The band singer in me drove me to have a post title that uses parallel number of syllables 🎵 I introduced my buddy and fellow church member Jeff at the Rotary meeting as our speaker. As the head of the Trustees and a recent project manager retiree, he is heading up our $6,000,000 Christian Neighborhood Center that will expand our present food pantry that presently feeds 1500 families monthly already and the clothes closet last month alone clothed 700 people We also just finished the $50,000 annual school supplies drive that provides 4,000 kids annually with supplies for school. Considering the population of the town is 18,000 this is quite an endeavor. I am grateful to all Jeff does. Todays OOTD: - 1995 medium grey MTM suit - White on white CT herringbone shirt - Silver and green candy stripe tie - Silver w black polka dot p square - Black OTC merino wool Byford socks - Black captoe JFitzpatrick shoes - And staying on a silver theme: model 5 Seiko

Still very hot in St. Louis. I like the blue and oatmeal combination and they are light in fabric so it works well with the heat. I’m not so sure about my choice of dark brown boots and belt. Let me know what I might have done to really upgrade this outfit. Thanks gents

T-Minus 12 minutes until church starts and just out of the shower… I usually construct my OOTD in less than a minute then put it on and it usually begins with a shirt. One of the great ways to limit the decision bandwidth range is to go with a suit- same hanger -saves time. Same fabric (versus a sport-coat/trouser outfit)= zero thought. To make the time constraint I went with a 1997 MTM cream with charcoal brown fancy stripe suit, over my windowpane CT dress shirt; a deep green and purple Robert Talbot tie with a cream and raspberry stripe. A raspberry with polka dot pocket square; 1993 AE shell cordovan brogues in British tan; Pantherella socks; 1949 Ernest Borel watch.

Last week I was in a certain city on a certain street and had an appointment at a certain store to get a suit.