welcome Tim F., I'll be wearing a green C-buckle Brooks belt almost exactly like that one to a graduation ceremony later today, love those C-buckles, wish there were more about!

yesterday for the family was graduation day with various parties, there was a bit of the old prep to be seen courtesy of me and a couple of other (very old) Hotchkiss School Yalies whose progeny were also graduating ....

when you're very old the Ivy Prep is a great look

I'm not there quite yet and I was in the position of helping some true codgers navigate steps, gravel driveways, stepping stones, and avoiding mishaps ....

nobody was helping me though and I could barely walk having overdone it in the pool a couple of hours earlier

it was a scorcher yesterday in the mid-90s though and after the long graduation ceremony I had to throw down a couple of Dark and Stormies to cool off so things got very chill very fast but I kept my sport coat on ....

green and blue unlined madras sack sport coat, light gray tropical wool trousers cuffed from O'Connell's, blue end-on-end bd from O'Connell's, brown Alden penny loafers,  gray wool J. Press socks from England, dark green cotton surcingle brass C-buckle Brooks Brothers belt USA, orange USA cotton bandanna just in case

had a good conversation with a young Yalester family friend in which I divulged a few helpful hints with the admonition to not give out the info willy-nilly as it were

some of our fave Take Ivy and Seven Sisters people were there but this particular school is progressive even for California so a nice wholesome time was had

saw a pair of white bucks, also some blue blazers, repp ties, linen trousers, and button-down collars, plus a pair of Wallabees worn by an 80+-year-old brother of one of our most iconic Ivy Preps

so many little kids I've known their entire lives, now grown up, came by the table to spend a bit of time with me, it was very heartwarming, but I stayed put to keep the really old wrinklies company so they wouldn't feel neglected .....

one of those days that was exactly like a William Hamilton cartoon in the New Yorker

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today is back to normal in a pair of ancient but clean and neatly mended navy poplin J. Press walk shorts from 2003, a black Gildan New Mexico t-shirt, black rubber Scott Hawaii flip-flops with brown grosgrain ribbon, Peter Fondaesque Oakley sunglasses with brown lenses

about to change into custom green frogskin camo Birdwells, own vintage circa 2010, for a swim, it's summertime