New Years Eve 2025 Style. . .

No dinner jackets or cocktail dresses and pearls this year. But the Grand Duchess and I took advantage of Michigan's wonderful winter weather mid-afternoon for a 90-minute ski tour around the trails of a local park just 10 minutes from the house. Not quite snow on the ground enough for them to groom just yet (although the parks and rec guys did groom during the first half of December), but we nevertheless enjoyed some nice glide and the wooded landscape. And we had the trails all to ourselves. There were a couple of other skiers out there judging by their ski tracks, but we never saw them.

In mid-January the three of us will journey a little more than two hours up ol' Highway 127 and a dog leg further up Interstate 75 for a weekend ski getaway at Forbush Corner Nordic Center, Lower Michigan's premiere spot for groomed cross-country skiing. It's actually a nationally recognized place for the sport, but you'd never know it's there unless you stumble across it as we did about four years ago. We've been supporters and regular visitors each winter ever since.

-- Heinz-Ulrich

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Mid-November Monday. . .

A few minutes between classes this morning, so I snapped pictures of today's attire and accessories. The first wearing this season of the Optimo 'Dearborn' fedora, and the tie is a vintage number from Orvis, a nod to my late father's fly-fishing and fly-tying hobbies. It's been two or three years since this particular necktie's last appearance, so high time to pull it out and knot it carefully around the ol' neck. Managed to nail it on the first attempt too. Could this be the start of a trend? -- Heinz-Ulrich

The Problem of "Business Casual" Attire. . .

This is how it's done. Business Casual the RIGHT way, ladies and gentlemen. Even during the summer months. A photograph (taken by Studio B Portraits ) which appeared in 425 Business Magazine in May 2017. T his post on the problem of business casual dress began as a quick postscript to a previous blog entry last week but quickly grew and grew as additional thoughts occurred, were developed in more detail, and revisions made. So much so, that it seemed, eventually, like a better idea to make the initial P.S. afterthought into its own entry . Are ya ready, Freddy? Then, here we go. . . ------------ U nless you actually plan to sell beach snacks and trinkets on Cozumel, become a serial barista, or greet customers at a fancy nightclub after taking out huge student loans to attend university somewhere for four or five years, plus an MBA afterward, it's really a better idea to err on the side of (somewhat) more formal work at...

Friday on Campus Style. . .

S omewhat atypically, I was on campus for several hours today helping with an interview that is part of a larger documentary project on which a colleague and I are working. Although I am behind the camera (I'm the audio guy in fact), what better reason does one need to dress presentably? Exactly. Everything worn, barring the recently purchased University of Wisconsin socks, a gift from the Grand Duchess, has been in the rotation for a while now. And, of course, there was the Panama hat, which I'll wear until we pass October 1st when the felt fedoras reappear. -- Heinz-Ulrich

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