If you haven’t noticed, we here at Hamilton Shirts really appreciate craft and the attention to fine detail. The fascinating chocolatiers -  The Mast Brothers – represent the epitome of craft and detail, and we really like what they do. There seems to be a lot of similarity between the Masts and the Hamiltons…we both [...]

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Over the next few weekends Mr. David Hamilton will be spanning the globe! The next two weekends have David conducting Hamilton Shirts trunk shows at various stores around the country. If you happen to live out in the Pacific Northwest you can stop by and visit with David at the Mario’s store in Portland on [...]

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Over on the Houston Press website, noted food writer/critic/historian Robb Walsh, has been slowly releasing his 100 favorite Houston dishes in Houston week by week. His final stand-out meals have added to the list and his slide-show countdown is now totally complete. The exemplary dishes that made the cut were included “because they are such [...]

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Take Ivy by T.Hayashida is back…yet again. If you are a regular reader of all the various style blogs out there, there is no way you’ve overlooked the upcoming re-release of the Japanese style-bible Take Ivy. Even the New York Times has recently written an article about it. This new edition is sure to get [...]

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If you find yourself at home tonight in front of the TV be sure and tune in to PBS. The fantastic series of American Masters documentaries profiles legendary singer, and songwriter, Merle Haggard.

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Currently airing on cable’s Cooking Channel during the day, The Galloping Gourmet, is a vintage TV show that has to be seen to be believed. This instructional cooking program aired on American television during the late 1960′s, probably as a foil to Julia Childs french cuisine precision. The globe trotting chef and host, Graham Kerr, [...]

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Recently Vanity Fair magazine conducted a not so scientific survey of Architecture’s Modern Marvels by asking 52 experts to list the five most important works of architecture created since 1980. After they compiled all the results, they put together a list of over 132 different structures. The magazine then published the top 21 results in [...]

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Now here’s a very important guy that should be much more famous. His memory should be praised by all..each and every day. Back in Buffalo, New York on July 17, 1902, Willis Carrier submitted drawings for what would later become today’s modern AIR CONDITIONING. Granted the U.S. Patent for his indispensable invention on January 2nd, [...]

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Maybe its my lingering 4th of July holiday spirit, or maybe it was the great post on 1st dibs about the history of our grand old flag..but I’ve recently become interested in collecting antique American flags. While many antique styles can run into the thousands of dollars, you can still pick up interesting varieties for [...]

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Created inside a structure that had been originally built in the 1930′s to house a Weingarten’s Grocery Store, the site specific installation by artist Dan Flavin at Richmond Hall is one of the Menil Collections greatest hidden treasures. The building itself has lived a very interesting life…after first being the home to the supermarket, it [...]

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