Admiral Cod

Said to my beautiful blonde then-girlfriend (later first wife) as we hiked up the cobble-stoned steps of Cusco, Peru: " So, you want to...

Note: large decanter of Gin on office floor 'You should tell the truth as often as you can, but in such a way as people don't be...

Chicks dig jerks. Apparently, they also dig philandering alcoholic nazi surf bums.

(sans beard) The Southern California summer proceeds apace. In recent weeks the salt water and sun have taken quite a toll on my Saxon...

'Goldeneye: the story of Ian Fleming in Jamaica and the creation of British national icon, James Bond. From 1946 until the end of his...

There's a cute twentysomething girl who works at my local cocktail lounge. Brunette, 5'3", bright eyes, wide smile, tight curvy...

h/t zentropa

"I love the beard," she said to me as we walked to one of our regular cocktail establishments in Newport Beach. Tables of diners d...

© Hackett

Diana Mitford (1910-2003) A recent post  by Taki, whom I've been reading since the 1980s, inspired some German recollections of my o...

A Cossack volunteer in the first Chechen War

Rowing Blazers looks at the authentic striped, piped, trimmed and badged blazers that are still worn by oarsmen and -women around the world...

Never have I see so many hotties in one place! By that I refer to last night's show by the Los Angeles-based rock group Mötley Crüe. T...

As you know, I spent some time in Kenya in the late 1980s. We went on safari, hiked Mt Kenya, and explored the coast. I partied in Nairobi...

What a magnificent World Cup match! I'm still drunk from earlier today. Our local German Club was so full, by 10am they were already tur...