BEST DAYS
EVER
The days you'll still be talking about in thirty years. Expeditions, giveaways, heritage hotels, and live music — curated by Gerald Shaffer from across the globe.
Expeditions
Multi-day adventures with real field notes — from summit pushes to coastal drives. Gerald's personal accounts, unfiltered.
Giveaways
Curated experiences you can actually win. Not influencer trips — proper, once-in-a-lifetime days that money can't easily buy.
Retrospectives
The places and moments that have stood the test of time. Heritage hotels, legendary venues, and days that still feel like yesterday.
Shaffer Farms, British Columbia · Canada
NATURALLY STRAWS — THE STRAW THAT BELONGS IN THE CUP
Farm-grown in BC by Gerald Shaffer. Carbon negative. Zero PFAS. The original hollow rye straw, back in the hands of every bartender who deserves it. NBDI: 247 — Excellent.
432 Park Avenue, New York · 30 Berkeley Square, London · USA & United Kingdom
A DAY AT PHILLIPS GALLERY
230 years of selling the world's most extraordinary objects. Harry Phillips. Napoleon's silverware. Basquiat at $85 million. Free to enter. NBDI: 241 — Excellent.
FRONTIER TRAVEL VIETNAM — THẮNG VAN PHAM & THE HA GIANG LOOP
Ha Giang Province, Northern Vietnam · Vietnam
THE NET BEST DAY INDEX
The Mathematical Framework for a Genuinely Good Day · Just Gerald Magazine
DTES HUB — BEST DAY IN THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE
140 East Hastings Street, Vancouver · British Columbia, Canada
ROBIN HARTMAN — FROM AMSTERDAM TO THE ARCTIC
Netherlands · Europe · The Arctic · Netherlands · Europe
RUGGED CLASS — A TIMELESS LIFE WITH A 4×4
Guernsey · Dubai · Solihull · UK · UAE · Channel Islands
THE UPHILL CLIMB — VAL DES TERRES, GUERNSEY
St Peter Port, Guernsey · Channel Islands, United Kingdom
RYAN REYNOLDS — FROM KITS HIGH SCHOOL TO THE KITS HIGH LIFE
Vancouver, British Columbia · British Columbia, Canada
ROYAL GUERNSEY GOLF CLUB — COURSE OF THE MONTH NO. 1
L'Ancresse, Vale, Guernsey · Par 70 Links · Channel Islands
FOCUSWORKS EDC — THE PEN THAT EARNS ITS PLACE
Sechelt, BC · Precision-Machined Titanium Pens · Canada
A DAY AT THE TRACK — WMRC
Mission, BC · River's Edge Road Course · Canada
LAND ROVERS AND THEIR LADIES
Global · From the Sahara to the Dakar · United Kingdom / Saudi Arabia / Canada
ROBBIE DICKSON — SUPERCARS, DIAMONDS & THE DIAMOND RALLY
White Rock, BC · Osoyoos · Vancouver · Canada
ARTISTS FOR CONSERVATION — JEFF & YASMINE WHITING
North Vancouver, BC · Global · Canada / Global
SADDLERY MASTERS — MADE IN INDIA
Jajmau, Kanpur, India · Uttar Pradesh, India
ARTHUR & GRACE ROTHSTEIN — THE MAN WHO PHOTOGRAPHED AMERICA
New York · Washington D.C. · America · United States of America
CHRIS RADOSEVIC — REALTOR OF THE MONTH
West Vancouver · North Shore, BC · British Columbia, Canada
WHISTLER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — BUSINESS RESOURCE
Whistler, BC · British Columbia, Canada
BJØRN ENGA — MONTHLY SHOUTOUT
Sunshine Coast, BC · British Columbia, Canada
A'TREGO MONACO — EATS OF THE WEEK
Cap d'Ail, Monaco Border · Monaco · French Riviera
MEEPO BOARDS — BEST DAY EVER ON ELECTRIC
Sunshine Coast, BC — and everywhere the road goes · British Columbia, Canada
MUYAAYU WILD SAFARIS — BEST DAY IN UGANDA
Mpigi, Uganda — Pearl of Africa · Uganda
THE BLACKFISH PUB — TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF BEING EXACTLY WHAT GIBSONS NEEDED
Gibsons, Sunshine Coast, BC · British Columbia, Canada
SCOTT COLLISON — THE MAN WHO GAVE THE COAST A NIGHT OUT
Gibsons, Sunshine Coast, BC · British Columbia, Canada
TODD CLARK STUDIO — BEST DAY FOR THE HOME
Gospel Rock, Gibsons, Sunshine Coast, BC · British Columbia, Canada
ONE STRAW TINY FARM — A BEST DAY IN ROBERTS CREEK
Roberts Creek, Sunshine Coast, BC · British Columbia, Canada
THE GIRL ON A BIKE
Vanessa Ruck, United Kingdom · United Kingdom
BEST DAYS EVER: LIFE OF AN AUSTRALIAN FARMER'S WIFE
Stockyard Hill, Victoria, Australia · Victoria, Australia
CHÂTEAU MARCONNE — LIVE YOUR BEST DAYS HERE
Pas-de-Calais, France · Pas-de-Calais, France
DONDE CHARLIE — BEST CAPPUCCINO IN JALISCO
Jalisco, Mexico · Mexico
CÓDIGO 1530 — A BEST DAY IN TEQUILA
Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico · Jalisco, Mexico
NORTH SHORE BIKE PARK — A BEST DAY WITH THE CREW
North Vancouver, BC · British Columbia, Canada
THE BEST PIZZA I'VE HAD ALL YEAR
Domino's, Maple Ridge · British Columbia, Canada
THE PEARL, VANCOUVER
881 Granville Street · British Columbia, Canada
WIN A DAY AT THE LOUVRE
Paris, France · France
CLIMBING MONT BLANC
Chamonix, France · France
BEST DAYS SPENT: THE SYLVIA HOTEL
English Bay, Vancouver · British Columbia, Canada
"The best days aren't the ones that go according to plan. They're the ones where something unexpected happens and you realise, much later, that it was exactly what you needed."— Gerald Shaffer, Just Gerald Magazine
PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA
Torres del Paine Circuit — 9 days, 100 km, one of the world's great walks.
KYOTO, JAPAN
Three days in the old capital during autumn koyo — the best days Japan has to offer.
AMALFI COAST, ITALY
The Nastro Azzurro drive from Positano to Ravello — 50 km of the world's most dramatic coastline.
