Month: March 2014
Miss Porter’s School
The Joy of Reading
When I was an infant, I had a nanny for awhile. Both of my parents were working long hours, as were members of our extended family in the area. I was an only child with no elder sibling to look after me, so options were limited. Obviously I don’t remember anything from this period of … More The Joy of Reading
Tradition
Old Money Essential: L.L. Bean
We promised to spotlight a few worthy vendors whose products and services are in line with Old Money Values. With that in mind, every OMG (Old Money Guy/Old Money Gal) should be familiar with L.L. Bean. In business for more than 100 years, the Freeport, Maine, based company sells quality apparel for men and women … More Old Money Essential: L.L. Bean
Radcliffe College
Learn
How To Dress…And Why
There are numerous magazines, websites, books, and blogs that offer up advice on how to dress. Very few of them tell you why to dress. In The Old Money Book, I do. The first reason you dress is because very few people look good naked, and, secondly, we have laws against taking that kind of … More How To Dress…And Why
Williams College, Established 1793
Old Money & Friendships
I was fortunate enough to catch up with some old friends recently. Dinner started late–the restaurant had botched our reservation–but no one in our party really cared. We started at the bar with a round of drinks and a quick, ruthless inventory of respective hairlines that were going north and waistlines that were headed south … More Old Money & Friendships