American Apparel T-shirt

American Apparel Unisex Fine Jersey Short Sleeve V-Neck X-Small-green

American Apparel is a super-hip vertically-integrated clothing company located in downtown Los Angeles, California.  They make great clothes for kids, women, and men.  Dov Charney, the founder, has been selling t-shirts since he was in high school.  His company has grown into the largest garment factory in the US and has stores in over 20 countries.   

Pendleton Blanket

Pendleton Yosemite National Park Full Blanket

Pendleton Woolen Mills operates the last woolen mills in the United States.  The manufacturing of Indian blankets at the mill in Pendleton, Oregon dates to 1895.  The current company was started in 1909 by the Bishop brothers:  Clarence, Roy, and Chauncey.  Pendleton still makes Indian blankets, for example, Pendleton Blanket: Chief Joseph Robe - Dark Green.   

Filson Packer Hat

  

Filson Tin Cloth Packer Hat

This hat is great in the rain.  C. C. Filson started his eponymous company in 1897 in Seattle, Washington to supply the Great Klondike Gold Rush.  Check out the Cruiser Jacket and Mackinaw Cap among their other items still made in Seattle.  The cap reminds me of Elmer Fudd... really Robin Williams impression of the wabbit hunter.

Sub-Zero Refrigerator

Sub-Zero BI-36U Over-and-Under Refrigerator/Freezer

Westye F. Bakke founded Sub-Zero in 1945 in Madison, Wisconsin.  Sub-Zero is famous for their built-in refrigerators.  Unique to Sub-Zero are separate compressors for the freezer and refrigerated sections.

Boetje's Mustard

 

Boetjes Mustard (Economy Case Pack) 8.5 Oz Jar (Pack of 12)

"Beginning in 1889, Fred Boetje began making stoneground Dutch mustard in his garage in Rock Island, Illinois. Using the same recipe today of water, mustard seed, sugar, salt and distilled vinegar, Boetje's tops all mustard sales in the local retail market. It even outsells the big three-French's, Kraft and Plochman-by 7 to 1. In a survey by Illinois Magazine published in its July 2002 issue, Boetje's was voted to be the "Best Illinois food product" in Northern Illinois. Most recently Boetje's Mustard won the 15th annual World Wide Mustard Festival in the Coarse Grained Mustard grouping." -- Boetje's website

Kitchen Cooked Potato Chips

 

Original Potato Chips

Extremely good extra-crunchy chips from Farmington and Bushnell, Illinois.  Kitchen Cooked has been making chips since the 1930's. 

KitchenAid Stand Mixer

KitchenAid KSM158GBCA 90th Anniversary Limited-Edition 5-Quart Stand Mixer, Candy Apple Red

This is the epitome of macho cooking.  At 325 Watts, it has all the horsepower you could want.  These bad boys are made in Greenville, Ohio.  KitchenAid was started in 1919 by the Hobart Corporation, a maker of industrial mixers.