Month: March 2017

How To Look Nice Without Really Trying

March 27, 2017

Whether you’re traveling to another country or simply walking to the grocery store down the street, it’s an easy and, some would say, courteous gesture to look presentable. By ‘presentable’ I mean this: if you by chance ran into someone who you wanted to date, get a referral or job from, or generally make a … More How To Look Nice Without Really Trying

Old Money: In Their Own Words

March 20, 2017

I think there are challenges for people when they look at our group and think they’d like to live like we do. The initial impulse I’ve witnessed before is to go buy things that would seem to indicate that one’s now gentrified. This reaction is typical of the middle class or upper middle class. They … More Old Money: In Their Own Words

The Difference Between Discipline and Devotion

March 10, 2017

Years ago, I watched a television interview with the late, legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti. The interviewer asked him about the discipline involved in being a great opera singer. Was it overwhelming? Too much for mere mortals? He paused and thought for a very long moment (probably gathering his English in the same way I often … More The Difference Between Discipline and Devotion

Old Money Abroad – The Gallery

March 6, 2017

Sir John Leslie, December 6, 1916 to April 18, 2016. Educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Active duty in World War II. Five years as a prisoner of war. Returned to Castle Leslie, family home in Ireland, at age 78, after living all over the world. Spent 85th birthday partying in Ibiza with people 1/2 to … More Old Money Abroad – The Gallery