The Orvis Lifestyle Blog takes you around the world with informative and colorful posts that celebrate the lifestyle we love. We hope to inspire you with narratives on wide-ranging topics about beautiful living at home and adventures in the great outdoors.
Written by: Kimberly Bellamy
In 1935, avid sailor and inventor Paul Sperry—a former Dartmouth student and U.S. Navy seaman—made an astounding discovery. One day, after watching his dog run effortlessly across the. . .
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There are two reasons many of us love fish. The first is the enjoyment we receive from pursuing and catching them. That is, in fact, the defining reason the Orvis Company has existed for. . .
If you’ve ever stood at the fish counter in the grocery store or the seafood market wondering what to take home dinner, has it ever occurred to you where these fish come from and how they keep. . .
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“Military spec.” It’s a term we often come across in descriptions of items that are in some way affiliated with the armed forces, but in the case of Randolph Engineering, military spec means. . .
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It’s not a raspberry martini or a red-current champagne spritzer—and it certainly isn’t pink wine—but it’s red in color and, as far as we’re concerned, that makes an Old Fashioned the perfect. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Debra Carr Brox
Ralph Waldo Emerson described the winter song of the chickadee as “a silver tinkling on a frosty morning.” Though many of us think of the warmer months as the time when we can observe. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Debra Carr Brox
Men in overalls and plaid wool coats and kids with only their eyes exposed lined up along the edge of the small, frozen pond, each with a four-foot saw in their hands. As they pushed and pulled. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Daryl Kenny and Jett Brooks
Did you know that Orvis commits 5% of pre-tax profits to protecting nature? We call it the Orvis Commitment, and we take that word “commitment” very seriously. In fact, over the past 20. . .
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I love to hunt game birds in the fall, but I enjoy feeding songbirds almost as much (not quite, but almost). There are few things quite as serene as a quiet snowy morning and a bird feeder. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Bob Dagley
