Tanner Goods is a local company (Portland, OR) and it looks like they have nice belts. They’re so good that they keep them in big shiny glass cases. They’re also curled in sophisticated knot patterns (intricacy = quality, right? Maybe?). Besides the nice looking belts, the company is also making tracks across the U.S. They’ve recently collaborated with the NYC-based shop 3sixteen (I hate the name and spelling, but like the shop.) to produce a waxed canvas tote bag. And the devil in my head tells me that this bag should only be used to hold an entire collection of belts, preferably those shown above.

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Eight Days of Style

Reader Lucy wrote to us to ask that we suggest eight super-basic, affordable Hanukkah gifts for her boyfriend “to replace his stained light-wash jeans and Nine Inch Nails t-shirts.”  We’ll offer one choice for each day the oil burned.

Above: get him a mid-brown 1 1/4” belt from Narragansett Leathers.  They’ll make it to your specifications for $32, and finish it with a nice brass buckle.  It may not be the only belt he ever needs, but he will certainly need this belt.  (Get him one in black, too.)

And while you’re at it, grab him a few Narragansett beers. Just make sure you order the belt with a few extra notches. I know you’ve heard of a beer belly, right?

Narragansett beer brings back a slew of great drunken memories that I experienced during a Christmas road trip. During the trip, Kate, I, and a group of friends, travelled from Alabama all the way up to Providence, Rhode Island. And this is where we had the pleasure of trying our first Narragansett beer. One particular fuzzy memory involves me building the largest snowman in the world. Too bad it melted before Guinness got there to confirm.