I try to be fiscally responsible, really I do. For one thing, I’m a conservative investor, and while the stock market often feels like gambling,  I don’t actually go to Vegas and bet everything on red. Or black. In fact, I don’t go to LasVegas at all any more. Been there, done that. But back in the day when I did, I once sat next to Murray The...

I almost didn’t post anything today, because I’ve been too busy shopping on line for shoes. Why would someone with more shoes than Imelda Marcos need more? If you’re a woman, I don’t have to explain. But why would someone  in Manhattan, the home of Shoe Mania, literally, use the Internet for shoes? Two words (and a fraction): 6½ Narrow. Yes, there are size 6½...

And you wonder why men don’t wear skirts? Awhile back, there was a show called “Bravehearts: Men in Skirts” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As the piece in the Times pointed out, this fashion is really nothing new. Besides kilts, we’ve already seen caftans,saris, sarongs and various other forms of skirts being worn by guys through the...