Today is our U.S. Thanksgiving, a holiday to celebrate the season’s harvest with family and friends.
Each year since my spouse and I moved into the house that I built in 1998, we have hosted a Thanksgiving dinner. This even has morphed into a large gathering of family and senior pals who share a dish and join us for a pot-luck “Feastival.”
I have described this event for many years on this blog. This post was most descriptive a few years ago.
This year, however…
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I appreciate the blog suggestion from a loyal reader from Belgium. He recently wrote to me to ask,
I was wondering when you wear your knee high boots? Is it always functional, like when riding your Harley? And is it always with the pants tucked in?
This is a great question, and thanks for the blog idea. My answer follows after the jump…
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The weather where I live has been changing rapidly. Friday and Saturday morning, it was unusually warm (70F, 21C). I wore denim jeans with Lucchese hornback caiman cowboy boots to work on Friday, as well as to a doctor’s office when I drove my spouse for yet another work-up. (The young doc admired the boots.)
Saturday morning, Timberlands were on my feet when I took care of the remnants of the leaves and mowed the lawn one last time — and took the photo shown here of me and Spouse.
But what most amusing is after lunch on Saturday, as the temperatures were dropping in advance of a strong cold front, I geared up in full leather from Muir Cap to leather shirt, leather jeans, tall Dehner boots, and also my Langlitz Crescent Jacket and…
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Most cowboy boots and some motorcycle boots sold in the United States are made in Mexico. The location of manufacture is for two main reasons (IMO), and if you want to take advantage of decent pricing, my recommendation is…
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As I pull myself out of my funk after taking a break from blogging and other social media, I have made an interesting observation.
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Effective today and for an indefinite period, I am…
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Four years ago, the day after the 2012 elections, I awoke to the news that Maryland had become the first state in the United States to allow same-sex marriage by popular vote (not from a court ruling) — through a process of defeating an ugly referendum that was attempting to overturn a law that the Maryland legislature had passed earlier in the year.
It was that morning, four years ago, that I knew for certain that I could actually get married. Who woulda thunk?
So after preparing breakfast for my spouse, I got down on a knee, held his hand, looked deep into his beautiful blue eyes and asked,
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Sorry, no time to blog. This weekend has been especially busy. I have been almost as upside down as this picture…
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Denim jeans are the most popular pants in the world. Casual, comfortable, durable, easy to care for, and (some) quite affordable, denim jeans are the staple of a man’s wardrobe. Funny, I read a statistic somewhere that the average adult male in the United States owns five pairs of jeans and four pairs of dress slacks. More jeans than dresswear? Well, on average, maybe so. Certainly most guys prefer to wear casual, comfortable clothes rather than have to dress up (blechhh..)
In response to a friend’s suggestion (thanks, WC), following are my personal opinions on the best jeans for men who wear boots (and in general, because even though some guys may wear sneakers, we all know they envy those of us who wear boots every day.)
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When one has had a boots-and-gear-and-motorcycle-and-loving spouse -related blog for as long as I have, it is darn hard to come up with fresh content for my posts. I remain dedicated to post a new blog about every two days, but I struggle with finding ideas to write about.
I look into a stats site that gives me insights as to what people are searching for that directs them to this blog. So many questions, but over the years, as far as this blog is concerned, it is “asked and answered.” I have not seen a new question or search in more than a year (or longer) that I have not previously addressed.
Here are some of the latest searches or questions that…
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