With a Twist?

Where’s my monocle?

This is just moustache documentation.  And to mention that if anyone asks you if you want a twist with your espresso, tell them yes.  I may just be a yokel but I’d never had a twist of lemon peel dropped through my golden crema before.  The result was worth the initial discomfort of sullying my coffee.  Some nice folks at Vermillion in Chicago took care of Lane and me during a recent celebration dinner.

Push the Eagle’s Stomach

I have Man Man in my head today.

This is the out of control mess on my lip as of a few weeks ago.  I’m not sure where to turn for trimming advice.  My hair stylist is named Kip and lived through the moustache crazed 70s and still isn’t really interested in taking on this task.  I’m not sure I’d trust anyone else with trimming my facial hair.  It’d be like having someone clip you toenails for you.  I might let my significant other do so and if I were laid up in the hospital, maybe my Mom.

Ruff.

  I was asked if I wanted a beard trim by a student stylist once… I declined, then privately mused that it was tantamount the wrong kind of massage therapist asking if you’d ike them to finish you off.  Ick.   Publically asking for resources is just a hair better than the student stylist asking if she could trim my whiskers.  So I’m stuck with my own lack of knowledge. 

I have a Norelco Maverick personal trimmer, a pair of tiny scissors, a cool petit German safety razor, but I feel the need to acquire more grooming tools.  Anyone with leads on trusted vendors for man grooming, drop me a note.

Sketches of United States Presidents

Cute.  And a good beard reference of the executive branch.

Build-A-Beard

Not everyone can grow a scruffy patch of hair on their chin.  Some have it but don’t want it.  If you’re compensating for lack of facial fuzziness or covering up your undesirable chin beard, this is the site for you.  You can build your own thanks to these great folks: http://buildabeard.helloatto.com/ 

Photoshop your fake whiskers with respect or my bearded minions will come to your house with spirit gum in hand and paste a handlebar falsie on your upper lip.  Fair warning.

Wisc-kerino!

Franz Joseph. I’m considering trimming my beard into a Franz Joseph style. A Garibaldi would be grand, but I don’t have the whiskers for it. So I keep my modern Hollywoodian for now.

While I was browsing for beard styling inspiration, I discovered the Whiskerino site and realized I can’t enter until November of aught nine. Fine. There are lots of men in the badger state who don’t shave all winter. We should have our own contest. An old fashioned Wisc-kerino? See, I even have a name for it already. Planning meeting at Annona Bistro Honeypie , date TBD.