Sometimes there's just no improving on the original. That's the case with the double-edge safety...

In the world of men's shaving, more isn't always better. A plastic multi-blade...

I have known flamenco guitar master Peter Baime for 40 years. He studied at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, as well as in Spain. Baime has played professionally since...

I have never met Mama Bear, but many a morning her signature soap adds...

One thing many men dread—right up there with death and taxes—is shaving. With the hassle of slapping on some canned shave foam and scraping it off with a cartridge razor, it’s about as much to look forward to as a trek through a clump of thorny bushes—never mind the razor burns, nicks and ingrown hairs. But there is a better way. It’s the traditional wet shave...

I always considered the old-time barbershop the center of the universe. A haircut and straight razor shave came packaged with world news and commentary. Tales were embellished, jokes looped, advice ready. Pinaud’s Clubman and Lilac Vegetal aftershaves stamped manliness. And a master barber with sure hands and a warm heart captained. Today only a few strays from that old world remain, like tiny islands of nostalgia...

Grandpa most likely went straight every morning. Straight razor, that is. His father before him probably shaved with a straight razor, and so did his father. Long ago it was the way men shaved. They lathered up with the shaving brush and some good-smelling soap, swiped the straight razor multiple times across the hanging leather strop and then...

Icons are born because of the sparks they set off in us, the rich color they dab onto our spirit. They become a part of us, part of our identity. When we lose them, we also lose a part of ourselves. That’s how I view this year’s loss of Milwaukee’s only classical music radio station, WFMR, a true Milwaukee icon. And I know others feel the same. This loss is a sad commentary for a city that is trying to hail its quality of life.