This is easily one of my favorite movies of all time. A heist... gangsters... fedoras... guns... a lounge... a girl... a vintage Citroën... Moody, quiet, not a lot of dialog. Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, auteur behind several other smart and…
Welcome to Volume 5, which is, for the most part, another collection of golden throwbacks. Each of these tracks takes me to such specific places in my life. "Native New Yorker" first hit my ears when I was a native…
Men's formalwear doesn't really change. It's all about the fit and the tailoring. Designers have tried over the years to put their stamp on old reliable, but it never really sticks. When someone deviates too far into trendyland, he looks…
Taken from his mother at two weeks old, Nim was a chimpanzee raised among humans in an experiment to see if chimpanzees could learn sign language and communicate with humans. Project Nim, a documentary made by the same team that…
I didn't get to Boston until I started college in the Fall of 1989. But this totally takes me back to a time when I was becoming very aware of music and its subconscious influence on the culture and what…
We're incessantly bludgeoned by requests to “Like” something or someone on Facebook. The question remains: "Why should I like you?" I’m actually going to give you 10 reasons why. Here they are...
There is an emerging movement of apparel designed by and for discerning gents who like to look handsome while maintaining their love and respect for the animals with whom we share the planet. These animal-friendly collections use no leather, no…
Here's a great collage of photos of David Beckham by Doug Inglish for the March 2012 issue of Men's Health. Great photos, brilliant hair.
To me, a haircut is a very personal thing. The trick is to find a skilled craftsman with experience and a style you like. Your barber should be someone who "gets" you. I've known my barber for almost 20 years…
As nice as some of them can be, most inexpensive dress shirts are sized in the very general small, medium, large, extra-large and even double-extra categories. Some purveyors have refined slightly further with slim fits. This is all fine if…