Favorite Brands?

Anyone have favorite brands? 
 

Some of mine are:

-Oakley optics
-Starbucks Breakfast Blend
-La Croix (Lime, Grapefruit, Orange)
-Trek Bicycles
-Silk Dark Chocolate Almond Milk
-Kitchen Basics Beef Bone Broth
-Gatorade, Gatorade Endurance
-Clif Gel Expresso 100mg Gels
-Goldfish
-Triscuits
-Horizon Whole Milk (Vitamin D) Pasture Raised Organic
-Oreos
-Kessler Snowboards
-Chipotle
-Lenovo laptops
-Plantronics backbeat FIT headphones
-Skullcandy oversized headphones
-Apple iPhones
-Wilson Hammer Tennis Racquets
-Billabong boardshorts
-Hurley boardshorts
-Pearl Izumi cycling shoes
-Daily Harvest smoothies
-Amazon for everything
-Nike running shoes (Zoom Fly 2, 3, Next%, 4%)
-Under Armour black socks
-Redwood Hill Goat Milk Kefir
-Chobani Greek Yogurt

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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Cool! I have a Trek Mountain bike too. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

I got a very old Trek frame (road bike) that I’m thinking of upgrading but don’t have any experience upgrading bikes, what are some things I should look out for?

Quant (ˈkwänt) n: An expert, someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
 

Old Bay Krispy Kreme Five Guys LLBean Field and Stream Bass Pro Shops/ Cabela’s Tropicana Omega Reese’s Oreos A1 Steak Sauce BMW Land Rover Toyota Tacoma’s Silverado trucks Redwings

 

5 guys is pretty good

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

ah yes - these are classic hipster attire

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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

yeahhh Shake Shack

I've been to locations in NYC and LA - both were good. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Nike Prestos (cushy running shoes) Ralph Lauren “Rossa Luna” Land’s End (triple A never DD) Canada Goose (Amateur Skier) Under Armour (favorite work-out attire) Apple (love music) Spotify (love a good playlist) Sony (PS5... pending) Patek (Nautilus) United (best domestic airline) Joe Weider (good workout equipment) Glock (best pistols) Suzuki (Gxsr) Nissan (GTR)
Girl (favorite skateboards)

 

About to start FT gig and on a budget so some cheaper stuff but...

  • Uniqlo (casual wear)
  • Arc'teryx (Winter gear that isn't cliche)
  • SuitSupply (self explanatory)
  • Charles Tyrwhitt (dress shirts & semi formal wear)
  • Barbour (jackets)
  • Nike (running shoes)
  • Under Armour (workout clothes)
  • Converse (all white shoes)
  • Black Sheep (coffee)
  • Pepperidge Farms (milano cookies are addictive)
  • Microsoft Surface (laptops)
 
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 

Rolex Batman 

Suit Supply 

Tom's Place for sport coats (local Canadian suit shop) 

Tide to go 

Nordstrom Men's Line non-iron, point collar dress shirts

Hermes/Ferragamo animal print ties / Hugo Boss for non-fun ties 

Burberry/Christian Dior trench coats

Tom's Place - thick 100% wool overcoats that fall below the knee in length (Canada is cold)

Canada Goose parkas 

Macbook Pro laptops with retina display (personal use) 

Lenovo laptops (business use) 

Barbour diamond quilted vests

Allen Edmond shoes - cap toes polished to a mirror shine

Gucci horsebit loafers 

Gucci Aces

Alexander Mcqueen spray paint sneakers

Fendi sneakers 

Christian Louboutin Strass sneakers in dark colours 

Saint Laurent/Amiri/Givenchy artsy jackets

Nike running shoes 

Apple iPhone + Airpods (but fuck an apple "watch")

Spotify 

Google Chrome

OneNote 

Polo Ralph Lauren 

Sperry Topsiders

Birkenstocks Arizonas

Burrito Boyz (Canada)

Poutine from Costco/Popeyes/KFC (Canada)

The Keg Steakhouse 

Duke of ___ (Canadian restaurant chain) 

Moosehead beer

Creemore beer 

Alexander Keith's beer

Stoli/Tito's vodka

1942 tequila

Tanqueray gin

Maker's Mark / Johnnie Walker Black whiskey

Henessy Cognac

Sailor Jerry rum

Dom champagne

Freixenet / LaMarca prosecco

Starbucks nitro cold brew

Manna insulated water bottles 

Ritz cheese crackers 

Maynards sour cherry blasters

Godiva dark chocolate with sea salt  

Five guys burgers 

Smoke's Poutinerie

Murray's pomade

Cerave skincare

Cartier sunglasses

Amiri hats

DSquared hats/jeans

Balmain jeans

LV District messenger bag in Damier Graphite if wearing black shoes

Locally tanned full grain messenger bag (which has patinaed beautifully over time) if wearing brown shoes 

Goyard cardholder/passport holder

Tumi suitcases

 

Is this the Canadian hardo lifestyle

Quant (ˈkwänt) n: An expert, someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
 

Oliver Peoples (sunglasses / eyeglasses)

J Crew (cheap tees that can be replaced easily when worn out)

Bonobos (jeans, shorts, going out shirts, boxer briefs)

Adidas (workout shoes casual running sneakers)

Allen Edmonds

Lululemon

Gucci (card case wallet)

Rolex

Apple

BMW

Cessna

Montblanc

Away Travel (luggage)

Suit Supply

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Anyone have recs for nice backpacks?

“If you ain’t first, you’re last!” - GOAT
 
  • Vintage Seltzer. It's the OG and beats LaCroix by a mile. For under a buck a liter it's a screaming deal. Go for club soda or diet tonic for mixing, or lemon-lime for drinking on its own
  • Essential Phones (RIP) great hardware, no bloat and they typically had updates out within a day of Google
  • Cannondale and Pinarello bicycles
  • Ducati Motorcycles, particularly the older ones. The Good Doctor cannot be wrong
  • I'm going to throw something I don't think anybody knows here as well: Dizengoff Hummus in Philly. A restaurant that just serves the star dish from the #1 restaurant in town (Zahav) Quick and easy if you are grabbing dinner, although the lunch lines can get brutal, and all for under 15 bucks
The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 
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Haribo candy

Asics running shoes

New Balance Kawhi Leonard gear

Bose speakers and headphones

La Colombe cold brew

Wrigley's 5 gum

Upstate Farms Intense flavored milk

I’m a fun guy. Obviously I love the game of basketball. I mean there’s more questions you have to ask me in order for me to tell you about myself. I'm not just gonna give you a whole spill... I mean, I don't even know where you're sitting at
 
Kawhi Anthony Leonard

Haribo candy

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La Colombe cold brew

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Dude, the sugar free gummi bears might change your mind on the first one. (Or enhance it immensely if just given to disliked coworkers)

Not a fan of La Columbe either. however they make it the coffee ends up significantly less acidic than most iced coffees. call me odd, but I like the acidity.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

Patagonia

Rolex - Date Just, Daytona, Submariner 

Omega - seamaster/speedmaster

IWC 

Sperrys boat shoes / Loewes/ Quoddy 

Allen Edmonds - Park Ave

Gucci - Horsebit/ Aces

Timberland - Classy boots 

Nike kill shots

Adidas stan smiths

APPLE

TESLA

 

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