Why does anyone watch the Oscars? We have some friends here – the wife is an artist and the husband is a VC and she called to invite us over to watch the Oscars. I said, “I never want to watch the Oscars. Why would anyone watch it?” We ran into two other couples on the dock and both husbands said, “I have no interest in watching the Oscars.” So, ShawWife called back and said, “We’d love to see you but Shawbridge has no interest in watching the Oscars.” The husband said, “Whew. Glad to hear it.”
@CBBBlinker - here is a link to the one that I bought - https://www.amazon.com/McCulloch-MC1385-Deluxe-Canister-System/dp/B00G00BTEA/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1488226136&sr=8-7&keywords=steam+cleaner - I used it on my master bathroom this weekend. It’s a speckled white tile with white grout. It has been in for 25+ years and the grout was very dirty. I will need to do another pass but my what a difference. I plan on doing the main bathroom next and then will do the downstairs hallway, kitchen and powder room. There are other ones that are smaller by the same maker but I wanted something that I could get out and do a variety of things with at once. I also used it on my shower which is just fiberglass but it was great on the shower door. I did get this one because it allowed you to dial in the amount of steam which I did use.
Work announced yesterday that as of next week we are going to a casual dress code. Not business casual but casual. So shorts are okay. Interesting…
^^^ Shorts??? That will be interesting! (Not that I’d ever wear shorts to work, even if I had that option. Too old school, I guess.)
And thanks for the link to the steamer. I’m putting that on my “To Think About” list.
H has a colonoscopy tomorrow. Honestly, he’s not a “good patient.” He’s been on a somewhat restricted diet since Monday – but to listen to him, he hasn’t been able to eat anything. It’s not his first, but I don’t remember him being quite as ornery about the previous ones.
Shorts in Rochester? Not likely to happen most of the year, I would guess. I favor casual dress myself and that was the code at a quantitative hedge fund I helped start. T-shirts without holes were considered formal. But, at the moment, I work at home (or houseboat) most of the time and so casual dressing is de rigeur. Most of my clients are not there yet.
Older son went from a job that he dressed up some for to one that is mostly a t shirt and jeans kind of place. I think he dresses up some if meeting with a customer but I think it is still fairly casual. We just saw him over the weekend in Charlottesville and he said he might try to sell some of his Allen Edmonds shoes as he just doesn’t have much need to wear that kind of thing these days. I was actually a little surprised he has embraced the t shirt, casual thing for work as he has always liked to dress up a little. I suggested he hold on to some stuff and dress up once in a while on the weekends. Younger son has always been a more casual, less preppy kind of guy.
Funny you should be talking about work clothes. I just gave S the go ahead to buy shirts at Brooks Brothers for his summer internship ( big 4 consulting firm). They are having a good sale at BB.My office is business casual and while we traditionally wear jeans on Friday, there is nothing in the dress code prohibiting jeans on any day so I usually wear them twice a week or so.
We certainly have bought tons of Brooks Brothers over the years! Congratulation to your son, @FallGirl , on his internship!
Shorts? I don’t want to see the legs of most of the people I work with and I’m sure they don’t want to see mine either.
S1 wears tshirts and jeans every day. (He rides his bike to the office.) He did buy two suits and a couple of dress shirts last year, but he does swing and ballroom dancing, so it was more for that than work (though the suits are perfectly fine for work).
S2 does khakis and dress shirts, but they are plaid or striped – not super dressy. No ties, though he still has a sizeable collection from college.
The best buy on shirts is actually the no-iron dress shirts at Costco. As good as JosBank or BB, but a lot cheaper. I was at a party with the CEO of a hospital and he and I both recognized we are Costco shirt shoppers.
I love Costco but H and sons are all very tall, so harder to find things there. Brooks Brothers has stuff that fits and can be ordered online, so does L.L. Bean, so that is where a lot of shopping gets done by H. L.L. Bean has tall sizes in sweaters too and pants that fit. T shirts don’t need to really be that long so that does not matter as much. As far as casual pants, my kids seem to like Bonobos chinos lately and they have stuff up to a 36" inseam. I read that the average men’s inseam is more like 30-32, and that those sizes are usually pretty well stocked in jeans and khakis. Less in stock in some places in khakis, jeans, if you are more a 34" or 36" inseam, particulary 36 . Although dress pants start longer anyway and can be tailored. I imagine guys that are unusually short have a tougher time as well finding stuff in stores.
I’m old school enough (or East Coast enough) that I still like a nice suit. 
It is doubtful that I will wear shorts but will have to dress down more than I do. I do have a lot of skirts/dresses that I wear to work. So – guess it’s either goodwill for them or gather dust in my closet.
@RochesterMom When my sister retired, she donated a lot of her better stuff to an organization that helped low income women in the workforce.
I had a meeting with a senior exec at Google who was wearing jeans, a t-shirt and a sweater over the t-shirt. He seems to be doing OK despite the informality.
What the Google guy was wearing is pretty typical in tech. But, I’m sure I’m not telling you something you don’t already know!
At this job, I could wear jeans every day if I wanted to. I rarely do - sometimes on Fridays. I have a very hefty professional/business casual wardrobe built up, so I wear what I own. Also, I find that it takes a lot of work to make jeans/very casual flattering. T-shirts emphasize what more structured tops can hide.
Yup, @sevmom, I’m living in the Bay area so this is not particularly new. One of my friends is a long-time VC who appears to only wear black jeans, a black t-shirt and a black shirt. We had dinner on a Saturday night at a very trendy SF restaurant with two couples our age who are much, much wealthier than I am. ShawWife made me take off my jeans for black pants and guess what. Both were wearing jeans.
Just curious, why would you feel like you had to wear a certain color or change out of what you were comfortable in because you were meeting wealthier people and because your wife told you to? You obviously run in very wealthy circles, that’s for sure!
I really don’t know exactly what I’ll do. Next week I have customers in so with customers here we are still expected to be business casual so I have another week to decide. Today I have a shift dress and a sweater on. I like to some degree “dressing” for work - makes me look/feel more professional in my mind but then I’m old. I think this was a drive for the younger workers here. I’ll adjust. Just may take me a while.