Lots to give thanks for this year! I was really glad that Julie was able to join me for the whole vacation this time, and it was a welcome break. We relaxed, drank a lot of fresh-brewed coffee, and spent lots of time with family and friends. The travel was pretty uneventful, save for an annoying hour-long delay mere moments out of Cleveland on ( Read more... )

Maybe writing down dumb clothes things will help me feel better, despite the general pointlessness of such an exercise.

Acquired: Cord jacket (thrifted, like that a lot), various interesting blazers, more button shirts (9tailors and Modern Tailor both have their strong points, off the rack plus alterations can also work, but see below), ties and ( Read more... )

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This weekend was good, except that on Saturday I was struck down by a terrible stomach bug. Couldn't eat normal food again until Monday, and I'm still tired. I still enjoyed the Top Shelf Flea on Sunday (though I had to avoid all but bread and bananas while out on the town), and Xave's story circle on Monday was fun (I read a favorite passage ( Read more... )

Acquired: An okay pair of gray slacks, a blue blazer from Indochino (also okay), a navy suit from 9tailors (almost done, really good), some more polo shirts and henleys, a striped hoodie, a Farisle-patterned sweater, better jackets, slim chinos, white jeans (still on the way), mint green lightweight cords, this thrifted blazer, various decorative ( Read more... )

Last weekend was fun: The American Craft Beer Festival on Saturday evening was awesome. My plans to join DJ's family for their party in Albany on Sunday, however, were thwarted by my inability to read a bus schedule correctly ( Read more... )

This week has been filled with mishaps, missed alarms, and injuries for me and those in my social circle. And now my immune system is busily fighting off a rough cold ( Read more... )

The better my life gets, the less time I find to write a coherent blog post about how well things are going.

Last weekend, I was at this, which I discussed more at length in my other blog (and seriously, even if you don't read that, read the speech here). There was also this, which I only saw a bit of, but it was fun, and the resulting photos ( Read more... )

Anime: Japanator's top 50 for the decade. An interesting selection. I've watched all of 22 of those and touched on 6 more.

Clothes: Ties! Also, the other kind of ties! umbrellas! Blue shoes! Double monks!

It occurs to me that I've gone from two pairs of shoes (running shoes, black oxford dress shoes; three if you include beach sandals) to ( Read more... )

Two weekends ago: Dinner at Journeyman (fantastic) with DJ and Zach (sp?) (DJ's friend), BarCamp Boston (I did go to the second day after all).

One weekend ago: Saw The Dark Crystal (there are many good thing about this movie, but that doesn't change the fact that it's overall pretty terrible) and Labyrinth (awesome) at the Brattle Theater. ( Read more... )