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Shave #193 (459 Open Blade Shaves) of 2021:

Gear: Colonial Armored General, Feather Pro blade, Stirling synth brush, CBL Grassroots Lavender soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe mix, CBL Barba AST, and Penhaligon’s Sartorial clone oil to finish!

Lots done…still some more to do. Been getting pretty good sleep at least!

Happy Friday y’all!
 
Scuttlesoap said:
what's your favorite thing about the new place?
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The climate is amazing! We might not live right on the beach, but it’s beach living! Doors and windows open all the time, constant cool breezes, foggy/misty mornings, middle of summer and we haven’t broken 80 yet as far as I know. The scenery is nice too. Lush hills to the east and beachfront to the west. 5-15 minutes from everything!
 
Hey Chris, sorry I'm the worst for following the journals. Where are you moving to? Why? Exciting!?

We're looking to move soon too, the noise from the 24 hour a day parties in the park next to us is getting to be too much, plus the group of chain smoking shipyard workers below are killing us.

Did you score that NOS can of Rive Gauche?
 
HMan said:
Hey Chris, sorry I'm the worst for following the journals. Where are you moving to? Why? Exciting!?

We're looking to move soon too, the noise from the 24 hour a day parties in the park next to us is getting to be too much, plus the group of chain smoking shipyard workers below are killing us.

Did you score that NOS can of Rive Gauche?
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No worries Cole!

Let’s see…moved 6 hours south of where we last lived (from Sacramento to Santa Barbara; still CA) for a new job of being a hospice chaplain. The missus also got a new job down here as an executive assistant to a well established, high end real estate team.

Sorry you’re having that experience. That was pretty much our life also most of the time, when we lived in Chico (total college party city). Hope you can find some thing with better neighbors!

And yes, I did! I’ve used it twice so far and it survived the move. What a fantastic buy that was! Fine American Blend comes very close but the real thing has more stages of scent and depth. So good!
 
GearNoir said:
No worries Cole!

Let’s see…moved 6 hours south of where we last lived (from Sacramento to Santa Barbara; still CA) for a new job of being a hospice chaplain. The missus also got a new job down here as an executive assistant to a well established, high end real estate team.

Sorry you’re having that experience. That was pretty much our life also most of the time, when we lived in Chico (total college party city). Hope you can find some thing with better neighbors!

And yes, I did! I’ve used it twice so far and it survived the move. What a fantastic buy that was! Fine American Blend comes very close but the real thing has more stages of scent and depth. So good!
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Oh wow Santa Barbara, that's a big step up from Sacto! Nice, it's such a lovely area of CA. Other than Isla Vista, lol.
Congrats on getting the position, though it must be an emotionally difficult one.
For sure I'll have to visit next time I'm in Camarillo to see my mom. I attend a temple in Santa Barbara myself when I'm there, miss it terribly.

Rive Gauche Pour Homme really is something special, I'm a bit hesitant to use it, but it's truly 'niche' quality as they say, just a lot of depth and nothing cheap smelling about it. I can't comprehend why YSL dropped it, but I hear that the glass bottle version was already a diluted version. I just don't get that aspect of the industry.
 
HMan said:
Oh wow Santa Barbara, that's a big step up from Sacto! Nice, it's such a lovely area of CA. Other than Isla Vista, lol.
Congrats on getting the position, though it must be an emotionally difficult one.
For sure I'll have to visit next time I'm in Camarillo to see my mom. I attend a temple in Santa Barbara myself when I'm there, miss it terribly.

Rive Gauche Pour Homme really is something special, I'm a bit hesitant to use it, but it's truly 'niche' quality as they say, just a lot of depth and nothing cheap smelling about it. I can't comprehend why YSL dropped it, but I hear that the glass bottle version was already a diluted version. I just don't get that aspect of the industry.
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Thanks! You’re welcome, of course!

Yea, I don’t get that piece of the industry either. I mean, unless a fragrance totally tanks, why get rid of it? Even with changing times and tastes, most things find some kind of cyclical popularity.
 
GearNoir said:
Thanks! You’re welcome, of course!

Yea, I don’t get that piece of the industry either. I mean, unless a fragrance totally tanks, why get rid of it? Even with changing times and tastes, most things find some kind of cyclical popularity.
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That and Rive Gauche Pour Homme never lost it's core following, just look at all the RGPH replacement videos out there. It's one of the most cherished masculines ever made.
 
GearNoir said:
The climate is amazing! We might not live right on the beach, but it’s beach living! Doors and windows open all the time, constant cool breezes, foggy/misty mornings, middle of summer and we haven’t broken 80 yet as far as I know. The scenery is nice too. Lush hills to the east and beachfront to the west. 5-15 minutes from everything!
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It is beautiful. When I met my wife, she and a girlfriend were living in East Beach. Both girls got married 2 weeks apart. Since then we have spent many weeks in SB. It is the California Mediterranean, I believe. You and your family are indeed blessed to live there.
 
Shave #194 (459 Open Blade Shaves) of 2021:

Gear: Schick M Adjustable injector, Schick Twin blade, Paladin Harlequin Chief 26mm brush, CBL Steel Grey Fougere soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe mix, CC Venture AS, and no frag to finish!

Early afternoon shave today. Spent the morning out with the family going to the farmer’s market and walking some. Otherwise some basic chores to get done. Need to trim up my hair later for church and work!

Happy Saturday all!
 
Shave #195 (459 Open Blade Shaves) of 2021:

Gear: Gillette Prewar Tech, Feather blade, SV/TSC Il Re Tasso d’Oro brush, SV 70th soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe mix, SV 70th AS, and Guerlain Vetiver to finish!

Struggled with the SV lather this morning…something that’s never happened before! Hard water sucks! Going to try loading more on my soaps.

Off to service in the park this morning. Yep, that’s right! The new church, run by the pastor who helped me get the chaplain job, is a small church plant of about 30 members. Pastor is dual-vocational, no financial worries, no building worries, no fancy stuff. Looking forward to it!

Have a blessed Sunday all!
 
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