Steve Jobs and being a “Mac Person”
Simply Refined is a lifestyle blog, not just a style blog. And few people have had such vision and have inspired as a great a dedication to a lifestyle as Mr. Steve Jobs. He will be greatly missed, and here’s why.
G. Bruce Boyer on Jimmy Smith
In addition to being a master of all things sartorial and stylish, G. Bruce Boyer is a great lover of jazz music. We spoke about this last week, and he kindly offered to contribute some thoughts to Simply Refined on the great jazz organist Jimmy Smith. Enjoy:
Race Report – The Whitney Handicap 2011
The race meet in Saratoga Spring, NY is one of the great American sporting events, and The Whitney Handicap one of the most exciting and anticipated races of the season. This was my first year attending, and I must say it more than lived up to expectations.
Not-So-Haute Horlogerie
While digging through piles of books and magazines on antiques at Lyrical Ballad the other day I stumbled upon a lone volume from the Encyclopédie that just so happened to be the volume on Horlogerie.
Of Ballads and Bookstores
If you’re anything like me, you revel in old bookshops. Although in an unlikely location, Saratoga Springs’ Lyrical Ballad Bookstore is one of the finest bookshops I have ever had the privilege of entering. Barring those containing mostly first editions and autographed manuscripts which would strip me of more coin than a vintage Bugatti, it might be the finest.
