I didn’t want to let the day get away without thanking my friends that served in our armed forces. I have posted photos of both my grandfather and my dad. Granddad served in France during WWI. Dad enlisted in the US Army in 1939, transitioned into the Air Corps during WWII and was again recalled for Korea, serving until retirement in 1966. He then worked as an Air Force civilian for another 18 years. I am very proud of both of these men! Oh, and don’t forget their spouses who support them!

Wore my Airforce blue today celebrating my father. I was born on Perrin Airforce base between Sherman and Dennison Texas. Pop attributes the Airforce with most of his success. His role was called traffic management which was essentially coordinating personnel and material all over the globe. The organization skills he picked up he stored away as he bounced around various jobs in his small rural home town after his discharge and return to my grandfathers farming and ranching operations. While driving an unconditioned propane truck a friend and WW2 veteran (had three troop transport boats sunk he piloted I. South Pacific) offered him a job at the tiny local bank. Pop with only a high school education stayed In that field became president of several banks and then CEO of a holding company taking the last place he worked from $80,000,000 to now over $4 billion. He attributes his leadership and organization skills from the Airforce for this success. I attribute his phenomenal character. Right is right and wrong is wrong was his motto. The guy people see in the public is the exact same guy at home. Guile isn’t in his make up. So today’s OOTD is a tribute to Ted McGuire • 1995 MTM true blue herringbone suit •. White on white shirt •. Tattersall cotton pocket square • Jos A Banks blue striped bow tie • blue Pantherella socks • black J Fitzpatrick captoes • Seiko Model 5 Watch Of course in typical pop fashion, when I sent him a copy of me in the blue suit because I was so proud of him he turned it around on how very proud he is of me. I am a very blessed man. And undeservedly so.

Does eating at McDonalds wearing a Scottish tartan tie count? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Had to do a quick change to meet a client at McDonald’s. Grabbed my old chambray shirt and a tartan tie I picked up in Scotland a few of months back. Went for the old stand by Navy HSM blazer and Orvis Moleskin deep tan trousers, Pantherella socks, Orvis field watch and Martin Dingman loafers.

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Today is the first day of the conference I am attending in Vienna, though I will not be at the conference center itself. I have some internal meetings during the day and a client meeting at night. That will be the typical daily schedule of meetings from breakfast through 5pm then dinner from 7-10 at night. Sleep for 4-5 hours, wake up early for email checks and schedule changes, and go again! It's not too many days, so it can be fun to be manic for a 1/2 of a week. As I somehow agreed to Lebanese food for lunch, I had to add in a good steak dinner for tonight. A fun aside on the photo with a table full of dress gloves. I owned a pair of hunter green (labelled as racing green, which they are not) peccary gloves for all of a week and one wear before I lost them. I somehow found them in a bag I had with me on this trip! That now gives me 5 pairs of dress gloves, way more than this Southern Californian needs. Thankfully, when I replaced the lost gloves, I did not replicate the color thereby allowing their find to add to the breadth of available colors. This results in one pair of lined lamb Napa gloves and four pairs of unlined peccary gloves. If you ever go for peccary, I urge you to get them unlined. One of the characteristics that makes these gloves great is their incredible feel. Adding a lining negates that feeling except when putting them on. Today’s conference outfit centers on a dark-blue Peter Millar suit, a textured white French-cuff shirt, and a mottled burgundy grenadine tie. Brown leather accessories add warmth, while a charcoal overcoat and gray fedora give the outdoor layers a classic finish. • Suit — SJ-002, SL-011 (Peter Millar): A dark-blue Peter Millar suit pairing a jacket with tiny lighter-blue boxes and subtly textured herringbone trousers. The two-button jacket, notched lapels, and restrained blue palette establish a business-formal foundation without looking flat. • Shirt — DS-054 (Brisk): A pearl-white cotton dobby shirt with comfort-stretch finishing, a classic straight collar, and French cuffs. Its subtle woven texture adds interest beneath the suit while keeping the shirt a quiet backdrop for the burgundy tie.