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Comet Coffee x Bivouac presents: How to Make the Perfect Cup of Coffee

Sep 20th 2015

If you have red blood and sleep at nights, there’s a good chance you’re familiar with the superheated grounds-water solution commonly referred to as “coffee”. And if you’re Comet Coffee, there’s a good chance you even dream about it.Tucked away in Nickel’s Arcade, an alcove in an alcove between State and Maynard streets, Comet defines “off the beaten trail”. But for the coffee devotees, the detour is worth it: since 2009, Comet has made a name for itself in places like the New York Times and Tra … read more

Van Boven x Bivouac presents: How to Take Care of Your Leather Boots

Jun 22nd 2015

There are two kinds of boot people in this world: the love ’ems and the leave ’ems.The love ’ems take special care to research the leather, research the oil, research how best to apply oil to leather, and then photograph every step of the process to make sure their boots clean up as well as they did last time. To them, cleaning is an hours-long, cathartic process that restores their boots – their investments – to proper upkeep.The leave ’ems take their boots off, and, they leave ’em. A well-worn … read more