Floating away

Ugh. It's been raining here for what seems like forever. Our next-door neighbors (I mean, in the southern parts of New Hampshire) have been suffering through serious flooding. As a matter of fact, I understand that St. Paul's School (the soon-to-be alma mater of one of my grandsons) closed early and sent students home for the rest of the year when some of their dorms ended up at least partially underwater. I hope it stops soon or we'll all begin to grow mold.

Keep guessing, my friends

Well, I guess curiosity is a great conversation-starter! Your guesses for my mystery tie project are all admirable, but I'm afraid they're off the mark. (And sadly, Mr. Redenbacher passed away several years ago.)

If only I could offer a hint or two. Nope.

Nice-looking tie

Though I'm not an angler myself, I've got to say that I am really very pleased with this new tie. It's called Flies II, and it came about because customers who loved our first fly fishing tie demanded another.

The design is by Eric Holch, a Nantucket artist. It almost makes me want to take up fly fishing so that I can wear it without apologizing.

Top-secret news

I'm sworn to secrecy about a new development here at the office, but I don't think I can wait until fall to tell someone!

We are working with a prominent, Beau-Tie-wearing public figure to develop a new design in his honor. This esteemed gentleman will be celebrating a major milestone in the near future. I only wish I could tell you his name.

Any guesses?

Like-minded men

I guess I'm doing okay at this blogging thing, seeing as many of you have taken the time to read (and comment upon) my musings! Thank you!

Some of your thoughts and suggestions on new designs and patterns have me really excited. Butterflies, architecture, church insignia all are good ideas. Stay tuned to see whether (or when) these inspirations might turn into realities.

Babies at Beau Ties

Two of the women here in our office are expecting. Two others recently welcomed their first grandchildren. Justin, our Web guru, is a new dad. It all translates into a lot of cute baby pictures on the walls, the windowsills and the computer monitors.

As we celebrate these recent and anticipated births, I've been thinking about a baby bow tie. Many of our customers already buy bow ties for their baby boys. But what about all those proud dads and grandfathers who have to return to the office so soon after a baby is born? It could be fun to create "It's a boy!" and "It's a girl!" ties. Perhaps something sophisticated, with just a touch of pink or blue.

What to wear for those with twins or triplets? I certainly am glad that's not my problem to solve. Besides, those poor guys are probably to exhausted to put on a tie.

Spring/Summer Sox

Well, last night was the night. Johnny Damon, our erstwhile center fielder, returned to Fenway Park. By “our” I mean, of course, the Boston Red Sox. The team that keeps me in suspense season after long season.

They did win the World Series a couple of years ago, but if I have to wait as long for the next one as I did for that one, I’ll need to figure out how to just about double what would be my average lifespan. I’m not sure I’ve got the time or the energy to do that!

Fortunately, the bottom line is that I like the game -– and I just plain enjoy watching the Red Sox play. It was even fun to see Johnny Damon, even if he was wearing pinstripes out on that beautiful green diamond -– let’s face it, he went 0 for 4. Can’t do much better than that. And to watch David Ortiz crank out one of his patented three-run homers against Mike Myers just made my night. It’s going to be a great summer.