Angel Ramos and Stephen Schweickart, the founders of A|B who…continue reading Here at The Rake, we’re all for tradition. More often than not, the world’s greatest shoemakers, tailors and shirtmakers have several hundred years of history behind...

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Royal. Regal. Well-mannered and well-heeled, with more than a bit…continue reading  I love shows like The Crown and Downton Abbey. In fact, there have been times when it’s more like an obsession. It’s not as much the actual shows themselves, but the time period they represent. Everything about the way...

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I’m still from Brooklyn and he’s still from Amish country…continue reading I met Stephen back in 1999 at Liberty University. We both played baseball. We were both freshmen. And other than that, we had pretty much nothing in common, including...

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A visit to Rothiemurchus, in the heart of the Cairngorm Mountains…continue reading On our recent trip to Scotland, we visited an absolutely stunning place called Rothiemurchus in the heart of the Cairngorm Mountains. It was almost a cliché of what you’d expect to find in Scotland: a castle, a loch, a river, woodlands, yet far more...

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