Hiiii everyone,

I wanted to take a lil sec to re-introduce myself as things have gotten pretty faceless recently. I’d rather this newsletter feel more personal than just a list of links. And if you don’t mind, I’ll give you occasional updates on what I’m working on and thinking about.

Soooo I’m Marty, I’m from a little town in the Highlands of Scotland called Beauly. I’ve lived in Edinburgh, Barcelona, a tiny beach town in the Dominican Republic and now I’m based in Lisbon, Portugal.

I’ve founded and co-founded a bunch of stuff. A chat room for teenagers who loved art when I was 13, a collective of young photographers when I was 15, definitely-illegal camping parties in the woods in Scotland when I was 16, an events company at 18, a sunglasses company (Tens), an ultra-summer music website & app (Poolsuite), a finance/tech company (Nude) and a sunscreen company (Vacation). And I feel like I’m just getting started. I’ve taken a lot of time away from my computer recently, mapping out the organisation of my dreams, something I’ll work on for the next 50 years. And this newsletter & community will be at the very centre of it. An organisation that anyone can be a part of contributing to, that can accomplish grand & eccentric ideas by pooling the resources of thousands of people together.

My #1 mission right now is arranging the appropriate structure & funding to crowdfund the acquisition of a manor estate, a place where we, the Poolsuite community, can spend time discussing, planning & building the kinds of things you read about in this newsletter, by the pool, banana daiquiri in hand. If you happen to have a wealth of knowledge in the manor-acquisition business, please do drop me an email.

We’re also wrapping up our redesign of Poolsuite FM and pushing it into development – I can’t wait for you to see it.

More updates soon.

Much love ☼

Marty

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☼ BRB, moving to Brazil to acquire a house with a “balcony room”. I’ve been pretty obsessed with shoe box shape homes with a living room in the middle for a while. This is one the best small homes I’ve seen in a similar style.

☼ If this video doesn’t make you want to raise kids on a farm I don’t know what will

☼ This Folamour disco set from Cathédrale Saint-Pierre in Geneva is the very definition of a vibe. Got me all excited for the next Poolsuite event, hopefully announcing next week.

☼ The DeTomaso Pantera is (in my humble opinion) one of the greatest vehicles ever made. At some point in my late 60s I hope to run an absolutely battered one, covered in mud, as my daily driver.

☼ We launched a fun lil web3 collab with our friends at Rainbow, meet the Rainbow Poolboy!

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☼ Automotive furniture maker Mobellio’s 901 Poltrona sofa makes use of the shell of a 1964 Porsche 911 ( the 901 Carfa uses the rear)

☼ Released in ‘89, Caper in the Castro is likely the first LGBTQ video game, now available to play in your browser (inside a very hot ‘80s Macintosh emulator)

☼ In case you missed it: YouTubers Eddy Burback and Ted Nivison visited every Margaritaville in the USA. I feel like people need to go on more multi-day road trips. I stand by Boat Drinks by Jimmy Buffett (Margaritaville’s proprieter) being one of the greatest songs of all time.

☼ Related to the above, these Suzuki Jimny roof tent set-ups are next level. I keep day dreaming about travelling all around Portugal & Europe by car. There’s no Margaritaville in Europe but maybe I’ll visit every nude beach in Italy or something. Open to ideas here, maybe we do a convoy or our very own Gumball 3000 rally (Poolboy 3000?)

☼ This stunning Art Nouveau greenhouse home by Lake Como is an architectural masterpiece, and is now for sale for a probably-eye-watering amount of money. A few years back while shooting an ad in Portugal, we hired a cheap speed boat and ripped around Lake Como on it for an hour. I think that’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. We got yelled at for driving too fast past George Clooney’s lakeside mansion. Worth it.

☼ This Japanese dude spend $16,000 on a dog costume. Being this committed to strange but harmless interests is very cool, IMO (hit up Zeppet to buy yours)

☼ Streetwear guru & pro skateboarder Mark Gonzales opened a car wash themed store in Seoul. Mark appears to be having a very good time, a lot of the time.

☼ David Lynch answers: Where do ideas come from?

☼ Casio has released miniature ring versions of their most iconic watches, available via vending machines around Japan

☼ The ultra-rare white 1989 Lamborghini Countach from The Wolf of Wall Street is going to auction this December.

☼ Toastermuseum.com is the world’s largest online toaster exhibition. Aaand now I want to create the world’s largest online exhibition of something.

Until next time.

Sunshine always ☼

Marty