Pig Out like a Gentleman

As Maury Ballstein might say, "Bacon is so hot right now!"  Nobody is prouder of our marbled friend's rising star than the g-men nation, as bacon has always been an adored staple of a The Gentlemen's Diet.  While grocers increasingly tend to offer a fine selection of various bacon cuts, flavors and evil twins (yeah, we're looking right at you Vegan Bacon!), true Bacon fiends often search in vain for anything a notch above what Farmer John can provide.  At Gent Stuff, we've searched far and wide for the best meat candy in the land, ultimately discovering our mecca in the form of Ted's Butcher Block in Charleston, South Carolina.  Before you squeal "Charleston!? How the hell does that help me here on the other side of the country!?" we are happy to inform you that yes, they deliver.  Ted happens to offer a Bacon of the Month Club, where he hand-selects a different artisan bacon (sourced from small production smokehouses around the country) each month and ships a pound to your doorstep.  So let the pigs fly, literally, straight to your front door, in the form of Ted's Butcher Block Bacon.  Acquire it here:  http://www.tedsbutcherblock.com/news/press/show/20.  6-months including shipping for $96.

Put Your Feet Up like a Gentleman

Ahh, velvet slippers.  Whether its putting your feet up to watch the History Channel, trekking down the driveway to retrieve the Wall St. Journal, or heading to the store to replenish your Johnny Walker Black supply, nothing covers g-mens' floppers better than a pair of slightly worn velvet slippers.  While it's an easy decision to don velvet slippers for almost any occasion, it's a bit harder finding a suitable pair to call your own (given a world overrun with Crocs, sandals and other modern day slipper imposters).  Fret no more.  Slipper specialists Stubbs & Wootten is leading a velvet slipper renaissance.  With a vast collection of styles emblazoned with quintessential gentleman themes and colors, Stubbs & Wooten covers hallowed ground in various forms of plush velvet and leather, and --finally --allows g-men to do the same.  Acquire it here. www.stubbsandwootten.com; $429

STAY DRY LIKE A GENTLEMAN

Yellow rain coats have been G-mens' classic downpour uniform for eons (or at least since Gorton's famous bearded fisherman started donning one on the company's fish cake boxes in 1905).  Nothing says practical like a yellow raincoat.  And nothing says gentleman like practicality.  Hence, GentStuff salutes our foul-weather friend, the yellow raincoat.  Acquire it here, $69. http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/68624?page=trail-model-rain-coat

Compute like a Gentleman

At Gent Stuff, we are very enthused by the new breakthroughs occuring in consumer technology (an age-old gentleman's weakness).  However, while we appreciate the brilliant vision and cool commercials of Steve Jobs, Inc., we don't find his iPad worthy of gentleman's hands.  Simply put, iPads are quite useless for gents looking to Get Things Done (which, let's admit, we love to do).  The beauty of touchscreen tablet is that it makes the behemothic prowess of computing incredibly and instantaneously portable.  The problem with an iPad is that it isn't a computer, it's the internet.  Given we already get the internet on our phones (if you don't, then get with it - at the very least so you can read Gent Stuff while waiting in line at the supermarket), what us gents really need is a device that lets us roll up our sleeves and get to work while on the road.  Lo and behold the new Fujitsu Lifebook T580.  Now this is computing nirvana.  Complete with all the fixins of your desktop at work, this bad boy provides all the touchscreen tablet serendipity of an iPad with the glorious voltage of an actual computer.  As a felicitous bonus, it comes with N-trig pen recognition so you can write down your "Odes to Gywanline" using the provided digital pen without fussing with a touchscreen keyboard (aka chinese water torture).  So fire up some REAL gent hardware, the Lifebook T580.  Acquire it at Amazon.com.  $1,199.00