 Why umbrellas, you ask? We don't like the
small, micro umbrellas that Totes and other companies have been pushing
on guys. See, that kind of umbrella is one step up from holding a
piece of plastic on a stick over your head and works just about as
effectively. You can see folks using their fold-up, dinky
umbrella like a shield against driving wind and rain, getting drenched
in the process, wincing with determination until the flimsy thing flips
inside out on a particularly big gust and is rendered completely
destroyed. Now that you're grown up, the tips for a grown-up
umbrella:Do yourself a favor and get a full-size umbrella, preferably in black with a wooden handle.
Unless you're on the links, avoid using golf umbrellas and umbrellas with cheesy corporate logos splashed all over them.
Umbrellas are like sunglasses – no matter
how attached you are, you're going to lose them. You don't need 10 of
them, but own a couple for the times you "gift" one to someone else (read:
leave it on the subway/in a cab/at the bar/at her place).
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