To The Manner Born

You may remember meeting my buddy Joe "the chick magnet" at a wedding some months ago . He's now a toddling 14 month old and ...

One may copy Ralph's look, but never his style. My get up for date night Friday. My footsies were comfy though but when temps are over ...

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Photo from Ralph Lipschitz I believe I'll toss most of summer wardrobe away and wear what Mr. Lauren wears. The Jacks make it Perfect. T...

The sage of New England, Yankee-Whisky-Papa author of Boxing the Compass stopped in Mayberry for a brief visit, on his way home after cou...

In anticipation of the upcoming London Olympics, I've spent time snooping the archives for tales of the Mayberry Olympics, Olympiad III ...

photo from Daily Dooley If you have never been to Madrid by all means GO! It's one of the world's great capital cities, think of it...

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I've had two songs rattling in my head the past several days and they appear reluctant to leave. Should enough of you watch/listen to t...

Good Bye and Keep Cold Robert Frost This saying good-bye on the edge of the dark And cold to an orchard so young in the bark Reminds me of a...

"When the going gets tough, the weird turn pro." Hunter S. Thompson A rite of passage for young males, post acknowledgement of th...

Thursday, 17 July 1941 U.S. Army Brigader General Brehon B. Somervell, head of construction for the Department of War, ordered Lt. Col Hugh ...

In 1962 beautiful, seventeen year old, Heloísa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto was seen lounging on the beach by composer Antonio Carlos Jobim. L...

Photo by Cedric A visual reminder of Bastille Prison remains on the streets of Paris, marked in the cobblestones of Place de le Bastille. T...

The Sartorialist Giorgio was born on this date in 1934. “I was the first to soften the image of men, and harden the image of women. I dress...

The Battle of Britain began on this date 1940. God bless all who served and their families. Toad

Winner of the Thames Challenge Cup 2012 Photo by Tim Jenkins With many thanks to Goren Buckhorn of Hear the Boat Sing Toad

Film is It Must be Thursday by Lou Watson I received a bit of fan mail last week from my new BFF, Finnian. We've never met and I'...

There are quests, and then there are Quests. I've worn fewer bow ties lately, their place taken by an array of striped silk square bott...

Painting by Jessica Gandolf Many of you may be unfamiliar with Leroy "Satchel" Paige. Born on this date, probably in 1906, S...