Jepis blog for the chosen few

This blog is for the chosen few. If you've found it, this applies to you! It's about important stuff. Like weather not being an issue, why it's cool to live in a city, longboarding past the age of forty and why I like the Honda Zoomer, bikes in general, music, art and design. I think. Perhaps there is something to learn from the cut of someone's suit? Or let's muse over the eternal pursuit of happiness... What is happiness? Sense of purpose? This is my struggle to stay in the present:

Saturday, November 07, 2009

Objects of desire IX

I've loved Clark's Desert Boots, ever since I lived in Sydney and went to Asquith Boys' High School, back in the mid '70's.

Since they're made out of suede leather, all you need is a stiff brush and a bit of determination of a sunday morning, to bring them back to new. If you haven't impregnated them with ScotchGuard or some other aerosol-based leather waterproofing, stuff them full of loose balls of yesterday's paper and you'll be dandy the very next day.

Anyhoo, I found these babies in a shop called Lester, on Södra Larmgatan in Göteborg. They will be my next indulgence.