On my morning commute, I’ve noticed the steady proliferation of men with totes: canvas, printed, free-with-purchase, and in some cases clearly high-end. I like having an option beyond the stodgy briefcase and the perhaps toojuvenile backpack, but is a tote for me?
I’m mostly over the briefcase thing, except when I want to lock something up; then I pull out my trusty, nicely stained and abraded T. Anthony monogrammed leather hard case with dual combination locks. I figure I look like a successful lawyer or a high-end drug dealer. For most urban schlepping jobs, though, I like a tote, and they come in three types. There are the keepers, the semi-disposables and the disposables. The keeper category was essentially introduced in the 1950s as the flight bag. Zippered tough plastic…
