April 2012
9 posts
“…at para sa lahat ng mga aktibista dito, sana patapusin niyo muna akong...”
– - Lourd de Veyra
From Lourd de Veyra’s Speech at UP College of Mass Communication Youtube Video.
Wear Plaid Neckties in Summer
I like plaid neckties made of silk to wear when it is warm. That is because we wear patterned tailored clothing to a greater extent in the fall than we do in spring, when the solid tan gabardines and light gray fresco suits are out of storage. Those latter ensembles benefit from some additional complexity in the accompanying accessories, and, on appropriate occasions (like the Bermudan tobacco...
Consider The Stroller.
There are few occasions that call for formal day wear any longer. In the United Kingdom of course, it is worn with some frequency: on Easter Sunday, to weddings and funerals, to work by certain bank managers and, for some reason that has never been explained to me, to the races. In the United States it is still seen at the Supreme Court, a minuscule proportion of weddings and that is about it....
The Walking Stick is Optional
Distracted by all the people running in their exercise clothes these days we sometimes forget the simple pleasure of a well dressed walk in the spring.
The man on the left in the Esquire illustration is wearing all the right things for the season: a tweed coat that could as easily be a shirt jacket, flannel trousers and crepe-soled suede shoes. His jacket is closed by a maroon silk scarf which...
"The End of 'Gentlemanly Broadcasting' in the...
The lead anchor of ABS-CBN’s “The World Tonight”, Angelo Castro Jr., succumbed to cancer on Thursday.
The 67-year-old Castro, a pillar of broadcast journalism, passed away at the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City. He had a long and courageous fight against lung cancer.
He is survived by his wife June Keithley, eldest son Diego, and other family members.
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