Man Purse, Men, Fashion, Celebrity - What's In Your Man Purse?

Tuesday

12Jan2010

Johnny Appleseed probably made his own man purse.

I'm just saying. If Johnny Appleseed truly ever existed, I'm sure he sewed up his very own special man purse. This murse would be specifically designed to faciliate the distribution of apple seeds while one dutifully saunters about the nation spreading apple-riffic joy (and probably religious pamphlets too.)

This post is an ode to the hand-made diy man purse. The greatest thing about a murse you make yourself is that you can customize it to fit whatever odd thing-a-muh-jig you choose to carry around. And I, of all people, know you carry strange things around in your man purse.

Like a gun. No joke.

This rugged man pack holds his laptop, his shades, his keys, and on occasion ...his guns!

"I made this one for a private contractor ( aka - mercena

ry )."

"I designed it primarily for the user to conceal carry into an urban setting and engage in combat while maintaining a low profile."

Ohhh, okay well now I guess the gun makes sense. In a very scary way.

What is probably the "coolest" thing about it is that it's also a convertible fanny pack! (boo yeah!)

"I have included a heavy duty padded belt that hides in the back panel ( as pictured below ). When deployed it allows the user to wear the bag like a fanny pack on your side. This is designed to provide the user a complete LBS ( load bearing system ) discretely at their fingertips."

So yeah, he's thought of everything.

Are you beginning to understand the beauty of the home-made man purse?

Well, go take off your pants and make one yourself!

Oh wait, leave those pants on--I have one last question for you. Why is Johnny Appleseed such a frat boy? (take a look at the pics at the top of this page. Notice the pink shirt, goatee, hempy puka shell necklace??) I'll leave you that to ponder. Feel free to comment with your thoughts on the topic. THEN, take off your pants and make a man purse.

Thanks!

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Saturday

24Oct2009

The Art of Man Purse Analysis

Okay man-purse lovers, are you ready for the results of the 'Inside Simeon's Man Purse' contest? The winner was Courtney who suspected that he had a book, and a wallet! Great job, Courtney--you really have Simeon figured out!

Below are the juicy bits of details I'm sure you've been waiting for. By studying the contents of a pickup artist's man purse, perhaps we will all gain further insight into the complex art of seduction! (Is it possible that man purse analysis is an art in it of itself?)

The first thing that stood out to me in Simeon's bag was the razor. I'd like to point out that this is not just any old razor, but a borrowed razor. What does this tell me? A razor says that Simeon is a guy with a lot of facial and/or body hair. A borrowed razor tells me that Simeon is a charming guy - so much that someone might give him a shirt off their proverbial back, or in this case, a razor out of their shaving bag.

Another goodie in Simeon's bag is his dragon lighter. Does Simeon smoke? Nope. Was he a boy scout, and simply always prepared in case of emergencies? No, not quite. So what is the point of carrying this dragon lighter? I would assume that Simeon, being the gentleman that he is, is always prepared to provide the fire to light a future friend's cigarette. The fact that it's in the shape of a dragon tells me that Simeon might have played some D&D in his life (In my opinion, D&D can be a very handsome pursuit.) If not that, perhaps it is a gift from someone who frequents renaissance fairs.

Did you see 'A Beautiful Mind'? Russell Crowe's character John Nash would totally use poetry like this to seduce Jennifer Connelly's character, Alicia.The last thing that stood out to me in Simeon's bag was his sketchpad. Does Simeon draw? Not from what I could tell, but instead of sketching in his sketchpad, Simeon crafts special graphical poems in a format he invented, called, Lattice Poetry. It's one (seductive) thing to keep a book of poems in your man purse (which Simeon actually did have, from a recent visit to City Lights Book Store) but to have a book of your own poems, in your own poetic format? Let's just say that Simeon puts the 'artist' in 'Pickup Artist'. Here's the complete list of items in his bag and my analysis of those items (Sorry fans, no feather boa's in sight!):

Sweater (shows practicality and planning for the future )
Sketch Pad (self expressive)
Toothbrush (doesn't want to offend those he's closest to)
CD & DVD (on top of pop culture)
Borrowed Razor (charmingly in control of his facial hair)
Multi vitamins - L-Lysine (Simeon told me that L-Lysine is good for stress/canker sores. He did not say specifically that is why he took it. Some of you may remember that the dinosaurs on Jurassic Park took Lysine supplements as well. I don't know what that says about Simeon, but I just thought I'd point it out.)
Lattice Poetry (creative/inventive)
Screenplay (industrious)
Wallet (everyone's got this--no biggie)
iPhone (communication and relationship are important to Simeon)
Alleve (has arthritis?)
Napkins (messy eater)
Dragon Lighter (enjoys fantasy, very social, doesn't hate smokers)
Old Receipts (not comfortable throwing things away)
Chain w/ secret inscription from friend Alex (beloved to his friends)
Scissors (crafty diy'er)

So what do you think? Is man purse analysis an art comparable to the art of seduction?

Coming soon is a self-submitted profile from my favorite ESL Teacher/travel writer, Matthew Crompton.

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Tuesday

22Sep2009

Vote for Luke Guldan!

I will soon be posting the results of Simeon's Man purse, but here's a sneak preview of the upcoming post on Luke Guldan, host of TrainersTip.com :

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/shows/lxnewyork/Hunky-Trainers-57702717.html#poll

Why don't you check out his video feature and vote for him at the above link? It looks like the contest is ending soon, so get your votes in ASAP! I'm really looking forward to writing up his interview!

Thanks,

Christina (a.k.a. The Mursenary)

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How to carry all your gear? Get a 'grip'.

Can it be? The elusive 'grip' (aka the man-clutch)

Name: Adam Jackson
Age: 23
Sign: Virgo
Occupation: Writer & Consultant
Location: Startup Weekend in San Francisco
Hometown: St. Augustine, Florida

I have to admit: I did not spend this weekend writing a new post for “What’s In Your Man Purse.” Instead, the Always Hungry Husband and I spent a three-day weekend at sfCUBE for the Women2.0-sponsored “Startup Weekend” event! (To anybody following my Twitter feed, this is not news. By the way, I am so loving Twitter. Does this make me twitterpated? And I thought it wasn't going to happen to me.) Naturally, once I arrived at this event, one of the first things I did was try to locate some geek chic in the form of a man purse. In fact, here is my first tweet of the night:

#sw20sf Scoping out the laptop bags at startup weekend. Will tweet if I find any man purse treasures!

Immediately after posting I saw that this had been tweeted just a moment before by someone with the handle of @adamjackson:

adamjackson Heads up: If you're a single guy in SF. Head to #sw20sf it's a 4:1 ratio of talented geeky women. Woot! http://women20sf.eventbrite.com/

Correction: talented & HOT geeky women. #sw20sf 4 days ago from Tweetie

Who was this cheeky tweeter? I couldn’t resist replying with my own sassy tweet:

manpurse To all the men checking out the hot geek girls at #sw20sf. I am checking YOU out (that is, your man purses.) How's THAT for Women 2.0?

I think one of the things that makes Twitter (and other forms of internet communication) so much fun is that you can say what you want from the comfort of your own home, without ever meeting the people you’re communicating to/at. In this situation, however, I was tweeting about people whom I was in the same room with. How weird. It brought back memories of the high school computer lab where I once chatted brazenly and anonymously on some archaic system I can’t identify. I remember feeling delighted as I saw people immediately reacting to things that I felt entirely comfortable typing anonymously to my classmates, but would never say out loud. Another H.S. memory has me chatting on the internet with some classmates while on a break from working on a school video project. I immediately greeted the chatroom with something to the effect of “Christina's in da house!!” and felt confused and surprised when my classmates burst out into a fit of giggles. Apparently my online alter-ego and I were shockingly different.

Anyways, I wasn’t prepared for people to try and connect the online me with the IRL me. But a certain Mr. Adam Jackson had spread the word that he was trying to find @manpurse. At the end of the day I walked to his workspace and introduced myself.

Mr. Jackson proudly showed me his bag – a gear pouch from SFbags.com. Browsing SFbags’s site, you’ll find the ubiquitous black nylon styles, but also an exceedingly handsome model (did you just get chills after reading those three words? I did…) called the Muzetto Muzetto courtesy of sfbags.com (See? It’s even Italian like Fabio.) What is consistent throughout SFbags’ line is that all their products are well-designed, well-made, and smart (I like my bags the way I like my men - leathery, handsome and smart. Okay, maybe not leathery, but I am a sucker for smart.)

I was impressed to hear how Adam used his bag. Inside this pouch were all his necessary man-cessories : iPhone, Canon Powershot G10, Flip Ultra Camcorder , keys, wallet, and Aveeno Lip Balm . During the day, this pouch lives in his backpack (I did not bother looking at the backpack, because I assumed it was not handsome enough to tempt me.) But at night, when Adam is out on the town (and Adam gets around – he makes a point to go to no less than two tech parties a week.) Adam carries the pouch as a grip (a man-clutch.)

It has been a personal mission of mine to find a man who carries a grip. Ideally, this man would be famous footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo (toting his Gucci man-clutch,)Looking remarkably subtle, Cristiano ditches the Guccci clutch for his Louis Vuitton Damier Geant bag. Courtesy of "In LVoe with Louis Vuitton" but I can see the beauty in Adam’s pouch-by-day/grip-by-night. In black and grey, it is color-coordinated with Adam’s black glasses, cap, and grey shirt. Also, Adam showed me that the interior of the bag is a playful and functional yellow (because it’s hard to find things in a bag with a black liner! Bonus feature: it’s also Adam’s favorite color.) Is this geek-chic? Yes, it is.

I will not bother telling you much more about Adam because it would be redundant. You see, in addition to being a "citizen journalist", and the author of an upcoming book about micro-blogging, he is also quite possibly the most internet-connected person I have ever met--spending four hours a day on social networks, and churning out content on ten Twitter accounts. So yeah, check him out for yourself.

Stay tuned for the results of what is inside Simeon's man purse.

Peace out, yo. Huh? I mean, 'Be seeing you!'

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Sunday

16Aug2009

Simeon: The Man Purse of a Pickup Artist

Simeon "kino-escalates" with my 'What's In Your Man Purse?' business cards.

Name: Simeon Moses

Occupation: Bartender/Pickup Artist

Age: 28 at the time of the interview, though he just turned 29.

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Hometown: "It's complicated -- Home is where my ass is."

(Okay, so it's been over a month since my last post. I'm sorry. But this contest will definitely make up for it. I've got a lot more coming up, too!)

I LOVE VH1's The Pickup Artist. I really do. I've seen both seasons one and two, and am ready for a season three. Can you imagine my surprise when I showed up as a background actor to the set of independent film, 'In World War' and recognized the most recent winner of one of my most favorite reality shows, ever? (Other favorite reality shows include Millionaire Matchmaker, the first season of Making the Band and Project Runway, of course.) Can you imagine my glee when I noticed that he was also sporting a pretty decent man purse? I was bit overcome, really.

I'm fairly new to this background acting thing and didn't expect to recognize anyone remotely recognizable in this local production, and I just didn't have a plan for how to react for such a double whammy. So I chilled out a bit, and just took some time to make sure that it was really Simeon from 'The Pickup Artist Season 2' (it was.) And I thought to myself, how random that just a few weeks ago I was watching him win this reality show on TV (well, on the iMac since we hardly ever watch things on the TV anymore) and now here he was standing in front of me. I kept thinking to myself, 'Is he going to try and pickup on someone HERE?', 'Is he going to be totally different in person, than from the show?', 'Should I tell him that I recognize him?', 'Will I get an opportunity to interview him for the blog?'

After finally chatting a bit with him during a break, I decided to buck up and ask him for an interview. What other opportunity would I get to find out what a real live pickup artist carries on his seductive self? The possibilities were limitless. He enthusiastically obliged and actually made ME guess what was in his man purse before he would show me what was in it. I've never been asked to do that, actually. Well, let me tell you that Simeon is a very unique guy and even with my experience in unraveling the surprising mysteries of men's murses, I didn't actually do very well with my guesses.

How about you? Can you guess what's in Simeon's man purse? You get up to five guesses (keep them PG-13) and original guesses that happen to be correct will win you a free 'What's In Your Man Purse?' mini button (one per winner, subject to availability.) 'BriGlei' is sporting the mini button he won for his winning guess on Ryan Reynolds' man purse contents. He says that along with the business cards I gave him, it helps him do a bit of pickup artistry himself. What more could you ask for from a mini button? Deadline is Midnight August 25th. You can watch The Pickup Artist on VH1, Amazon, and iTunes, as well.

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