The Tie Tuseday I Wasn't There

Today I am in Los Angeles for a work event that's going to be AWWWWWWESOOOOOME!

That said, I think Adame and Utah miss me.

They're feeling a little sideways though.

The Return of Tie Tuesday

I did not partake. Remember when Tie Tuesday jumped the shark? Maybe it will make an eventual return. But I doubt it.

The Death of Tie Tuesday

It's official.
Tie Tuesday is dead.
It has ceased to be.
I've donated all the ties in my possesion (save the ones that belong to Hubs.)
No more.

I'm looking for an alternative (besides the Pixie's idea of Tube Top Tuesday. Uh... no.)

Tie Tuesday - The Lady in Red

I'm looking over Adame's cube wall at Gigantor, who thinks that Adame shouldn't have Siri call him "Jackass". I think it's awesome.

Tie Tuesday - The one with all the bloops

I’m back in the world where no one wears a tie on Tuesday. I’m utterly unhip, which makes me hip, so rock on with my hipness! Here’s me, outside Leslie’s cube, enjoying the morning.
Adame claims that he doesn’t participate in Tie Tuesday anymore because he doesn’t want to iron a shirt. Quite believable, but the truth is probably more along the lines of wanting to be cool with the Gigantor crowd. Whatevs.


Up close and personal. This Brioni tie is pretty flippin’ sweet. It’s got splotches all over it… I call them bloops. Got quite a few complements on the color. Check out the bloops and bleeps. Super bloopy!



Where I stand right now is trying to determine whether I should sell off the hundreds of ties or continue to hold on to them. I wonder where I would sell them anyway. Ebay? Consignment shop?

Tie Tuesday - So uncool, but not yet cool again

Yep. Tie Tuesday is dead. My last bastion of support, Adame, has officially fallen off the wagon. Last week I had an inkling, but today it's official. So now we roam into the territory of when ties were uncool, new wave had died and grunge was steaming in the underground. The land of the post-tie. While I will continue to rock the house in my Brioni's, I'll await a change in atmosphere that signals its eventual return.



One would have thought with the influx of young Republican white dudes just one aisle over, that they would have embraced the trend. Too bad, so sad. I've never been one to go with the crowd.

Am officially, uncool. And uncool rules.

Tie Tuesday - The Proverbial Cheese Stands Alone

No one, not one person joined me on Tie Tuesday. I suppose it's gone out of fashion now. No longer a hip trend. It came and went like the slap watch. The day the VP wore two ties to work on Tie Tuesday and called it a triple threat Tie Tuesday with Thai food for lunch... we jumped the shark.

So here's me. In a brown Brioni. All byyyyyy myyyyyyyyyyseeeeeeeelf.

Tie Tuesday - The One Without Me

Utah is in a lovely pink tie, Windsor-knotted as usual, crafted by Umo Lorenzo of Italy.
Adame's Public Opion number has little beer bottles all over it.
And Dimples McGee sports a black number of unknown origin.

I was not invited to the picture as I am not wearing a traditional tie... more of a jaunty purple scarf tied in front. Boooo. (And while KelBel thinks I look cute in this picture, I think I look super cheese.)

Tie Tuesday - The one in which I learn it's not tripio

Adame was all like "I'm going to rock this shizz with meh coat on!"
Utah said I looked prettier last week (um ... burn?)
And KelBel thought my paisley tie was retro awesome.

At Starbucks, my drink is a doppio espresso con panna. But when I want another shot, I tell them a tripio. Which is what I ordered today. I thought I should actually learn what the Italian word for triple is. It's triplo. And how did I learn this? By googling, of course. What was more entertaining is the very first link that comes up is the definition of Italian for Triple... is for Urban Dictionary. (Not exactly safe for work)

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=&q=italian+for+triple&oq=italian+for+triple&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=2922l6297l0l6422l18l17l0l3l2l1l235l1908l1.12.1l14l0&biw=1280&bih=843&cad=cbv&sei=wzfeTt7fLZKCsAKQvtTxBg


(blush)

What I Learned in November

Some jets have beds
The new James Bond movie is titled “Skyfall”
Umbrellas made in New York City are terrible
I forgot Tie Tuesday
Best Buy lies
A timbale of eggplant = mold that looks like a drum
Tom used to procure caviar
Avantair yearend is June 30th
An axiom is a self-evident truth that requires no proof
All My Boots Need New Soles = a country song Trish came up with
What “pie in the sky” means
Panem et circuses = bread and circuses
Porsche logo is “there is no substitute”
496,000 US homes have a net worth of $30 million dollars
The Wynn in Las Vegas charges $100 for a haircut

Tie Tuesday - Win and a Fail

Adame. WIN! I mean, just check out that guitar!



G. Fail. This is the 2nd time I've forgotten Tie Tuesday.

Tie Tuesday : Dark and Twisty

Adame was "home sick"* Boo. Gigantor punked out. Dimples McGee is off in Hawaii getting his engagement on. NamNamNams didn't participate (nor his Nam nips.) Hello Bruce did play in the Tie Tuesday field - was wearing the same black tie, but under a lovely sweater vest - I just didn't get him up here in time for the photo. No idea about The Beast, he may or may not be wearing a tie. Adame is the one who usually puts these photo ops together, so I was out of my element.

All that said, we had to use Utah's phone to snap a picture and it came out rather devilish, which is rather exciting since Utah is a Mormon. He's wearing a Nuovo Moda purple number (was quite dashing) and I'm in a green/blue/yellow Louis of Boston. I say the colors specifically again because it looks like this was taken underwater, at night, without a moon, and filtered by a snorkel mask.

Boo yah.

*"Home sick" is about the equivalent of "waiting for the cable guy" or "doctor's appointment". It basically means we think you are interviewing for another job.

Tie Tuesday - Slightly Suggestive

I bought a new pair of red Chuck Taylor's this weekend (shout out to my Famous Footwear Dude who gave me a friends and family discount of 30% off!) As I needed an excuse to wear said shoes, Tie Tuesday provided a perfect opportunity. So thanks Tie Tuesday! I got to wear my sneaks all day long. If only I could make a case for Birkenstocks...

Right-o, let's move on with the show. From left to right!

FAR LEFT: My new buddy from numero tres, THE BEAST! Very handsome Michael Kors number with a cross hatch thingy going on. Looking good Beast, see you next Tuesday.*

SECOND FROM LEFT: Dimples McGee has a jaunty, Geoffrey Beene striped number.

MIDDLE: NamNamNams actually showed up IN A SUIT! What the what? Okay, I was half expecting a Brooks Brothers polo and a bow tie. He didn't just bring it, he brought it! Upped the class in the crew with his Burberry stylings. (Hey NamNamNams... When are you starting that Nam's Noms blog?)

SECOND FROM RIGHT: Adame in a whimsical Tommy Hilfiger. I have a feeling Adame was responsible for the tie draping over NamNamNams. It's been a slightly charged workplace of late. Peeps are pregnant, getting married, having babies... lots of love happening on the 4th Floor. So, it should come as no surprise that Adame wants to fling his tie about onto other men.

RIGHT: Me. Although you cannot see previously mentioned shoes, they match my Hitman-esque Joseph & Feiss tie. Decided to rock the full on double pony tails all the way (all the way) though they turned into braids after a discussion with a former flight attendant downstairs. Now I look less like a Japanese School Girl and more like Pocahontas.

Sadly, Hello Bruce was unable to make an appearance for the picture. I saw him much earlier and he was awesome sauce in the skinny black tie under a sweater-vest. Very hipstery, in a good hipster way. Utah is OOO, probably off drinking caffeine and reading dirty mags... whatever those Mormons do.

*After typing that sentence, I realized that it has an alternate meaning; one in which I am most likely NOT calling The Beast. In fact, it's really more applicable to my gender. But I wouldn't use that word.**

** Okay, I might use that word. But I'd only say it to someone who really was a major c u next tuesday.

Tie Tuesday

Bound and determined to make today less stressful and "tie" up loose ends (horribly bad pun intended.) Here's a snapshot of today's participants.

Hello Bruce* (far left) is rocking the skinny, black tie; very retro and uber cool of him (as always!)

Next, we have Utah "busily working" in a yellow Jones of New York number. His color palette choices are quite springy and floopy. I'm digging it and glad that the white number did not appear again today. Good job Utah!

Adame, Tie Tuesday Godfather, has a very busy Gap piece featuring hundreds of little life preservers. There's a joke there about life preservers and work, but it's not coming to me.

And then me, looking rather portly to be honest, in my signature Brioni tie. It's sticky in thiis office today. Like humid sticky. No one knows why.



*Hello Bruce. You have to say it with the same inflection/tone/style as seen in the Pixar hit, "Finding Nemo". "Helloooooo Bruce"

Tie Tuesday - Hiatus

2nd week in a row that I've forgotten my Tie Tuesday commitment. Since the boys downstairs suggested a summer break, not to mention Adame's point that it's too effing hot, we're going to break until Labor Day. Bring on Flip Flop Fridays!

Tie Tuesday - Utah FTMFW!

Woke up, showered, applied more aloe vera, threw on comfy gear, grabbed my espresso con pana (thanks Kim!)and headed to work. Chatting with Adame when Utah strolls over with a very disspointed look on his face. Oh snap, it's Tie Tuesday. Here he is rocking a 100% polyester number from York Lancashire - and it's not white! Well done Utah, well done.

Tie Tuesday - Good news, bad news

I think we all look a little bloated, (sorry dudes) too many shenanigans on Monday to roll in on Tie Tuesday without appearing a slightly puffy. (Except for Utah, of course.) Fortunately, I see Amazon Amy for a training session tonight and tomorrow. Though a weird coincidence delivered my Tudal Winery shipment today. Odd.

Downstairs Bruce is rocking the Urban Outfitters BDG black skinny tie, we learned why Utah only has white ties, and Adame in a kickass Claiborne that this picture doesn't do justice.

Yup, another Brioni on the Gfunk - had NO idea that it's blue (not black) until Matty took a hi-def snap. But really, I'll I'm thinking about is where I'll be in 48 hours. Boo ya!



GOOD NEWS
We are thiiiiiiiiis much closer to launching Flip Flop Fridays. (Stick your thumb and forefinger a millimiter apart and scream OH YEAH!) Just waiting on the go-ahead from the man.

BAD NEWS
And now, sadly, I have to report that Downstairs Bruce informed me that they're taking a summer hiatus from Tie Tuesdays. *gasp* WHAT? Apparently our collective tie mojo is just too much for those dudes on three. C'est la vie Brucey-boy, but I ain't a quitter.

Tie Tuesday

Wacky little Brioni number that looks like a Jackson Pollock, paired with a polka dot top and jeans. I even have a small pompadour and chunky earrings. Mixed feedback on the awesomesauce of the ensemble, but I heart it. I mean, check out this tie!




Adame is rocking a Tommy Hilfiger, very niiiiiiiice. Utah has a lovely pearlescent Croft & Barrow, classic. Waiting on the rest of the dudes to roll in. Happy Tie Tuesday.

Tie Tuesday & The Best Band Name 2011

Starting off Tuesday in our awesome cuberhood by rehashing the Lady Gaga concert (and had I known that the Scissor Sisters were the opening act, I may not have relinquished my seat so easily) but most importantly, it's Tie Tuesday! In honor of St Patrick and all things Irish, I'm all about the green. Adame snapped this picture in the middle of a laugh/snort - awesome - too bad you can't see me rocking the green Converse six-holes.

Right. So you* challenged me to Best Band Name Debate 2011. This would literally be an insane task due to the sheer multitude of bands in the world; not only do I NOT have that kind of time, but it would most likely lead me to booze (and I already drink like a Sailor.) Therefore, caveats need to be in place in order to make a determination.

Here's a selection from the upcoming SXSW concerts, randomly selecting a few of my favorite names. I'll make some sort of bracket system to face them off against each other, then based on the awesomeness of whatever song pops up on youtube for the band, dwindle down until we have a winner. I guess I'm participating in a March Madness after all.

1. Amusement Parks on Fire
2. Curren$y
3. Friendly Fires
4. Ham Sandwich
5. I Was Totally Destroying It
6. Lars and The Hands of Light
7. Les Handclaps
8. Or, The Whale
9. Say "No!" To Architecture
10. Sex With Strangers
11. She Keeps Bees
12. She Wants Revenge
13. Slapping Purses
14. Slim Cessna's Auto Club
15. Spyder Baybie Raw Dog & 2% Muck
16. Tokyo Sex Destruction
17. Trampled by Turtles
18. Worm Ouroboros
19. Dreaming in Stereo
20. Gobble Gobble


*Yes you, you know who you are