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Sunday, April 7, 2013

CLOTHES: a minimalist approach

What clothes are absolutely necessary as a freedom traveler? For myself, I'm thinking of the following:
1. One pair of blue jeans
2. One pair of cargo pants
3. One pair of shorts
4. One pair of swim trunks
5. 2 gray undershirts (in my case with a pocket to hold my glasses)
6. 3 pairs of underwear
7. One dress shirt for churchin' it up
8. 2 short-sleeved shirts
9. 2 long-sleeved shirts
10. Hooded sweat shirt
11. Pair of sweat pants
12. 3 pairs of white socks (same size and brand)
13. 3 pairs of black socks (same size and brand)

Footwear and coats/jackets will be discussed on separate posts.

Any thoughts? Any recommendations? Is this enough? Is this too much?

Saturday, April 6, 2013

APPLIANCES

Which kitchen appliances do we absolutely need? I've been thinking about this and I'm trying to decide on inclusion criteria. Multi-use first. The VitaMix salesman at Costco says it replaces 30 other appliances but was unable to name all 30. I can think of these: blender, juicer, nutbutter maker, grinder, possibly a food processor although the shallowness of a food processor has its advantages.
Any thoughts? We have a VitaMix already so we're going to take it with us anyway but what else can we give up?
Other considerations: size, electrical consumption, ease-of-use, clean up.