Watching the Steaks Cook. . .

Since the Young Master and Grand Duchess were away over the recent July 4th holiday, visiting family in Germany, we celebrated with the obligatory cookout yesterday (Sunday) evening. Long a difficult eater, the Young Master has recently decided that he once again enjoys the occasional hamburger, steak, or bratwurst done on the Weber grill, which is what I am supervising in the photographs.

Father and son have a date for this coming Saturday for another pedagogical moment, in which I'll walk him through the grilling of hamburgers after we've made and marinated the patties in the kitchen.

In the meantime, the Young Master began his first paying job today, helping out at our local zoo. He was excited early this morning since that was the job he most wanted. Good man!

By the way, the shirt above was tucked in, as is my usual practice with Madras and twill sport shirts during the warmer months. The khaki shorts were worn with one of now seven ribbon belts in the casual rotation. Hey, it's not the 1970s anymore with elastic waist athletic shorts, striped tube socks, aviator sunglasses, and Frito Bandito mustaches, guys. Come on!

-- 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

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