamination, detach, difference, dispose, Europe, fall, fall apart, Finlay, footwear, glue, homage, Keen, leather, Newport, online, poor, premature, present, Problem, purchace, quality, replacement, rubber, sandal, separation, service, shoes, sole, store, support, Targhee, trash, Travel, upper, warranty, wear, website, worn | Category: Life Lessons, Travel, gear, reviews | Leave a comment

To me the Olympus OM-D marks the tipping point where the Micro Four Thirds format made the leap from a good idea in theory to a good idea in practice.

February 24th, 2013 | Tags: 12-50mm, 12mm, 14mm, 20mm, 25mm, 30D, 35mm, 45mm, 5-axis, 50mm, 5D, 60mm, 6D, AEL, AF, aperture, APS-C, auto, auto focus, battery, bokeh, button, camera, Canon, chimping, compact, custom, depth of field, digital, dpreview.com, DSLR, E-10, E-M5, E-P1, easy, enthusiast, ergonomics, EVF, example, experience, experienced, eye, f/1.4, f/1.7, f/1.8, f/2, f/2.5, face, fast fifty, FF, field of view, five axis, Flickr, Fn1, Fn2, focus, FoV, full frame, full sized, grip, hand, hand held, high, HLD-6, ideal, image quality, IQ, IS, ISO, k10d, kit, LCD, lens, light, Lightroom, long exposure, low light, Lowepro, Lumix, manual, manual focus, MF, MFT, Micro Four Thirds, MKII, MKIII, motion, Olympus, OM-D, Panasonic, pancake, Pentax, photographer, prime, priority, professional, program, quality, RAW, Rebel XT, resolution, review, Robert S. Donovan, sample, sharpness, slr, small, speed, stability, studio, system, test, Travel, user, viewfinder, weather sealed, WYSIWYG, zoom | Category: Photography, Stuff, gear, reviews | Leave a comment

Continuing my quest for fewer but finer things, I received this Hamilton Khaki Field Automatic watch for my birthday this week. It’s a wonderful modern interpretation of a classic watch design that should be a perfect fit with my casual-outdoorsy-look.

November 3rd, 2012 | Tags: 10 Bar, 25 jewel, 2824-2, 42mm, Amazon, Automatic, band, birthday, black, brown, Caliber, casual, crystal, date, ETA, face, field, gift, H705450, Hamilton, Khaki, leather, movement, outdoors, review, Robert S. Donovan, sapphire, stainless steel, stitched, Swatch, Swiss, watch, waterproof | Category: My life, Stuff, gear, reviews | Comments (4)

The older I get the more I find myself gravitating towards owning fewer, nicer things. I’m also finding that the style that I’m most comfortable with is a kind of casual outdoorsy look – more of a modern interpretation of the classic L.L. Bean style than the Bear Grylls “I’m going to have to drink my own urine to survive” kind of stuff. So, when I ran across these Timberland Boot Company® Mudlark 3-Eye Boat Shoes I knew I had found the perfect addition to my wardrobe.

September 8th, 2012 | Tags: 3-eye, boat, Boot, brown, casual, classic, Company, craftsmanship, detail, ExOfficio, hand, handmade, handsewn, insoles, jeans, Keen, khakis, leather, lugged, made, modern, Mountain, Mudlark, office, quality, refined, Robert S. Donovan, rugged, sewn, shoe, stitching, SuperFeet, Timberland, traditional, Vibram, welt | Category: Stuff, gear, reviews | Comments (1)