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  1. Alex Oviatt

    What are you wearing today??

    The day started out a little cool for Los Angeles, so I wore a three piece gray herringbone made in 1966 by Hector Powe in Regent Street. With it I wore a modern white spread collar double cuff shirt from Polo, antique silver deco cufflinks, Church's wingtips (the Chetwynd") that I bought in...
  2. Alex Oviatt

    Glendale Airport? Grand Central Terminal

    And speaking of Glendale..... the railway shots in "Double Indemnity" were filmed at the Glendale station. Worth a visit (unless you are in a cast and heading to the Stanford game.....).
  3. Alex Oviatt

    ATTN: LA-area Loungers!!!!!

    Sounds swell!
  4. Alex Oviatt

    songs that make you shiver/cry

    Obvious things like Albinoni's Adagio, as well as the Rolling Stones' "Fool the Cry" and REM's "Everyboby Hurts." And any lament played on a bagpipe. Sentimental war tunes like "I'll Be Seeing You" and "I'll Be Home For Christmas" and on the Christmas note, Nat King Cole's "The Little Boy That...
  5. Alex Oviatt

    Who is your favorite "forgotten singer"?

    Not sure if she was forgotten, but Anita O'Day doesn't get nearly the attention her work deserves. Jackie and Roy are also a great, overlooked duo.
  7. Alex Oviatt

    Songs that always made you smile, dance, love being alive?

    My instant pick up tune is the Grateful Dead's cover of "Good Loving" and my go to discs are Sinatra's "Come Fly with Me," Roxy Music's "Avalon," and the sublime counterpoint of Glenn Gould playing Bach's Goldberg Variations. Wow--in looking at this I realize how all over the map this is...
  8. Alex Oviatt

    Your favorite Scotch? Your Favorite liquor in general?

    Dewars is my everyday go to Scotch and Oban is my favorite single malt. There are times, however, when nothing but a Lagavulin will do..... Drambuie is about the only afterdinner drink I like, along with eaux de vie.
  9. Alex Oviatt

    background music for this website

    "The Sunny Side of the Street" "Grab your coat; don't forget your hat, but leave your worries on the doodrstep......"
  10. Alex Oviatt

    The Regular Customer, The Usual Order

    This can cut both ways--Bob, the great (and now retired) bartender at the Big Four in San Francisco, used to take great pride in remembering my favorite drink--it would be on the bar before I was halfway across the room. The seasons changed, my drink choice changed and I never had the heart to...
  11. Alex Oviatt

    Vintage Concealed Weapons

    Concealed weapons can be very fashionable--my mother tells me that when she was a young woman she got an office job one summer during college--it was with a very respectable company in downtown Los Angeles. Upon hearing that she might have to work late, my grandfather gave her a pearl-handled...
  13. Alex Oviatt

    Speaking of "Mistress": Why Older Women Are Better

    Two words: Catherine Deneuve
  14. Alex Oviatt

    What are you listening to?

    Django Reinhardt. Jazz and Gypsy guitars from the 30s and 40s. From Nuages to Billets Doux, this is the depth charge that sounds deep in the soul. The Sidecar doesn't hurt, either.
  15. Alex Oviatt

    Had a brush with Hollywood?

    Never been an extra but one of my big regrets (...I've had a few) was that I just happened to go to the races the day they were filming crowd scenes for the movie Seabiscuit at Santa Anita. They were literally handing out fedoras! Baron's fedoras. I could not commit to staying the whole day...
  16. Alex Oviatt

    Where are the Great Steak Houses??????

    I like Gallagers in New York. Closer to home, I like The Smoke House just because Bogie liked it, the Derby in Arcadia and wish that they would bring back the Marcus Steakhouse (formerly on Olive).
  17. Alex Oviatt

    Best Crushable Hats

    Here is a good looking crushable hat from Orvis--a steal at under $50.00!
  19. Alex Oviatt

    Your Favorite Sandwiches?

    I'm a BLT kind of guy, but there used to be a place in downtown Los Angeles called Blair's Restaurant (718 S. Grand, behind the old Brooks Bros., accross from the beautiful old Robinson's) that was a classic spot. Established in 1924, their signature sandwich was chopped black olives mixed with...
  20. Alex Oviatt

    Thin ties...any thoughts?

    Thin ties do require narrow lapels, it is true. I inherited a thin (2") Hermes tie from the sixties from an uncle of mine (he never threw away a single tie during his life and I've got 'em all). I wear it with a 1965 three piece Anderson & Shepard suit that I bought at an Oxfam in London for...
  21. Alex Oviatt

    Sinatra's hats

    The cover art and liner notes of "Come Fly With Me" say it all.......
  22. Alex Oviatt

    Is it possible?! Is Willis & Geiger coming back?!

    Nice! If only it were a Purdey gun and a Winchester hat, then you could retire.....
  23. Alex Oviatt

    When did they start making wool felt hats?

    I see a place for both--for example, one of my favorite hats is a wool felt from Orvis--is it marketed as being "Packable" and I wear it in pouring rain, dry it out and yes, even pack it. Great hat for around--I think--$50. Now I have two other hats that look almost identical to the...

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