Thanks for the wonderful posts, AOM. Though I’m female, I’m a regular reader. Women may have more magazines and blogs directed at us, but the guys still get the best ones.

Most of the clothes are typical of what I wore for the autumn season for many years, and still do to this day. I was never comfortable with canvas sneakers, however, preferring hiking-style boots or lug-soled shoes, and I got fed up with wrist watches (the bands always broke at some point). My jackets or overcoats weren’t leather but something similarly understated worked well.

I must take a moment to praise the choice of playing cards. They weren’t specifically part of my dates, but I had numerous friends over the years that used cards to socialize, often on long trips of some sort. So I would say based on my experience that they work better for small group dates.