Recent content by photobyalan

As of now, it looks like I will be in Baton Rouge for the Florida-LSU game and staying in the Big Easy for a couple days. Hopefully my Gators will have something to say about your championship... I've never been to New Orleans. Is there any sort of nightlife there? ;)

Pedialyte, baby. Pedialyte.

I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a Homburg today! The Homburg may be somewhat out of fashion but, like the fedora, it has never gone out of style.

I don't listen that much at my computer, instead burning CD's and listening in my car, but here's what itunes spit out when I did a sort based on play count: 1. A Taste of Honey - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass 2. Conquistador - Procol Harum 3. The Wedge - Dick Dale and His Del-Tones...

Ahh...there's the big problem with the internet. People are still having libations, just not together in the same room. There is much to be said for the ability to look someone in the eye during a debate. On the internet, all nuance is lost. Emoticons are insufficient when walking the fine...

Yes, and they will make Havana better just like they made Pennsylvania Station better; just like they made so many decaying downtowns better with "urban renewal" and turned them into clusters of gleaming glass and steel towers where people work during the day and which are abandoned at night...

Online anonymity lets users get nasty Another fine example of the decline of western civilization. MK and the bartenders are a bastion against this sort of behavior and their vigilance has kept this site the most civilized place on the internet. Kudos.

I was the strangest thing that no one saw... One night when my wife and kids were out of town, I was awakened at about 3AM by the sensation that something was fluttering around my bedroom. When I turned the light on, I discovered that a fruit bat had somehow gotten into the room. To this...

My Saturday started with two hours of running the snowblower through eight inches of something that resembled a cross between granulated sugar and semi-hardened concrete, then three hours of watching college basketball, then another hour of snowblowing, then I made a batch of pizza that couldn't...

For those of you in the NY area... If you are in need of a photo to send to Classic Style, send me a PM. I'd be happy to make a nice portrait for the magazine at no charge, provided we can work out schedules and logistics. I'll even handle getting the photos transmitted to MK. Please keep...

I have a Lee Homburg and it's no beater. Lee made a quality hat. From the photos, it looks like a nice felt and in great shape. I'd say you did well. Congrats!

That seller is a real dope when it comes to marketing. That's a convertible! One of a kind, imagine how the ladies' heads will turn as you cruise by with the top down! No more lonely dinners at the bar for you! Be the envy of every other fellow in town! And you'll be able to see all those...

It's a good thing for you that I don't look good in a short brim or you'd have had to pay a lot more for that lid.;) I can't speak with any authority to the date, but the printing on the label makes me pretty sure it is earlier than the mid '60s. WeeGee would probably know, since he is a...

This is about hats, really! I'm watching Cool Hand Luke on AMC[bad] right now and I noticed something interesting about the way Strother Martin was wearing his Panama. It's difficult to see in this shot, but let me try to describe it. His Panama has an "optimo" block, except on...

Another black eye for Taco Bell... I have to say that something smells VERY fishy here, though. I wouldn't be surprised at all it it turns out to be the work of a prankster or disgruntled employee.