Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks’s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. I want to tell you about an object or service or good of questionable importance and presumably little market value — though I personally believe the object or service or good is pretty nifty, and think [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Gentleman of Leisure.’
January 20, 2010
Gentleman of Leisure: eBaying Under the Influence.
Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. Ah, January! A new year, fresh beginnings, resolute resolutions (not all the adjectives can be good), and, of course, the start of National Sobering Up Month here at the Gentleman of Leisure Institute for [...]
December 16, 2009
Gentleman of Leisure: Goods 4 Good 4 the Holidays.
Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. With the holiday season upon us, I am reminded that by familial disposition I am both a really lousy gift-giver and in a perpetual state of geographic dislocation. During the rest of the year, [...]
November 13, 2009
Gentleman of Leisure: Hamilton 1883.
Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. I am a man of simple tastes and many, many overly-complicated sentences. Unfortunately, the latter part of this statement means that I sometimes have to sacrifice my bloggitudinal output in favor of printed words [...]
October 3, 2009
Gentleman of Leisure: New Balance 993s.
Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. With 6 p.m. being the start of what I’ve termed our household’s Neil Diamond/Yanni Listening Hour, I don’t like to think of myself as an avid runner so much as a man who has [...]
August 20, 2009
Gentleman of Leisure: Hanuk.
Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. When an affordable 8 mm camera came onto the market in the 1980s, Francis Ford Coppola predicted, “one day, some little fat girl in Ohio is going to be the new Mozart.” Little did [...]
August 10, 2009
Gentleman of Leisure: Shaving.
Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. Once upon a time, all a man needed for a good shave was a sharp blade, a bar of soap, an old mug, and a freshly caught badger (the bristles for lathering, the haunches [...]
July 23, 2009
Gentleman of Leisure: Moscot.
Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. Last week, Guy Trebay wrote about his ocular trials and tribulations over the discontinuance of the Oliver Peoples frame the O’Malley, his go-to pair of glasses since the 1980s. I could not empathize more [...]
July 12, 2009
Gentleman of Leisure: Summer of the Short.
Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. With numerous articles and style guides proclaiming that we are now in the midst of The Summer of the Short, this week, I serve as one part Miss Emily Post, one part Captain Quint [...]
June 27, 2009
Gentleman of Leisure: Off the Wall.
Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. When questioned about the identities of my favorite musicians, I’ve always said that Levon Helm (and Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, and Garth Hudson of the Band) and Diana Ross (along with Florence [...]
June 16, 2009
Gentleman of Leisure: Cire Trudon.
Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. Rarely do candles make one want to channel one’s inner Sarah Boyle and sing major portions of Les Miserables, let alone write a column with an almost unforgivable number of wax and/or candle puns, [...]
June 4, 2009
Gentleman of Leisure: Pimm’s.
Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. A writer? Drinking?! Alas, I jest not. Back in 2005, I took up the bad habit of editing under the influence. After a post-dinner glass of my favorite wine, I’d sit down to revise [...]
May 26, 2009
Gentleman of Leisure: Tassimo Beverage System.
Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. Let me make one thing clear: I need coffee. I need it good, I need it strong, I need it often, and I need it nearby. Surprisingly, this leaves very few alternatives. Starbucks? Two [...]
May 15, 2009
Gentleman of Leisure: Brioni Blazers.
Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. Unless the Disney Corporation options one of my novels (hint, hint), I’d never be able to afford even a buttonhole hand-stitched by the master tailors at the Italian House of Brioni, let alone my [...]
May 8, 2009
Gentleman of Leisure: Dettol.
Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks‘s PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why. While the greenies may cling to those bottles of Dr. Bronner’s All-Purpose Soap for their post-Coachella hose downs, and the slightly fancier set might relish the one part toffee apple, one part turkey jerky [...]
