To The Manner Born

I have two words to say about local tailors. Use Them! Each of has learned the hard way that many of the clothes hanging in our closets look...

Number 2 son is a forest fire fighter near Lake George, Colorado. Only this year there haven't been any fires, which is good news for th...

As promised, once again we delve into the days when I was writing for one. This story was about one of my favorite Christmas's, albeit ...

What a great day. First, the patch mad bow tie from Ellie LaVange Stager arrived. Gents, if you are bow tie inclined, get in touch with ...

Admittedly, I am out of touch on many things. It comes from not having omnipotent teens in the house. What caught me off guard was the news...

Last March I announced my intention to move my favorite statue, J. Seward Johnson's "The Awakening", from buddy ADG's ho...

Remember the Seinfeld episode where George told Susan he wanted to name his future son 7? Well I have a granddaughter named Seven, and toda...

For years, I have begun my Sundays by reading the NY Times Vows section. The sense of hope and optimism on display has long been a tonic to...

As we quickly approach the first anniversary of this humble blog, I looked back and realized some of my favorite posts date to when I was wr...

I knew she had to be there somewhere, but due to sloth, ignorance or some other deadly sin I had yet to locate her. Then buddy Conor of Old ...

From I Luv Fashion Do men feel the same way about their wallets as women do theirs? I wonder. It's been my observation that men come i...

Perhaps I am not as with it as I had hoped, since I was left slack jawed leaving a local eatery. Are bars family places? Not necessarily, bu...

I doubt that I am alone in having clothes in my closet that seemed like a good idea at the time. Generally, if I wait a while, they either ...

Your soul troubling you? Might I suggest The Soul Storage Company . My initial suspicion was that this may have been a Maxminimus consult...

Ms. Mindless of Mindless Musings is being married today. I am very happy for Mrs. M, and the lucky man who will share his life with her. I ...

I've had weddings on my mind for the past day or so. I'll more fully explain why tomorrow. I must have been sending out some kind of...

Once upon a time we had a VCR. A movie was never played on it in the 5 years we had it. It lived on the dresser in Mrs. T's office (our ...

I've lost two consecutive nights sleep lately, and frankly I don't mind so much. Recently, I asked for book suggestions to fill in m...

I am in no position to give dating advice. I've been out of the game too long, and was never very good at it to begin with, so take som...