I'm BACK!! and it's MONDAY!!! 👏 After taking my family away for a nice family trip it is still really nice to get back into my routine! I miss my Working Monday's they are always busy and get my juices going for the week! Hope you all have an amazing Monday!!

I just got back from vacation with my family and as I was sitting on the airplane flying home a warm grateful feeling came over me as I was going over the trip in my head. While I have always felt that my wife and I have great boys, I have come to realize that they are Men now and I couldn't be prouder. I have come to realize that my grown boys have not only become Men but also become gentlemen at the same time. This has nothing to do with how they dress (they both dress well) but more about how they act. When I walk down the street with my wife she is always on the inside while I stay on the street side. When we go up a flight of stairs I'm always behind her to catch her if she slips. When we go down stairs I'm always in front for the same reason. This is not something I have discussed with my children just something that has always been natural and I just do it. Well, while we were walking around an old city with no cars my older son and I got into a conversation and got a few paces ahead of his mother and brother. My older son said "where are they"? we looked behind us and there were the 2 of them arm in arm laughing and joking while my younger son helped his mother walk the cobblestone street. 👏. I noticed several of these types of things happen with each child with respect to their mother. Always making sure she was accounted for, helping her with her suitcase, making sure she was enjoying her time with the family and showing up on time well dressed and taking the obligatory family photo without an argument because Mom wished it so! I just wanted to confirm the fact that "more is caught than taught" and I believe my boys will treat some lucky partner of theirs with the same respect they treat their mother and themselves. In this crazy world, I'm here feeling very hopeful that there is a generation of younger people who know what right looks like!!

I have been looking for a proper hat for a LONG time. When I was 19 I had bought a Fedora from a hatter in NYC, sadly it got lost in a fire and I had never got another. I would walk into stores and try stuff on and they just didn't sit right. All the real hatters in NYC are gone 😢 at least the ones I have been able to find. I have been wanting a Panama hat to help keep me out of the sun during the summer. As a melanoma survivor this is even more important to me. While we were on a family vacation last week I found a store in Italy that sold Borsalino's and Marone's and they help me size and fit the hat. My wife and kids loved the look and I think it fit really well. I'd love your honest feedback. I will be going to England next month and am planning on visiting Locke & Co a 350yr Hat Store and am hoping to get another felt fedora or something similar. Just to reinforce what @Antonio Centeno says getting a hat that fits and the support of your family while you are wearing it makes the whole process much easier!!

Merino wool navy dress shirt - Proper Cloth Olive merino wool V neck sweater - Barkers Indigo cotton jeans - Levi's