Its Friday, so that means coffee with my youngest, then back to the home office for work. Today thought I had an interview with the Society of Ordinary Gentlemen and then had to run somee leans into my eldest at her school. This means I am posting a little later than normal. Todays outfit consists of; M.J. Bale Ashford suit in Charcoal M.J. Bale Rostini Pocket Square folded so just the blue is showing OTAA Winthrope Gray Weave Lucious Shirt OTAA Gibraltar Graphite Blue Stripe Tie OTAA Shining Silver Tie Clip OTAA Jack O’ Cups Shattuckite Skull Bracelet, a stone known for truth, intuition, and psychic communication Monterey Watch Co Black Bead Bracelet Brixton Brood Cap in Washed Navy and Aluminium Anson Navy Leather Strap with a Traditional Gunmetal Buckle Mitch Dowd Astronaut socks (reminds me of the MTV logo) CNES MTO Oxford with Goodyear welted construction crafted from Italian vegetable tanned crust leather SOTD - Viktor and Rolf Spicebomb Nightvision WOTD - Casio Duro MDV106B-1A1, aka Bob Marlin

I’m grateful for evenings like this—sharing time with my two grown children, hearing about their lives, and simply enjoying being together. As parents, we spend years raising them, and it is a special blessing when those relationships mature into genuine friendship and companionship. Tonight, overlooking downtown Durham, NC from a rooftop restaurant, I’m reminded that some of life’s greatest gifts are not found in places or possessions, but in the moments we share with family.

It was a short week, but a long one all the same. OOTD: - olive button down short sleeve shirt - Brown leather belt - Slim straight fit Wrangler Blue jeans - Cognac lace up boots - Bulova Marine Star watch - SOTD Spice bomb Night vision

"I try to live to a standard, not the circumstances of the day. Some days it is easy. Some days it is hard. But I do it either way because that's who I want to be, not because it is always easy to do." ~ James Clear