By Jeffrey the Barak. An appreciative look at the Seiko SKX007 It is common for men who collect affordable watches to have between one and several Seiko SKX007 diver’s watches in their collection. It has become a standard classic watch against which others are measured. ... Read More
the-vu - (cycle pipe edition) Welcome to the-vu. If you’ve been dropping by from time to time since 2000 you will see that following an eleven month nap, we changed our style and relaunched in September 2008. Please leave comments on any article, and please ... Read More
by H.E. Whitney, Jr. University Archaisms: Campus Bells, Gargoyles, and Reflections on the Universitys Purpose The central campus bell at my university clangs promptly at 8am (beginning of the school/work day), noon (lunchtime), and 5pm (end of the work day, although classes still begin and ... Read More
By Thomas Ajava North American wine is now considered excellent and comparable, if not better, than any wine in the world. This seems oddly so given the fact of prohibition. It takes time to develop a vineyard and wine. How did North American wine survive ... Read More
By Andrew Lim. t’was my grail watch for the longest time Like most people I’ve gone through a number of hobbies, photography now being the greatest one. However the fascination with watches is one of the oldest. In general, I’ve always liked anything small and ... Read More
By Jeffrey the Barak Louis the Scooterer 1935-2009 Since 2004, Louis the Scooterer, Louis Scop, has contributed to the-vu, and his readers number in the thousands. Sadly, I have just learned from his daughter that Lou passed away on July 26th 2009, and was buried ... Read More
By Jeffrey the Barak There is a racing flag that is green with a yellow chevron or V. It means false start. But green and yellow are very important colors when it comes to food. They are the colors of life. The color of death ... Read More
By Oxi Singh Warning, you have been tricked into doing and buying things that are not in your best interest. These make your feet look big. Smaller looking feet, in proportion to your legs, are more desirable. Skinny jeans aside, any pants, trousers, suits that ... Read More
By Louis the Scooterer Before I get going on my scooter, to MyPoP, let me show you a couple of pics. The sea view I had, where I lived at the previous address..was a small studio with balcony…magnificent views of beach and promenade, and always ... Read More
By Louis the Scooterer As I said in my previous post, I go to MyPoP (almost) every morning and spend a couple of hours, and have found my favourite spot, where I place a chair under a big umbrella together with the bright orange color ... Read More
