Recent content by H.Herdick

Interesting movie, published by the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. During the hurricane Sandy on bike through NY. http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2012/11/03/kijken-in-manhattan-op-de-fiets-dwars-door-sandy/

From Holland. Worldfamous in Italy till 1943 and America. Trio Lescano. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaJdjDOzL9w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtfrznZH3O4&feature=related

A friend of mine brews this "Ruhrtal" beer, in Witten, Germany. http://www.sonnenscheiner.de/index.php?id=13 Like in this part in Germany a very hopped beer. On the pictures you can see almost the whole brewery. My friend fills the bottles of beer by hand (of course with the help of a...

On friday last week my Montecristi arrived. Ordered in Spring (it took a long time to get it) by Panamabob and blocked by Art Fawcett. This is such a nice fitting jewel. Unbelievable. Art is an artist on hats. And although it took a long time to get the hat, Panamabob did really a nice work...

Last night, two bottles of Erdinger bier. http://www.erdinger.de/de/erdinger-weissbier-produkte/unsere-biere/weissbier.html

This is awesome. Probably not my size, so I'm not jealous :p. I still own a handfull of hats and 2 are coming (Panama from Panamabob and a beaver hat from Penman - almost the same price).

Yanks. Original a Dutch word IMHO. A lot of Dutch people (the man) till now, have the name Jan and Kees. JanKees - Yankees, Yanks. I think it is interesting. The eldest street in Amerika have a Dutch name too.

I'm a straight razor guy, but I also use DE razors. This plastic razors are no good for my skin - I'm always bleeding after shaving. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuuuvuOzB7U&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVIuyQFz0zo

It is a good razor, sir. Some European thinks, I do too, it is a 'soft' razor. But nevertheless a great razor. B&B is a good site. In Germany, Gut rasiert forum, there are a lot of people who like the Mach3 or so. Vintage means for me: at that age they found the optimum for shaving for...

Me too. Just tea from the Wuyi-mountains. "Oolong" or "zheng shan xiao zhong". Although in the Mountain, they are making also "Lapsang souchung". If this tea is good enought for the English Royal Family - the Royal Family drinks most of the time the "zheng shan xiao zhong" (and I'm not...

Last monday till thursday this hat. A cheap hat, of course. Inside the hat it says a Montecristi, but for sure it is a cuenca.

Somebody made scratches on the bowl to look it a bit like a straight-grain - as far as I can see on the pictures, it is not a straight-grain. But I can be wrong. Nevertheless it is for sure a good pipe. Don't clean the bowl that much - it is good to have some charcoal inside: makes the...

A corn cob is very common in the States, if I'm not wrong. You can find them in Europe, but is a niche market. Almost noboby over here is smoking a corn cob pipe, although the pipe is very cheap. I did smoke a long time ago a corn cob and discovered, you can taste the (burn) of the corn cob. If...

I can assure you, it is a good combination. In Bavaria (Bayern) they eat a lot of rice. Spaghetti doesn't fit with Leberkäse.

I like this a lot. Beautiful. Together with a nice fedora. By the way, are you Chinese? I'm married with a Chinese woman. You have a lot of nice stuff around you. I like that too.