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  1. Alex Oviatt

    Do you own a Tux?

    I have three that I can think of and several dinner jackets (velvet, tartan, etc.). Hackett, Brooks Brothers and a wonderful one from Japan. My favorite is a bespoke Anderson Sheppard from the late 40s that I bought at Oxfam years ago. Perfect fit. It was okay to wear in the UK but too...
  2. Alex Oviatt

    In Search Of: The Great Hot Dog Stand

    Walter's is the best. I have a jar of their mustard in my fridge as we speak. My wife's first apartment after college was in Larchmont so it was a real local favorite. Flo's in Cape Neddick, Maine is right up there, too. I like Pink's on the West Coast but rarely make it there. Truth be...
  3. Alex Oviatt

    Cologne and perfume

    In this heat, I have been wearing Hermes' Eau d'Orange Verte and Acqua di Parma and Saint John's Lime. Can't wait for autumn which--in SoCal--means early December.
  4. Alex Oviatt

    Hats and Drinks - A Match Made in Heaven

    The Queen drinks Gordon's and if it is good enough for her.... She drinks it 50/50 with Dubonnet, ONE cube of ice and a slice of lemon. Not bad, actually.
  5. Alex Oviatt

    Hats and Drinks - A Match Made in Heaven

    Had a Tanqueray and Tonic while wearing a Stetson Panama Center Dent. So hot in So Cal that linen and Panamas the only way to go. And Hermes' Eau d'Orange Verte.
  7. Alex Oviatt

    I just bought a bottle of...

    Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish gin--great stuff. How is that apple CR? There is a cocktail you can make with regular CR called a Washington Apple at it reminds me of that.
  8. Alex Oviatt

    What Are Your Favorite Books To Reread? / How Many Times? / Why?

    I reread fiction constantly--Tolstoy and Turgenev and, yes, Tolkien, too. Updike and Irving, Sayers and Christie and Chesterton. Hemingway, certainly. And I reread The Master and Margarita every year around Halloween. Less so with nonfiction although I think Machiavelli and Marcus Aurelius...
  9. Alex Oviatt

    What Are You Reading

    Crack it! The first one is free but after that....
  10. Alex Oviatt

    What Are You Reading

    Wall of Noise sounds great--like a darker Dick Francis. I have been loving James Hilton's Lost Horizon. I had only ever seen the movie. The book is really great.
  11. Alex Oviatt

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Possible exception for the Beach Boys?
  13. Alex Oviatt

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Happen to be in Missoula so I rewatched A River Runs Through It. Great movie. Great hats.
  14. Alex Oviatt

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Have been enjoying The Son with Pierce Brosnan--that stuff is still going on in South Texas.
  15. Alex Oviatt

    Your signature cocktail.

    Not my signature cocktail but I recently shared a shaker of Whisky Sours with a friend and they were really good. No egg white and with this classic drink I like the good old fashioned bright red maraschino cherries. Luxardo cherries are actually better--and I use them in Manhattans--but this...
  16. Alex Oviatt

    What's for Dinner?

    We recently had Devonshire Sandwiches which are apparently an old time recipe from Pittsburgh. Sort of like a glorified Welsh Rarebit (another favorite)--beer, cheese and bacon over toast? Count me in.
  17. Alex Oviatt

    Men rings - How to choose? What do you wear?

    I wear a simple gold wedding band and wear a gold signet ring on my other hand. Sometimes I swap out the signet ring for one of those three color gold rolling rings. The wedding ring is my second (same wife) as the first one had to be cut off after I fell off a ladder and my ring got caught...
  19. Alex Oviatt

    Men's Cologne / Men Of ( STYLE ) THE FEDORA LOUNGE What Are You Wearing ?

    Have been adding in Hermes' L'Eau d'Orange Verte to my hot weather mix--always refreshing! The Oakmaoss makes it feel more vintage than it actually is.
  20. Alex Oviatt

    What hat are you waiting for today?

    That is a great looking hat!
  21. Alex Oviatt

    Linen

    I find that linen suits can be cool if half lined on unlined but if fully lined--especially in polyester instead of breathable bemberg--they can be just as hot as any other suit. Very fine wool is not actually that bad.....
  22. Alex Oviatt

    Men's Cologne / Men Of ( STYLE ) THE FEDORA LOUNGE What Are You Wearing ?

    In the heat I have been wearing Aqua di Parma Colonia and Rochas Eau Pour Homme--both smell great!
  23. Alex Oviatt

    Classic department store?

    We were spoiled for choice when I was growing up--there was the spectacular temple to Art Deco, Bullock's Wlishire, I. Magnin, Robinson's (designed by the same architect that designed the iconic theme building at LAX) and our nearest Bullock's in Pasadena was a marvel but now a Macy's. The...

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