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    Cocktail parties: Country-Style

    You might ask everyone to bring their favorite song or music and work your way around to yours. Or, depending on what you are looking for bill it as a costume party or theme party -- James Bond theme party perhaps?
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    Knickerbocker Tailoring Company...

    Now we know where David Byrne got his suit for 'Stop making Sense'.
    • Ben
    • Post #25
    • Forum: Suits
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    Hat Store in Chicago?

    That's the quickest route, but you can also take Lake Shore Drive to Irving Park. It is longer and might mean a little more traffic, but the drive is nice for viewing the city.
    • Ben
    • Post #11
    • Forum: Hats
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    Classy bars...

    Weegee's There's a place in Chicago called Weegee's after the famous tabloid photographer. it has no televisions, no loud music, and a good cocktail list. It was based off the the 1947 Trader Vic's bartenders' handbook. The owner said he wanted to create a nice neighborhood bar, and he's done a...
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    Like hell it's yours! Hat cards

    A piece of scotch tape just over the name would probably work well.
    • Ben
    • Post #60
    • Forum: Hats
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    What Are Your Exercise Programs?

    Vintage Fitness You are all going to get the sand kicked in your faces! You should send for the Charles Atlas course right away. It actually is still available. Also, Charles, fencing is a blast but it has side effects. One of which is a nasty cross-training habit where you start...
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    Japanese Whisky Voted Best In World

    Matei, we are going to need more intensity on that post.
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    Panama / straw hat durability?

    I was just helping some friends move last week and my panama got squashed by somebody's (my wife's) luggage. I spent some time on the drive re-molding it with my hands and got it pretty much back into shape. I got mine from PanamaBob and the sheet that came with it said gentle ironing and...
    • Ben
    • Post #4
    • Forum: Hats
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    You Look It, But Do You Act It?

    Let's just hope the coffee is decaf. I realize it's not vintage, but a lot of people could use the switch.
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    Chocolate and . . . . whisky!

    I once went to a Johnnie Walker tasting where they had the guests put a piece of chocolate in their mouths and take a drink of very cold scotch. It was pretty good.
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    Talcum Powder For Men

    Who showed this? Is the video available on line somewhere?
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    Inauguration top hat

    Bow Tie Guy Is that Air Force One? I seem to recall that Johnson was not on that trip. The reason I ask is I think the guy in the bow tie might be Ben Bradley, the editor of the Washington Post. Who, as I recall, was in Washington and part of the group that met the Kennedys at the airport.
    • Ben
    • Post #15
    • Forum: Hats
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    Clint Eastwood's RED SUN, BLACK SAND

    I can't offer much to this thread, but this part can't be true. I know guys who worked in lab at the University of Pittsburgh where limbs are tested for this sort of thing. It is one of the things that happens to bodies donated to science.
    • Ben
    • Post #37
    • Forum: WWII
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    Manners/Etiquette

    I respectfully disagree. Manners are important, but they aren't gone, just more complicated. I take it no one here has ever been taken to task by a woman who says, "I'm a judge and perfectly capable of standing" when they offered her their seat on the train. You have also never seen...
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    Talcum Powder For Men

    Clubman can also be found at Walgreens. Though I have to admit, I've never understood how Talc is used outside the barbershop. Is is just kind of an after-shave thing?
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    Bow Ties

    You have the right one. That's why it struck me as funny.
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    Bow Ties

    I meant that more as a joke. I've seen a lot of doormen at upscale bars and clubs wearing bow ties, and I can only think that is so the ruffians can't grab hold of their tie in a confrontation.
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    Bow Ties

    There was a guy on the local Craiglist who was offering $10 to someone who could show him how to tie a bow tie. I sent him some instructions via e-mail, and pointed him to some links mentioned in this thread, I think. I didn't ask for any money though. I thought it was interesting someone...
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    Work and the dress down code

    Comfort Factor My guess is that the trend towards business casual has a lot to do with comfort. People claim they are not comfortable in formal clothes. I think it is because people do not know how to buy clothes that fit and most retailers don't know how to fit them. That's why a lot of...
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    Ladylike drinks for the ladies?

    You Manhattan fans might want to try a satin Manhattan, which is a Manhattan where the vermouth is replaced with vanilla liquor -- Navan works well.

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