10E2002: Summer Style Icon - Morris Buttermaker

Square cut sports-shirts as far as the eye can see. He is practically the only adult wearing a collar. Khakis and tennies.

The kids non-PC language and the stubby beers at the end put this movie firmly in the mid 1970s. Can you play air hockey without thinking of Tatum O'Neal in the Bad News Bears? I can't. Mrs. 10e has a pretty great arm - think she identifies with this movie a little. Even rocked a blond Dorothy Hamill cut in those days... Buttermaker has the summer look down (without resorting to shorts) but might not be the best role model...

10E2001: Chalmers and 'Sending Milk' on WCAX

My buddy Skye Chalmers took his photo-essay Sending Milk (about dairy farming within the Cabot Cooperative) onto Vermont television this morning. You can hear a bit more from him about his hopes for the book (get curious!) and the crux of the project (pay respect to the farmers themselves). I am over the moon for the guy and am trying to get him to Boston for a lecture and slideshow; details and date forthcoming. Like how he is showing more leg than the presenter .... #shortshorts

10E2000: Nautical Bow Tie from Beau Ties of Vermont

New release from a 10e fave vendor, Beau Ties of Vermont; The Commodore. $72. Can get it as a necktie if you prefer. Could wear while reading a little Melville or maybe C. S. Forester - but suitable anytime. Bowties have this odd duality in that they have a slightly comical pictoral history (80s nerd...) but they can also be agressive, almost daring the observer to comment.

BTW thanks to my handy new numbering scheme, I see this is the 2000th post on 10e. *fireworks*

10E1999f: Fridays Are Tie Days - Murray's Toggery

Can't completely remember but think this summery cotton tie was a score from the Hospital Thrift Store on India Street, which is a wide open secret but still good to grab a flannel shirt if you underpacked on a chilly weekend, or a beach read - or if you are lucky actually get something good. Club that thing so it doesn't get in your way and get back to chopping fish, or cutting limes.

10E1998: LV112 the lightship 'Nantucket'

The lightships named Nantucket that stood guard over the New York / Europe shipping lane for over 100 years have gone through several incarnations, with LV112 being the last surviving ship in a general orginal state - now moored in East Boston. Further reading. The last ship, Nantucket II is the one you often see moored in Boston Harbor (Rowes Wharf), but it has been rescued and fully refurbed as a pleasure boat now. Would be a hoot.

Anyhow, nice potted history below about life on a lightship, including tricks like using a wet table cloth so plates don't slide around. Or when headed back to MV after a month or more at sea the men would call ahead to the Leeside Tavern (now Leeside Bar & Grill) and tell the bartender to get some cash so they could cash their checks, and then attempt to drink all the beer in Woods Hole... 

10E1997v: The Midway Diner

The Midway in Rutland, VT (next to Bowl-A-Rama) waa rebuilt about 20 years ago from a classic silver dining car into a larger but somehow even more retro affair. Like a "diner of the future" circa 1950. You almost expect there to be an automat in the entrance way. The whole thing is mint green and chrome inside.

Won't reach too far here - but yes, it is a solid diner, enhanced by the older waitresses, sure. Local blueberry pie didn't hurt. They used to have the bully burger - 2 patties and bacon - that was a solid choice with onion rings.