This is Darren of Out Traveler magazine (as in out of the closet, not like "out and about"). He was one of the the writers on the trip and was intent on bagging a Finn. Those fresh silver coats are given to you as you enter the bar we were in...
Because January was so cold I'd been wearing a rabbit-fur hat that had been giving to me by Jessica D. to help brave the Syracuse winters way back in '96. For whatever reason, I took pics of lots of people trying it on and making faces. More on that later.
Grant, who'd been the biggest proponent for Fatty getting the fireplace operational ("Just imagine the S'more we'll be able to make!") give this double thumbs up.