I’m not sure that there is a more scenic road than US Highway 1 in the country. I had to venture out over the Golden Gate bridge on a recent trip for the TV of Tomorrow conference in California and stopped at Muir Beach for a break from business.

Sure the conference was great, and as we take Voyage.tv to more and more cable outlets its great to meet some of our current business partners and meet new ones. We’ve been working hard to get our content out on the Web beyond our site with some success

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/VoyageChannel

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gourmet-regionale/id361388469

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nirvana/id361210549

5min: http://www.5min.com/VoyageTV

Twitter: http://twitter.com/voyagetv/

Islands Magazine: http://www.islands.com/

Daily Motion: http://www.dailymotion.com/voyagetv

Pretty happy as a start-up, and as a start-up always more to do. Takes effort to keep some perspective on business and the beach has always been a good place for that…quick moment of reflection better than none at all…for me.

Looking forward to getting back out there…on the water.

I had passed TAD Gear several times on the Internet. Its dense pages, black background and camo-inspired introduction kinda leaned a little too heavy towards the military for me. But I had the chance to stop by the store while in San Francisco and I’ve got a whole new perspective.

But backing up a bit, even military-like gear is cause for pause. In Panama, I got dropped off in the San Blas Islands, on Por Venir which about the size of three square city blocks. But since it had an airstrip it also had 6 heavily armed and extremely bored/surly/dangerous looking Panamanian soldiers. And while Panama is “friendly” they didn’t exude much sense of welcome.

I needed to spend the night on Por Venir as I had missed the days flight and I needed to get my passport stamped.  I began to understood why sailors tend to not recommend wearing camouflage anything.  If I was mistaken for military I think my already tense/suspicious interaction would likely have ramped up one very uncomfortable notch. Miles from a paved road and sharing a strip of land with a few of the native Kuna I think my side of any story would have sorely lacked corroboration. Long story less so,  “military” gear is not always the best international travel apparel.

That said, TAD is much, much interesting in person than on the Internet. The staff was great and seeing the gear in person made me understand just how well made it really is. It’s top notch. Some of the best I’ve seen. Much of unique, most designed right there and manufactured in the USA. The apparel and the packs would rate as some of the best you could buy.

I paid for some pants (without the cargo pockets) and I will def keep an eye on the site. It’s worth stopping through if you’re in San Francisco. It’s on the industrial side of the Mission District, and parking was/is challenging (understatement).

T.A.D Gear

660 22nd Street

San Francisco, CA 94107

(415)318-8252