TRAVEL: ESSENTIALS & FAVOURITES

ESSENTIAL
(carry-on items)
Headphones: Bang & Olufsen H9i noise-cancelling.
Grooming brands: Aesop.
Luggage: Hardcase with sturdy wheels; Muji hooded neck pillow.
Jet lag remedy: Swim or surf — preferably both — on the day of arrival.

FAVOURITE
Most-used app: Instagram.
Magazines: Monocle; Fantastic Man; Cereal.
Newspapers: Financial Times Weekender; The Guardian.
Airlines: British Airways; Jet Blue; Qantas.
Airports: Changi (Singapore); Hong Kong.
Lounge: Qantas First Class in Sydney.
Restaurants: Shin Udon (Tokyo); Spotted Pig (Manhattan); Fette Sau (Philadelphia); Amass (Copenhagen); The Shortmarket Club (Cape Town); Berg’n (Brooklyn).
Bars: Camparino in Galleria (Milan); Employees Only (Manhattan); Nightjar (London).

NECESSITIES
Watch: Filson Argonite 715 (by Shinola).
Camera: Leica D-Lux.
Sunglasses: Persol.
Stationery: Shinola (notebooks); Muji (pens).
Fragrance: Comme des Garcons x Artek Standard.
Jeans: LNLA prototype.
Trainers: White Leather Converse; VANS Sk8-Hi.

CONSUMABLES
Beer: ANDUnion Unfiltered Lager.
Cocktail: Negroni.
Street food: Boerewors Roll outside Builder’s Warehouse (Cape Town).

CURRENTLY
Watching: This is Us; The Staircase.
Reading: Latest issue of Monocle magazine.
Listening: Beastie Boys compilation (The In Sound from Way Out!); LCD Soundsytem (American Dream); Father John Misty (Pure Comedy).

FUTURE
Bike: Personalised BMW R nine T Pure.
Car: Teched-up, Japanese-spec Toyota Land Cruiser.
Destinations: Seychelles, Lisbon, New Zealand (South Island).