As an attorney, I have to be taken seriously by colleagues and jurors, so wearing vintage at work is not really feasible. Plus I'm too fat to fit in or look good in actual vintage clothes. Nevertheless, I wear a fedora or panama every day (not in the courthouse), and I try to find ties that...
A few years ago, my wife, daughter and I were at the Renaissance Festival near NYC and I took my daughter into their "dungeon" where they would show you various devices and methods of torture using props and dummies. When we got to the fourth or fifth one, I looked over and saw that my daughter...
I'm surprises no one has mentioned these, but
-freshly popped popcorn
-a home fire of Irish turf.
Also,
-sesame oil
-vanilla
-garlic sauteeing (I'm watching Food Network as I type this, so it is difficult to come up with something besides food.)
-a book that is old but not musty...
I handle it the way Spats does except with court. Here in Ithaca, the courthouse is right across the street, so I just leave the hat behind. When I am going to court in other counties, which is much more often, I leave it in the car if I am parked in the building or across the street unless it...
As a lawyer, I wear suits to work. When I have to go to court I leave my hats at home -- they are not welcome in the courtroom. My own personal fashion quirk, which is decidedly not vintage, is to wear ties with animals on them, usually Endangered Species or World Wildlife Fund brands. As...
Another show that I have enjoyed is Lux Radio Theater, where they recreate a recent movie for radio, often with the same stars from the film. I've heard Red River, Champagne for Caesar, and The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer, among others. Some are better than others, obviously, but you can kind...
That is my favorite radio station. I've been listening to it for a couple of years. I mostly listen in the car -- my afternoons at the desk would get pretty unproductive if I listened at the office, and I think it would be noticed. I do a lot of traveling around Upstate New York, though, and...
Gary is very friendly and likes to talk about hats. I haven't yet bought one of his (I already had a couple on order from Art Fawcett so I wasn't really in the market at the time) or had him do any cleaning or reblocking, but I suggest you give him a call. As far as his website, his current...
Hello from Ithaca
That hat store on The Commons in Ithaca that Mulceber mentioned is closed. You might be able to find an inexpensive wool felt hat at the TJ Max, but there are no hat stores in Ithaca, or even nearby that I'm aware of. You'd probably have to drive quite a way from Ithaca to...
I have Art making me a new featherweight hat in off-white, basically a cream color. I know it will be tricky to keep it clean, but I just couldn't resist. I'll post pictures when I get it. Then I'll probably be back here looking for advice on how to remove smudges etc.:)
Well that brings on the melancholy.:( I've been watching the old episodes of Secret Agent (a/k/a Danger Man) from Netflix. I like getting immersed in an earlier time period -- especially lately when our time seems so bleak. I was looking forward to getting The Prisoner afterward. Now it...
Thanks, Douglas. Sorry to be the one to snatch it away from you. It was hard talking myself into bidding that high, but I decided this was probably my only chance ever to get a vintage unworn hat this nice. It was certainly the best looking one I saw in my size. I watched a few other...
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