Boxing The Compass

Last Wednesday was Robbie Burns Night, and while I threw on the kilt and glengarry, it was not exactly suitable for the office.  I kept tha...

In Atlanta visiting friends and one of my (formerly  hot-tempered ) cousins.  A house full of sons somehow cooled him into a stoic oak(?).  ...

Dear YWP, In general, my beau has an excellent sense of style. While I wouldn’t put him in the cuff-links-and-velvet-blazer category, he ...

Perhaps because he is in the news lately, I have received numerous emails asking me about him and his life in Boston.  There are several...

 A new pair of loafers arrived in the mail, and were immediately returned-to-sender... they hurt in a way that I recognized, and I knew tha...

The crest on a velvet jacket at Ralph Lauren's store in Boston a few days ago. Polo Ralph Lauren was established in 1968*.  Howev...

A reader recently emailed me about this photo : He asked why I thought "that neon [was] still possible on any man after 1988...

As Massachusetts is a hotbed of excellent schools, I thought I would continue my series of reality-based blogging.  I excluded the co-ed sch...

Just in time for the warmish weather snap, the firewood arrived (the above photos are not mine). For the house in the city, I can get thr...

Fashion is for people with no style, it is often said.  On the near-empty subway home from a very pleasant dinner of sushi and martinis, I ...