hmmmm Saw this jacket in the US outdoor store in downtown tonight. It is the updated verison of the one I got in Austria about 2 years ago that cost £280. This new one costs $335. That is £178. It comes with an outer shell, a fleece zip in liner, a base laver and a beanie . . . It is uber water proof 20k/15k material and looks the mutts.

I have always been a fan of 686 gear. It is just smart. The cable routing for your ipod, the zip in liner. Zip off hood and pow skirt. Pass pocket on the sleeve cuff. Money pocket by the cuff. Zillions of pockets (we all know how important that is . . .)

I will stop boring you now.

Oh and the Portland Trailblazers just beat the LA Lakers, very convincingly - 101-90!!!!!