OK friends, it is that special time of year where Lost In a Supermarket decides to live up to its name and get lost in the worldwide supermarket that is our world. Specifically we’re headed to Panama, because we’ve heard they specialize in shining machines and model citizens with zero discipline. It’s been a long […]

Milan eyewear brand SUPER unveil their latest frames for their Fall/Winter 2011 collection. The Panama style are available with in four different frame colors, with a number of different Zeiss lenses to choose from. Created by brothers Daniel and Simon Beckerman, the metal and acetate frames are all handmade in Italy and will be available in […]

New York leather craftsmen Billykirk (makers of the Leather Schoolboy Satchel) offer their Panama Hat Summer Collection. The hat range are all hand-woven in Ecuador, among the finest makers of the classic Panama-style, and includes three different models: the diamond crown (above), the pork pie (below) and the snap brim Panama. The Billykirk Snap Brim […]

In the novel The Summer We Came to Life, three lifelong friends unite for their annual summer journey of discovery. What has changed with this trip, however, is the death of their fourth friend, Mina. The protagonist, Sam, battles hardest with the loss in the wilds of Honduras where she has temporarily relocated, and through […]

The Panamanian photographer José Castrellón has developed his Priti Baiks series (aka “pretty bikes”) to document the Panamanian phenomenon of overly wrought, heavily modified bikes. While most Panamanians don’t have the capital to modify their cars to Fast and the Furious levels (or to own a car at all, for that matter), the young men […]

As a pioneering producer of dubstep, Kode9 (aka Steve Goodman) has intricately explored the effects of sonic frequencies on human beings — used for positive results, his groundbreaking sub-bass tracks laid the foundation for the flourishing dubstep genre. But the doctor in Goodman (he has a PhD. in Philosophy from from the University of Warwick, […]

Barbados, Panama, Trinidad, and Grenada are just a few of the exotic places represented by Plantation Rum. Produced by Pierre Fernand, each bottle is made to represent the country it’s coming from, and is distilled in the country’s traditional fashion. From there, the liquor is sent to France for several months to be refined in […]