By Scott Rye Joining Loyal American Life Insurance Co. as a clerk in 1955, the year the company was formed, 24-year-old Matt Metcalfe rose quickly through the ranks, becoming secretary and a director just three years later, and executive vice president two years after that. At the beginning of 1960, the company listed assets of …
Editor’s Note: First, THANK YOU to James Grant who threw in a great story while I am finishing up my family’s medical issues. Second, the site is still not repaired so apologies for only one image but this is such a great piece you probably won’t mind. When I was a boy, I once asked …
The Dean of Ivy finishes by taking questions from the audience. You can click on the image to get to the show. You can also hear the show here. We (and by we I mean Hostgator) is still working to resolve the issues that the increased traffic presented to the server – a good problem …
The show is #2 globally right now on MX. A few of you have written in that the audio is low on Richard in some spots. I think I can fix that further for Part 2 (I sent the show to an engineer). Some of you have asked why the show is on MX. …
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J. Press presented the inaugural broadcast. Can you even imagine? It was amazing to be in the J. Press store in Manhattan, watching and recording Richard Press hold court and none other in our genre can. You can listen to the show here. I broke the show up into two parts, next part to launch …
It was a remarkable night. Unlike Richard’s first show with me, this one was ALL Ivy. It’ll be posted on Monday. I will say this though. My daughter is a giant Richard Press fan, and asked to come down to see him again. She and her boyfriend were once again the only teens …
So a few things. First, a giant thank you. This podcast was supposed to get going earlier but family medical stuff made that impossible. But the advertisers and sponsors have been just amazing and understanding. I will be at J. Press in Manhattan at around 5, we get going around 6, wrap it up around …
Everybody is watching the meltdown – and having bounced back from my own meltdown, I have empathy. My wife never slept with Pete Davidson after we split up, and until you walk a mile in those designer sneakers, you can’t judge. But you CAN protest the people around him. Does no one love this man …
The first Ivy-Style Podcast. I am so jazzed (see what I did there?) to be the host of the very first Ivy-Style podcast, at J. Press Manhattan, with no less than Richard Press as my first guest. And you can be there. First, if you are not on their email list, do yourself a favor …
First, before we go any further, here’s the link. Click it, it is going to open another tab. Keep that tab open and if you don’t get back here, I am fine with that. Much to my amazement, G. Bruce Boyer is a friend of mine. It started when I reached out to him just …
That tryptophan thing, according to the Sleep Foundation, is a myth. Two sales that look very good I wanted to bring to your attention: First, Jay Butler is running 20% OFF sitewide… you want to take a look. If you want to see Ivy applications of these great shoes, go here. I have had them …
Editor’s Note: Very grateful this Thanksgiving for all of you, and for Mitchell, the author of this post. Very recently, the internet was buzzing over a photo of supermodel “it girl” Gigi Hadid wearing what fashion editors dubbed “Grandpacore”. The overall aesthetic (I know John hates that term) is retro, yet thoroughly cutting-edge contemporary, and …
Yes, it’s a book about clothes but it is written by, as G. Bruce Boyer said on this site, “… a national treasure.” So while the clothes matter, the voices are the joy of Threading The Needle II, available here, by Richard Press. And this book is FULL of joy. If you are in …
Meet Paul Carsola. He served from 1991 to 2015. ” I was 4 years active Army, 3 years Army Reserve, and 17 years Air Force National Guard.” Mr. Carsola did me the favor of showing me Medals Of America. The company was founded in 1976, and today is led by Lee Foster, who …
Editor’s Note: “Stokes” (Heinz) is the man. The Holiday Season is almost upon us ladies and gentlemen! Given the anticipated uptick in related social occasions, and after two+ pandemic years, it’s time to revisit how we might leave a favorable impression in our wake. Here’s a hint. You call it corn, we call …
This week the Ivy-Style FB group reached a milestone – 9,000 members. All interacting, supporting, admiring, laughing, buying, learning. I got a note the other day that Ivy-Style.com is “the most civilized corner of the internet” and I would include our FB group in that corner. There are two moderators who work every day to …
(That’s Cornell in the photo.) My first interview with Richard Press is in the top 5 global podcast ranking for both #talk and #interview. (source: M-X Radio). Tell me again that Ivy is dead? You can listen to the show here if you haven’t already. The Amazing Tom sent me this collaboration …
Editor’s note: after the show I typically do a wrap up post on FB, but since this was Richard Press, I thought it would make sense to publish it here as well. If you have not heard my first interview with Richard, you can listen to it here. Again, and please read this line before …