Down to Business

No outfit in the American men's clothing tradition says 'I mean business' better than a navy suit, blue button down and tie with a red ground:




and a tan raincoat for good measure:

Burberry raincoat with zip-out liner, new-with-tags: $9.99


In today's case, 'business' meant attending a job fair in a hotel in the city...and 'job fair' meant a bunch of folding tables in a crappy conference room, which would have been great if I were planning to be a security guard or parking valet, or join the army ( the army is everywhere at these things). The whole endeavour was rather depressing.

I might have known, given that it was hosted by the Boston Herald, the more disreputable of our fine cities two major newspapers. Live and learn.

At least I had an excuse to wear my navy suit, which I kept on for the rest of the day just for the hell of it.

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