Uniform of the Day--Washington Ideas Forum//Aspen Institute

So, I don't usually get invited to Big Think idea festivals like the Washington Ideas Forum, but my friend Richard Marks does. He's stuck up in NYC because of a family medical emergency--fingers crossed, Richard--and he offered his slot at the forum to me. He is such a mensch.

The forum is run by the Aspen Institute, which is a pretty Big Think kind of organization to begin with, and The Atlantic. But the whole idea of the WIF is to get as many Big Think-ers together in one place as possible and let them speak about what's on their minds. I hope this is really a good deal and not just the usual Washington bloviator fest. Given the list of blow-hards politicians on the speakers' list, there's a chance it will be all blah-blah-blah.

Regardless, I'm relatively sure I won't have much to say and not only because I'm just an invitee and not on the rostrum. I suspect I'll be in total submarine mode: Run Silent, Run Deep.

Since I did the grey suit thing yesterday at the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, today I chose something else.

Brooks Brothers olive wool suit, lavender dress shirt (sorry that the color only really comes through at the bottom of the photo), a black and purple Ted Baker tie, Allen Edmonds Jefferson full brogues, some Ben Silver dragonfly cufflinks, and because I plan to Run Silent, Run Deep: the '85 Submariner 5513.