I know this isn’t military related…but I just had to put this up, so bear with me.
Last weekend I was in Miami and forgot my jeans in the hotel…so I endeavored to find a new pair for the summer. I was walking down Broadway south of 8th St. and passed one of those storefronts [...]

Have you ever noticed that many of the trends that last in fashion are borrowed or inspired by the military? Necessity is the mother of invention- the fact that things designed for the military are designed to be simple and functional, getting the job done in the simplest and most commonly accessible way. Or maybe [...]

Note: I apologize for my absense lately. Starting a new job and a computer hard drive crash have been pretty all encompassing recently, but I will try to keep up the frequency from now on.
Last night was the Academy Awards. The night were all of Hollywood asks their stylists to dress them up in [...]

If you’re anywhere near the music scene in NY you’re familiar with the absolute explosion of electro-pop bands like MGMT and Passion Pit. I certainly love these bands and while I’m not about to claim that they are ground breaking musicians or song writers, they are catchy and fun to listen and dance to. That [...]

This past summer I had the realization that we are all slaves to trends. Not all, of course, some people wear the same cargo khakis and t-shirts their whole lives, and if they are comfortable with that, then carry on, god speed. But most people at least to some degree follow trends, and there’s nothing [...]

The weather in New York took a serious turn this past week, with the first reported ’snow fall’ on Saturday. While I wouldn’t count that as our first snow, as it was more of a wet slushing that didn’t stick, it does mark the beginning of the longest, darkest season. And with that, coats and [...]