Back in April of this year, I had the pleasure of participating in the fashion show at the New Amsterdam Bicycle Show here in New York. Momentum Magazine, a brilliant periodical that extolls "smart living by bike," was one of…
Earlier this summer, I was contacted by a media partner whose services include providing good cars for people who need them for a short term, like journalists or celebrities visiting a city. The idea was to give me a car…
The person in charge of Paul Ryan's image management should be fired. The photos and videos of Ryan from the 2012 Republican National Convention perfectly demonstrate how to wear a suit badly. Very badly. Like many men in the U.S.,…
It's a hot revenge story. Lee Marvin plays Walker, a thief who gets double-crossed and left for dead in a heist on Alcatraz. His single-minded mission is to hack away the chain of command of the "organization" that screwed him…
I'm honored, humbled and thrilled to announce my new role as Contributor-at-Large for Brooklyn Cruiser, where I'll be soapboxing about the stylish wonders of city bicycling...
This is a basic. Dog runs are not hotbeds of cleanliness, which means wearing comfortable garb that I don't mind getting dirty or wet. The dog run can also be a gateway to Frumpytown, characterized by ill-fitting clothes from the…
In an already saturated market, it seems like there's a new line of men's grooming products every other day. If they don't promise you the smoothest shave or the most invigorating wash, they will certainly fight to the death in…
Grant Petersen is on a mission. The mission is to blow up the unnecessary but pervasive and powerful influences from the professional racing world on bicycling. He hopes to bring us back to the simple joy we had riding a…
Gore Vidal: 1925 - 2012. He inspired me to be smarter, more irreverent, better, and unafraid to question the status quo. Read Gore Vidal's obituary by Charles McGrath in The New York Times.
