Brydge for iPad
I'm at a crossroads with my hardware. As of this writing, I have a Mac Pro, a MacBook Pro, an iPad and an iPhone. I want to slim down. As a content creator who works with a great deal of…
Essentials: The Weekend Bag
Summer is upon us, and it's time for weekending, which requires a smart weekend bag. Zara wouldn't ordinarily be on my radar for this, but as I walked home tonight down Broadway from the Upper West Side, I passed the…
Glam Camp: The Teardrop Trailer
Surely not free, but certainly not the cost of a full-on Airstream, this ridiculously irresistible trailer is called the Teardrop. I'm smitten. It's no wonder this type of camper is growing in popularity and more people are looking on sites…
A Last-Minute Suit for a Wedding
I recently attended the wedding of my two good friends David and Scott. The week approaching the wedding, I had a dilemma: I needed a suit... fast. For the ceremony, where I was also serving as an usher, I was…
Field Notes
I take notes all the time. Whenever I meet a new client, I have to take notes. Whenever I draft a blog post, a letter or a story, I need to take notes. If I feel like sketching a draft…
The Wonderful Wash & Stain Bars from The Laundress
If, like me, you wash and iron your own shirts and if, like me, most of those shirts are white, you probably get ring around the collar and the inside of the cuffs. The temptation is to use bleach or…
How To Fold A Fitted Sheet
I had no idea. Did you? Many thanks to Wayne Edelman (@ClothesDr) for sharing this. A whole new world opens up for fastidious gentlemen everywhere.
Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market – May 12, 2012
Weather-permitting, I always do a lap through the Hell's Kitchen Flea Market, which happens on West 39th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues on Saturday and Sunday. Sometimes there is an overflow of gems that catch my eye, sometimes not…
The Handsomely Turned-Out Groom
Friend, client and founding member of the multi-Grammy winning group The Manhattan Transfer Tim Hauser got married this past weekend to his beautiful bride Barbara Sennet. I was regrettably unable to attend the wedding in California, but I was delighted…
The Wonderful Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak died today. He was 83. Having written and illustrated many children's books and poems, he is most famous for his 1963 book Where The Wild Things Are. He was a man who devoted his life to his art,…