Thank you to my secret Santa (for real this time) for this very cool shipment of vintage print materials!!!
At the bottom is an absolutely stunning full-color Bucherer catalog from around 1968 I think? Will certainly send me down a very long and winding rabbit hole researching all of the Bucherer, Vulcain, Rolex, and Piaget watches pictured within (as well as the very gorgeous clocks and jewelry!)
At the top, as far as I can tell (my German is rusty at best!) is a trio of timetable brochures for the Deutsche Bundesbahn Hispania-Express line between Barcelona and Copenhagenâa train line that I have actually ridden between Geneva and Lausanne, and a rail company who is a former client of mine!! I canât wait to figure out a way to frame and display these properly (hopefully with my tickets if I can dig them up!).
Thank you so much to whoever pulled these together, these are awesome!!
Edit: just found the letter within, thank you for the kind note on top of everything else @agwalkMKE !! Next time Iâm in Wisconsin I owe you a pint.
This showed up in my email and I think itâs safe to assume itâs from @PFitz. What an awesome gift. I know I didnât give you much to work with by not making a list, but this is awesome. Iâve really enjoyed getting into SGS/TFE this year and itâs made me want to dive deeper into learning about golf course architecture. Already started digging in to some of the posts. Canât wait to see what all they have to offer. Thanks again!
Awesome! My dad is from Maine and grew up playing, also won his fair share of games aboard the USS Nimitz from 78-82. Very glad he taught me crib and golfâŚtwo things I eventually will pass along to my kid.
Can confirm! I just got home from watching the most disappointing Sugar Bowl performance from my Dawgs and noticed I had a package from a familiar name in recent NLU content, and also someone I am most envious of when it comes to jobs. Conveniently today is also my birthday, so the timing couldnât have been better.
The personalized ball from one of my favorite Baby Braves, Jeff Francoeur, and the leather Dawgs valuables pouch are both greatly appreciated! Honestly, I sent the picture to my girlfriend and she was more excited about all the Erin Hills merch since I got her tickets to the USWO for Christmas. Plan on making it out to a Brewers game while weâre in town as well.
I appreciate all the thoughtful gifts, would love to thank you again in person when weâre in Milwaukee later this year!
Big thanks to @dshaddy for the wonderful gifts. The Fenway sign will make its way into the bonus room very soon. Big fan of the Super Troopers themed bag tag and divot tool (says Ramathorn on it if you zoom in). Merry Christmas!
Mea Culpa here - been trying to get some time to write up a proper thank you.
Like a gift from Santa himself, I found a mysterious package at my door in the wee hours of Christmas morning when i arrived back from my in-laws. Inside was a variety of great gifts from the great up North! Iâm rocking the SSC beanie as i write out this post, and will be frame shopping for the wonderful course prints later today.
Cheers, brother! We got porch pirated around Christmas for the first time which made me a little paranoid. Glad everything made it safely. You had mentioned âlocal course stuffâ so I sorta took that in a Home and Home direction - Landmand is quasi-local to me and with The Cornstalk planning, Iâm almost always thinking about it. Mega thanks to @kcurry11 for the assist on the NLT course prints; he did all the work, I just did a little editing and sent them to the printer.
You nailed it man! I have contemplated buying this map multiple times so itâs great to get from secret santa. Cant wait to try the coffee and burban/tequila samples as well! Perferct white guy shit.
