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  1. An aside – the gentleman from “Gentleman’s Gazette”, who explained all one needs to know about collar accessories, has many interesting blog posts about haberdashery and etiquette. I stumbled upon his website/blog a few weeks ago and wasted an hour or two watching his clues about table etiquette.

  2. Definitely an upgrade from Kamala, probably in looks but especially in manner.

    “She’s a fun lady. She’s really funny.” No substitute for that!

  3. There is another type of collar pin that relies on one end being screwed on. Think of a dumbbell where one side can be screwed on and off. That was more popular in the 80s. Now it belongs with another relic of the 80s, the YPT – yellow power tie.

  4. Had screw pin with the chain in the 80s.. button suspenders, white collar and cuffs with colored shirt. stood 6’2″. long red hair near waist about 200 i think… and the last of the people who seem to know how to tie a double windsor knot with dimple… no watch, no jewelry, pocket watch from my grandfather (elgin)… moisanite earring…

    Swing dancing windows on the world… lindy hopp… jitterbug… dressing to the 9s
    swing 46? ella lounge? sophias?

    ah well… still waters run deep..

  5. neo: Thanks for running that down!

    The CBS New article featuring Brown’s advice on clothes was pleasant and sensible, though it made me look up “ecru” again.

    It was an “of course!” moment to learn one of Brown’s best friends is Wilkes Bashford himself. Bashford runs an eponymous, expensive clothing store off Union Square in SF.

    The pictures of Brown and Molodetskaya support what I was trying to say about Brown and Harris — it didn’t have to be a purely sex for power transaction.

  6. There is another type of collar pin that relies on one end being screwed on. Think of a dumbbell where one side can be screwed on and off.

    Andy: That was what I saw him wearing.

  7. Andy and huxley:

    The video deals with that type of collar pin as well, towards the end. It’s called a collar bar, and he starts talking about it at around 3:38 and finishes at 5:21.

  8. Hey, more power to Willie.
    He is very intelligent and thoughtful. Don’t agree with his politics but he is someone to listen too.

  9. The middle class values – faithfulness to one’s spouse, thrift, tolerance – are all disappearing in this country, just like the middle class.

  10. This post will most likely become one of my favorites. It makes me wonder how dress has evolved, especially the standard of everyday dress today in the West (which has gown way, way down in my personal opinion).

  11. San Francisco, and much of the SF Bay Area, has been run like a Principality for as long as I can remember (and I predate Silicon Valley by a god bunch of moons…). Brown, the Burton brothers, Diane, Nancy, …
    I long for the establishment of sane, non-cult-of-personality government here (but only for 5 minutes each week. No point in dwelling on drug dreams.)

  12. Here’s a sample of Willie at work in 2008 re: Obama/Rev. Wright:

    Willie Brown … had some hindsight advice for Barack Obama, on how the Democratic presidential frontrunner might have finessed the firestorm over his controversial pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

    “If it was me, I’d have bought him a ticket to Rwanda,” said Brown. “Then I’d invite him back for the inauguration.”

    https://www.independent.com/news/2008/may/08/interview-willie-brown/

    We are damn lucky Kamala Harris doesn’t have Brown’s charm, wit or instincts.

  13. Hey, more power to Willie.
    He is very intelligent and thoughtful. Don’t agree with his politics but he is someone to listen too.

    Agree totally. Willie is a charmer and the smartest Democrat in California.

  14. Andy:
    “Think of a dumbbell where one side can be screwed on and off.”

    That’s no way to talk about Molodetskaya.

  15. Neo, you are now my goto pundit on all things fashion, among other topics OF COURSE. What do you think about the outfit worn by the junior senator from AZ on the Senate floor?

    outfit

    As for me, I wouldn’t kick her out of bed for eating crackers but not an elegant look.

  16. The tie pin immediately brought this to mind:

    “Time to turn back and descend the stair,
    With a bald spot in the middle of my hair —
    (They will say: “How his hair is growing thin!”)
    My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin,
    My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin —
    (They will say: “But how his arms and legs are thin!”)”

    Makes clear the notion of the tie being “asserted.” While Prufrock slightly predates the 1920s, I suspect we have identified the meaning of the “simple pin.”

  17. I moved out of San Francisco down the Peninsula the week Brown was elected mayor and felt like I was getting out just in time. It says something, not good, that he now sounds like the voice of sanity there comparatively at least.

    Certainly there is something of the charming rogue in Brown not unlike Bill Clinton. And without gushing too much I would say that despite the numerous political dealings he has been involved in he is more forthright and less mendacious than Clinton. As Lynn says he is always someone to listen to.

  18. Om, re first openly bisexual, I confess all the sexual permutations leave me confused. How is that different to Sen. Tammy Baldwin being the “first openly gay” person elected to senate??
    href = “https://www.cnn.com/2012/11/07/politics/wisconsin-tammy-baldwin-senate/index.html”

    I am not an expert on this but my understanding is that female (XY) homosexuality is a lot more flexible than male (XX) homosexuality and it is common for females to be switch hitters.

  19. Michel Legrand, three-time Oscar winner and composer of such classic film songs as “The Windmills of Your Mind,” “I Will Wait for You,” “You Must Believe in Spring” and “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?,” along with the groundbreaking musical score for “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” has died. He was 86

  20. Bob:

    The first openly “what ever” to be “where ever” in wooly knee length boots. Could have been worse, picture her in a Catwoman outfit on the floor of the Senate.

    You forget that science and biology has nothing to do with, oops. Trust Science! 🙂

  21. Bob:

    I’ve never heard it’s common for females to be switch hitters. By “switch hitters,” do you mean bisexual?

    Similar to previous surveys the group conducted, 1.3% of women and 1.9% of men said they were homosexual.
    However a few trends stood out. More women reported having had sexual contact with other women: 17.4% in the current survey compared with 14.2% in the 2006-2010 survey. And higher numbers of both women and men identified as bisexual, 5.5% of women and 2% of men, compared with 3.9% and 1.2% respectively in the last survey.

  22. Bob:

    I think she figures if you’ve got it, flaunt it. Many of the young women in Congress have a similar attitude, although maybe not quite as extreme. One of the reasons they were elected—although certainly not the only reason—was their looks. It seems to be a Thing to elect pretty young women these days.

    I don’t really fault them for it. Politicians use whatever tools are at their fingertips. She’s using what she has, and I guess it works.

  23. Time will tell if Ms Sinema is as intelligent as Ms Cortez, although Ms Sinema has more experience having represented AZ. If you have to elect a loon it might as well be an attractive loon?

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