March 2011

Retrofitting The Man – Part 4 | Suits

March 25, 2011

Since the beginning of the week, CrabAppleNYC.com’s Sam has given me pointers on shoes, pants, and shirts. In the fourth part of his series, Sam has made suggestions on that quintessential item that every man must possess – a quality suit. You should probably know that I am not a suit guy. That’s not to say I don’t like wearing one but, like probably 90% of the population, I tend [...]

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Retrofitting The Man – Part 3 | Shirts

March 24, 2011

Over the last few days, I’ve received pointers on shoes and pants. Now, in his third installment of Retrofitting the Man, Sam from CrabAppleNYC.com makes some recommendations about shirts. He also gave me a few suggestions for sweaters and spring coats. I’m really interested in both of those because A) I have started wearing sweaters and really like it and B) I haven’t bought a new coat in over five [...]

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Retrofitting The Man – Part 2 | Pants

March 23, 2011

Yesterday, Sam from CrabAppleNYC.com posted his second post in his series on Retrofitting The Man. In this part of the series, Sam takes aim at my selection of pants and points out that I wear “shapeless, pleated khakis” almost daily and that these type of pants add girth and make me look wider. And the extra length (which I was completely unaware of) help to dwarf me. All true points [...]

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Retrofitting The Man – Part 1 | Shoes

March 22, 2011

This week begins CrabAppleNYC.com blogger Sam’s series on Retrofitting The Man – a five (or so) piece series that revolves around updating the wardrobe of a fashion-backwards guy, namely me, to something that is a bit more modern, hip and sophisticated. Let’s get off on the right foot here – I truly appreciate what Sam is doing. I am – self-admittedly – style (he hates the word fashion) unconcious. I [...]

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Style | Retrofitting The Man « Crabapple

March 17, 2011

My good friend Sam over at CrabAppleNYC.com has decided to help me retrofit my look from the ground up.  What started with a conversation about how I have worn the same shoes to work EVERY day for the last two plus years turned into a conversation about how I really need to ‘reattire’ myself.  Sam’s going to help guide me a bit as I am plain old dumb when it [...]

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UMass Comments on Potential FBS Move

March 15, 2011

UMass Athletic Director John McCutcheon had this to say today regarding the football team’s potential move to FBS: There are several dominoes that have to fall. Some of them have and some of them are lined up. But we still have several issues that need to be addressed and hurdles to clear for this to happen,” he said. “I think there’s some excitement about that and I think there’s some [...]

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How To Make Chicken Francese

March 14, 2011

I have yet to find anything that does not taste better when drenched in a good red gravy. But, even an Italian guy like me has to vary his taste every once in a while. Chicken Francese, despite the French name, is an entirely Italian dish. Most of the research out there points to this dish originating in the States during the 1950s. French-style cooking had become popular due to [...]

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2011 Should Mean Good Eats!

March 1, 2011
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Look at this little ditty that showed up at my door yesterday.  Food & Wine Magazine has traditionally offered this cookbook at the beginning of the year to subscribers of the magazine.  It then goes on sale later in the year.  This year, we received an offer to purchase this book for a very low fee – basically the cost of shipping and handling – just for being  American Express [...]

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