*OK, this might be a slight exaggeration - unless you also watched "Saved by the Bell: The College Years", in which case the whole losing faith / humanity definitely applies.
In the spirit of sticking it to the internet elves & in honor of Father's Day - no, I'm not sure how those two are related, but I have an English minor & am therefore inclined to invent something - I'm recycling a post in honor of my true father, my late grandfather, which you can find here.
There's a lot of fashion talk here at the Pretty, but Grandpa was a more a man of style. Once he retired his Navy dress whites, he stuck to conservative staples - a sun-drenched, Southern California version of the prep look. Style was merely a outgrowth of the life he lived, and not something to be followed (forgive me, G!); semi-annual trips to the local shop, always the same one, were more than sufficient for him. When I see the fashionable return of his wardrobe staples, like the hipsters sporting straw fedoras or Southern boys in seersucker, I smile and remember.
(Credit: ValSurf)
Grandpa, you weren't one for obvious sentiment, so I'll leave it at this - not a day goes by when I don't miss you. Now if only I could say the same for Blogger . . .
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My dad ALWAYS wore a straw hat! You made my heart sing when I saw that photo. Granted, it had more to do with his weakness for skin cancer and less to do with his desire to look sharp, but he looked sharp nonetheless. I love this post - and no worries about the forwarding issues, I'll just check your URL 20xs a day for new posts (so get writing!). :)
if i was a monkey i would throw poop at blogger. im so sick of the url issue!
I never thought a "fashion & style" blog (forgive me for reducing your blog to merely this when it is so much more) would bring tears to my eyes. The sentiment was terribly sweet and although I never had the honor of meeting your Grandpa, I know it must have been a wonderful man. After all, look at what a fine lady he raised. Straw hats off to your Grandpa and the lovable Gregory Peck-ish gentlemen like him.
Forgive the typo-I meant "he" and not "it." Blame it on the baby brain...
I think your Gramps and my Nana would have gotten along very well. She was stylish to the end. Left you something on our blog!!
Oh my..I love that hat!
Oh, what a beautiful sentiment Miss Pretty, a perfect post for the day; it makes me wish I had the honor of knowing him.
My the week ahead be even Prettier than normal!
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Still no fix. :-( Sucks.
Thanks. Here I am crying again at all these great Father's Day posts! I'm not even pms-ing.
This is great and so are the memories, right?
What a sweet tribute, darling! I love that your Grandpa was a man of style... that fedora is fabulous!
xoxox,
CC
Gramps seems like a stud.
I noticed the blogger issues...stupid elves!
My grandpa was a fedora man, and I loved it. I rarely recall a time when he didn't have one atop his head, so I love that they're coming back in this hip little style. Last week, while at Target, I had my sons trying some of them on as we browsed the men's department. They were about the cutest, hippest little boys I'd ever seen, but I couldn't convince them to wear them all the time, so we left them there. Sadly.
Cute post. And Im with you on the internet elves and blogger. I swear something is going on behind the scenes and it aint good. Maybe the elves have been boozing it up a little too much! Popping in from SITS!
Oh what a sweet post, friend. You flaunt the icy exterior but I knew you had a warm core :) Love it!
well said. and is there really anything cuter than a granddad in seer sucker and a fedora? if there is, i sure haven't found it yet.
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