Over these past few years, Mrs. Gold and I have found ourselves to be empty-nesters with both kids now out of the home and living their lives.
And with more and more weekends to ourselves, I decided it was time to up my game from a medium Rothco duffle bag and a huge Land’s End wheeled duffle bag to a proper leather bag.
On the heels of a recent upgrade from my 20+ year old Dopp kit to the new No. 2 Shave Kit from Col. Littleton, I decided to pull the trigger on the The Weekender leather bag from Satchel & Page.
I considered bags from Filson, Carl Fredrik, Thursday Boot Co. and Beckett Simonon, along with the Satchel & Page bag and it seemed that the S&P bag ticked the most boxes for me.
I placed the order about 3-4 days ago and it arrived today.
It came wrapped pretty well to protect this leather bag and it comes with its own storage bag for when it’s not in use.
This is a fairly large bag but it does meet airline regs for a carry-on.
The suede-lined interior has a large interior compartment and plenty of room to easily pack for a long weekend.
The outside compartment has space for your laptop and other ancillary items of your choosing.
(I have my Col. Littleton Shave Kit No. 2 in there).
The bottom of the bag has brass feet so that it doesn’t sit on the ground.
It also comes with a leather shoulder strap.
When filled, this already 6lb. bag is definitely going to be on the heavier side, but I don’t think I’ll be filling it to the max for a 2-3 day weekend trip.
Honestly, we are heading out this upcoming weekend for 2 days and I think the missus and me could fit all of our stuff into this one bag.
Even though I’d prefer that she uses her own bag.
There you have it. Looking forward to (hopefully) aging gracefully with the Weekender Bag from Satchel & Page…
and, of course, with Mrs. Gold too.
32 years later (30 of ‘em, married) and she’s still adorable.
@DrakeMegrim
And with more and more weekends to ourselves, I decided it was time to up my game from a medium Rothco duffle bag and a huge Land’s End wheeled duffle bag to a proper leather bag.
On the heels of a recent upgrade from my 20+ year old Dopp kit to the new No. 2 Shave Kit from Col. Littleton, I decided to pull the trigger on the The Weekender leather bag from Satchel & Page.
I considered bags from Filson, Carl Fredrik, Thursday Boot Co. and Beckett Simonon, along with the Satchel & Page bag and it seemed that the S&P bag ticked the most boxes for me.
I placed the order about 3-4 days ago and it arrived today.
It came wrapped pretty well to protect this leather bag and it comes with its own storage bag for when it’s not in use.
This is a fairly large bag but it does meet airline regs for a carry-on.
The suede-lined interior has a large interior compartment and plenty of room to easily pack for a long weekend.
The outside compartment has space for your laptop and other ancillary items of your choosing.
(I have my Col. Littleton Shave Kit No. 2 in there).
The bottom of the bag has brass feet so that it doesn’t sit on the ground.
It also comes with a leather shoulder strap.
When filled, this already 6lb. bag is definitely going to be on the heavier side, but I don’t think I’ll be filling it to the max for a 2-3 day weekend trip.
Honestly, we are heading out this upcoming weekend for 2 days and I think the missus and me could fit all of our stuff into this one bag.
Even though I’d prefer that she uses her own bag.
There you have it. Looking forward to (hopefully) aging gracefully with the Weekender Bag from Satchel & Page…
and, of course, with Mrs. Gold too.
32 years later (30 of ‘em, married) and she’s still adorable.
@DrakeMegrim
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), it looks like I’ve pretty much run through everything at least once, with the exception of a polo shirt (I’ll wear it tonight at dinner) and the two beachwear shirts which will get worn eventually. It did rain a portion of one day and I’m glad the rain slicker was secured safely in a closet. 
