Back At It: A Wes Anderson Concert, Redoing a 16-Year-Old Cosplay, and Why Social Media Sucks

This is a recap-ish of the latest podcast episode. You can listen to the episode below before or after you read. That’s because I tend to expand on topics from the pod as well as straight-up write about things that we did not discuss. The choice is yours in how you want to proceed! Hello, my friends! You know, it’s hard to come back to real life after you’ve had a great vacation, especially one that took you to Japan. Now, instead of fantastic menswear stores stocking items in my taste or partaking in libations to my heart’s [reasonable] content, I’m back to trawling flea markets and thrift stores for vintage (eBay is better anyway) and timing my alcohol and water intake carefully so that I am good to drive home. Los Angeles, baby! At least I’m not walking 30K steps in the sweltering humidity; I missed wearing proper ties and my little leather shoes. As I’ve said before, the biggest draw in this menswear hobby isn’t really about visiting cool stores and buying things; it’s about…