To The Manner Born

Jim Bob and his lovely wife Linda Bob had asked Mrs T and I to join them on a progressive dinner. We were there in a flash. On the way towar...

For over 40 years Robert W. "Johnnie" "3 Lunch" Apple Jr. was a fixture on the staff of the New York Times. The nickname...

Newcomers, this is my bonus daughter Mindy. She is a college junior matriculating in Boston. Today is her 21st birthday. Her mother is hopin...

Guys, you have no idea how many television channels are devoted to weddings. The deck is stacked against you and you have no clue. Consideri...

While I was busy slamming Oprah for ruining a perfectly good movie, she had two young inventors on her program. Their creation? Baconnaise ....

OK, I didn't do my homework. I relied on my fragile memory, and trusted my retailer. I think I screwed up big time. First, let me state...

Stop me if you have heard this before. We have been awarded a Your Blog is Fabulous Award by the News Reading Wife. Thank you, ma'am. It...

OK, I'm late, but this is harder than it looks. When I began writing, I had no other goal than to fill my children in on a bit of what h...

Raffles Hotel in Singapore is once again for sale. I've never been there. I've fantasized going there, lots of times, although I am...

Is O run by men now? I admit to being sappy at times. Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite books. I find the Keira Knightley P&P ...

It's called refinancing. This is the second time we have refinanced the mortgage for The Park in 3 years. I know, that's too often, ...

1. I was reading yesterday that Esquire and Architectural Digest probably won't live to see Christmas. I examined my conscience on this ...

My rant with Harvie and Hudson would easily for gotten if I were in the market for one of their Covert Coats. Mercifully, I am not. Th...

Date book empty for April 28 th ? Should you find yourself in or near Kansas City I might suggest the Riedel Wine Glass Seminar at the Amer...

Boys and girls, youngin's and not so much, set your TIVO, program your VCR, stay home, make pop corn, eat chocolate for tonight on TCM i...

Regular readers may recall I first mentioned this Brook Brothers Oxford Cloth shirt several months ago. While neither fish nor fowl it has ...

I've been searching for a navy/white gingham shirt for several weeks, with no luck. So finally, I check out 3 Lunch Apple's tailor,...

It's dogwood season at The Park. Since we are in the middle of an old oak and hickory forest we look for color everywhere we can. In ea...

Over cocktails Friday evening the question arose, who should play you, in the movie of your life? I stalled for time by asking several qual...

I finally got around to tackling last weekend's NYT yesterday. My routine is to begin with the Style section, head to Business, the Boo...