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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Park Slope’s Long Tan
Long Tan, a ten-year-old Thai bar and restaurant is closing. The owner says the restaurant half will be leased to another business and the bar half will be retained, to reopen as something new. I’ll miss their Dark & Stormies, … Continue reading
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Deceptive Mixtures
The New York Times ‘Diner’s Journal’ blog has a minor expose on the new Gourmet Live app for the iPad, the re-hashed version of the legendary magazine that Conde Nast axed last year. The Times‘ Kim Severson noticed that all … Continue reading
How To: Chandler Burr on Wearing Cologne
GQ‘s scent critic Chandler Burr (who also writes for the New York Times) had ten bits of cologne-wearing advice in the September issue. Here they are, in truncated form, with my commentary in italics. 1. Do not–no matter what anyone … Continue reading
Battling Presbyterians
My first Presbyterian was in a bar in Brooklyn off Atlantic Avenue. It was on the cocktail menu and it sounded familiar, so I ordered one. I wondered if the bar had come up with that strange name on its … Continue reading
Charles Bronson and the Scent of Mandom
Ever heard of Mandom? It was–and still is–a line of Japanese cologne and men’s grooming products that Charles Bronson did ads for in the 70s. From what I’ve gleaned from a combination of Japanese and Indonesian corporate sites, along with … Continue reading
Sexy Colognes, Part Three: Sexual Pour Homme
On day three of my series of sexy cologne reviews, I test Sexual Pour Homme, the most expensive of the three so far. Each day I wear a different cologne, one that boasts its sexual prowess by name, and I … Continue reading
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Sexy Colognes, Part Two: Pheromone for Men
This is day two of a series in which I try sexy colognes on and ask my fiancée Mira for her opinions. Yesterday I wore Jovan’s Sex Appeal for Men. Mira’s verdict was that it was in fact sexy in … Continue reading
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Tagged dans te bras, frederic malle, marilyn miglin, pheromone for men
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Sexy Colognes, Part One: Sex Appeal for Men
Sexual attraction is very often a major goal of the male cologne-wearing public and many colognes cater to them directly with their very names. These scents tread a thin line between frank sexuality and outright kitsch. But do they smell … Continue reading
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Tagged jovan, perfumes the guide, sex appeal for men, tania sanchez
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