The flames were real ...

Andrew got a taste of the fun part of what his dad does Wednesday. The Michigan Propane Gas Association had scheduled a training session for firefighters in St. Louis, and after I finished my Union Township story and he finished work at Wendy's, we headed down with cameras.

I had the newspaper's video camera and Andrew shot stills. These are his photos.

Cameras and credentials got us excellent access. Andrew's been to fires with me before, and he knows how to stay out of the way.
The heat from these flames was impressive 100 feet away.

There's a reason for long lenses.
More of Andrew's images (with a byline!) on the Sun Insider blog.

Sartorialist Lesson #1 - Wear Your Pants On Your Waist NOT Your Hips

The easiest and least expensive way for ANY gentleman to look much better in his clothes is to pull those pants up.

Both of these gentleman look more refined ,even while dressed in just shirt sleeves, because they are wearing their pants at their waist and not at their hips.

I think it also visually drops about ten pounds on a guy because your shirt doesn't blouse-out and hang over your belt as badly.

On the Street.......Yohji Femme, Soho