After being gone for over a week on business, it's great to be back home. But after being away that long, there comes a lot of chores that need to be caught up on! Woke up to 11 degrees this morning 🥶. So I opted for some warmth! Chocolate Brown 1/4 zip Cream with Brown Diamond check dress shirt Olive Denim Tobacco Brown cashmere OTC socks Fur Lined Brown boots WOTD: Monterey Commodore SOTD: Armani Prive - Oud Royal! Have a great Saturday Everyone

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ADMINS - I would like to suggest pinning this one atop the feed, should you deem this post and idea worthy. @Antonio Centeno @Antonio Cent Hi all. Seeing two of our best dressed regulars in blue today - @Chad Smith and @Brian McGuire - made me think of a community-wide color celebration. My wife loves my pink dress shirts, and it seems apropos to wear something she likes on Valentine's Day. Moreover, the American Heart Association sponsors events throughout February for heart health awareness month. Heart disease is the number one cause of death in women, globally. The combination of Valentine's Day and American Heart Health month which so horribly impacts the women we love, please join me in showing your support for our women and their heart health by wearing anything pink on the 14th of February. (Of course, this by no way should limit this celebration to non-Americans, those who identify as other than heterosexual, or the woman on this platform - I love all of you too!) Let me also suggest using the space below for ideas on how one might wear pink on Valentine's day, especially as many men can be reticent over wearing pink (despite the fact that pink was also very much a man's color for hundreds of years before the clothing industry split up blue and pink to boys and girls, respectively, in the 1950s). Consider what you will do that day and the type of weather you are likely to have and give some ideas to help inspire others in our community. Just make sure the items you suggest are ones normally appropriate to show in public, even if you also plan on pink sock-to-undershirt garters (yikes!). Maybe the admins will even add a "best dressed in pink" voting poll afterwards and award the winner with another great pink wardrobe item! (this might be my last post ever given how much I'm asking of the admins!).

Thursday, and let’s be honest—the workday was effectively over in spirit long before it ended on the calendar. The day was filled with multiple meetings with senior leadership, all centered on pitching new concepts and, more importantly, persuading decision-makers to allocate resources and rethink personnel management. As anyone who has sat at that table knows, ideas may brief well, but translating them into approved funding and action items is a different sport altogether—one that requires patience, clarity, and a touch of optimism. For today’s modest “power move,” I debuted a thrifted burgundy tie, which set the tone for the outfit. I skipped the pocket square—originally leaning toward champagne, though none in my rotation felt quite right—so I embraced the minimalist route, even if it felt slightly like leaving the house without your watch. I paired it with a new shirt featuring French cuffs and added mechanical cuff links to echo the watch's mechanics on my wrist. To finish the look, I dusted off Maison Kin’s Jago, an inspired-by interpretation of Le Labo’s Santal 33—comforting, confident, and quietly persuasive, much like a well-crafted briefing. Absolutely—here’s a tighter, cleaner version with the same intent and tone, just a bit more polished and efficient: Yes, the background is AI-generated, and that was a deliberate choice. A cluttered room or an unfortunate mirror adds nothing to a thoughtful, well-curated sartorial presentation. If I’m investing the time and effort to build a gentleman’s wardrobe, spending a few extra minutes to compose an image that does it justice is simply logical. Call it vanity if you must—I call it attention to detail and consistency..

There are many aspects of this journey of becoming ladies and gentlemen, one of the most important aspects is respecting and loving the person that we are in a relationship with. We tend to focus on the others, but we tend to forget the person who we are with. And the reality is that when we change and we become more refine this person might feel left out or that you might not desire them anymore. This is why it is important that you let them know that you are still just as much in love with them now as before, the only difference in that you want to be your best for them Now here is the thing, as we grow on this journey we should also evaluate how we been as are treating the person that we are in a relationship with. Because here is the reality, most people do not love the person they are in a relationship because they do not serve them yes, they do not serve them. Most people are with a person because they use them, they use them for companionship, for convivence, for money, and for many other reasons other than to serve them. Most people do not even know the true definition of love., A deep connection involving selflessness care, profound affection, commitment to another's wellbeing expressed through acceptance, support, and respect. Now I am not here to preach or force religion on anyone, but this is important to life. The bible says we are to love our enemies. So, think about this, we are to treat our enemies better than we treating the person that we are in a relationship with. Hits home, doesn't it? So, make this a part of your journey, recognize, respect, and show affection to the person you are in a relationship with. Don't leave them behind on this journey, encourage them to join you on this journey, you will be surprised how much easier and enjoyable this journey will be when you are not traveling this alone.