Tag: vintage

  • Finding the right coffee recipe for a vintage vacuum pot

    Finding the right coffee recipe for a vintage vacuum pot

    Maybe two or three years ago after returning from Japan, I decided I wanted to try replicating the siphon coffee that we were served for our first breakfast. I some research and found out that they used to be very common in the US before auto-percolators took off in the 1960s and were known as…

  • Using the Rollei Prego 90 for the first and last time

    Using the Rollei Prego 90 for the first and last time

    A few months ago, after catching the film bug, I happened across a 90s-era point and shoot at a local second hand shop. It looked average but had a good name, it was a Rollei, a German brand famous for cameras like the Rolleiflex. The camera was a Rollei Prego 90, and given how hard…

  • Panam, Mexico’s most Mexican sneakers

    Panam, Mexico’s most Mexican sneakers

    When I first saw a pair of vintage-inspired Panam sneakers on my first trip to Mexico, I wanted a pair for myself. The only issue was I couldn’t find my size anywhere! While it’s very common for shoes in Mexico to not reach my size, it reinforced the shoe’s unattainability and local cache. So when…