I’m glad we’ve gotten over the last cycle of ‘preppy’, in that bright colors paired with seersucker and neon argyle socks are a thing of the past.  We are in a traditional cycle now, with more of a focus on…

I have been a huge fan of Oak Street Bootmakers since I bought my first pair of beef roll loafers back in 2013.  I still have them.  They’ve been professionally restored once, and quite frankly, they look incredible.  I don’t…

One of my new COVID hobbies is to catalog and taking stock of my stuff.  It’s like an episode of Hoarders at a department store.  Weird.  It’s not just clothes and shoes, but really everything.  Going through junk drawers is…

I can’t decide what I hated more: the bankruptcy announcement from Brooks Brothers, or their transition to a non-iron, characterless bloated catalog over the last ten years. The Brooks Brothers I remember was a bit romantic. The only access I…

So here we are in July. We’ve experienced Memorial Day, then July 4th, and now we are barreling towards Labor day, which means we are getting closer to quail season. These 90 degree days may tell a different story, but…