Business Travel Part 2 - Conference Time!

Tonight will be short, because I did my "laser-focus to the exclusion of all my surroundings, including an appropriate bed time" in getting some work done, so tomorrow is already looking to be a day of coffee and Monster energy drinks without finely crafting a blog entry of perfect humor/savvy/sartorial importance.

Let's get to the pic and some practicality:




(And as you can likely tell, it took me all of one day to break my damn selfie stick. At least the hotel has a full-length mirror.)

So when you're out of town on a trip, you want stuff that packs well. Duh, of course you do. You know what packs really frickin' well? Denim.

So this, my friends, is a denim (okay, technically "chambray") suit. Be sure to check your dress code policies because you get something like this. Some businesses don't allow denim in any way, shape, or form. But I'm am not thus constrained, and even if I was, I'm conferencing, baby, so I have freeeeeeeeedom to denim the hell out of it. This little baby is another Tahari ASL you can pick up at Macy's for a reasonable price.

You know how Tahari usually runs on the big side? If you do go for this suit, go a size smaller than your usual Tahari even. I did, thinking I was buying a suit for 10 pounds from now, but it fit perfect.

I put it with comfy shoes, because you just never know when you're going to end up taking a walk to the CVS a few blocks from the hotel. Like I did. There's not always a lot of suitcase room on business trips - you want to conserve space for conference binders and any work you had to bring with you. So I made sure the shoes I packed were "I can go a few blocks" walkable.

These are Spring Steps, the Lorka style. And holy crap, they're awesome! My only advice? If you're like me and shoes with the zipper in the back rub your ankle a bit, these will hit the rub spot. It's an easy fix, though - cut some small patches of moleskin (you can find it in any CVS or Walgreen's or whoever there's a "stuff for your feet like insoles and wart medicine" isle), and put those on the sweet spot on the back of your ankle. With that quick fix, my feet in these shoes are invincible. Invincible, I tells ya! And no one is going to notice.

As an aside, as you may be able to tell, I recently cut my bangs. Hell, I wish I'd done this a while ago. I can now part my flat, stupid hair in the middle and not care if it just hangs there, because I no longer feel any pressure to make it puff it artfully around my face so my cheeks don't look Godfather-Brandoesque and my forehead doesn't look like a billboard. That shit took work, people. This is a "part it, flat-iron the ends, and I'm out" kinda haircut, and I'm enjoying it.




My stick straight hair finally has purpose and meaning! Huzzah!

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