Archives for September 2013

How To Save The Day When You Fill Up Your Car With The Wrong Fuel

I have been on very long road trips all over the country with my partner. A long journey may present you with a number of issues unless you have everything planned beforehand. It is easy to miss out on simple things like having all the paperwork you require handy, carrying a driver’s license, filling your […]

Blowdryers, Clogged Sinks, and Hats…lots of Hats: A National Beard & Moustache Championship 2013 Recap

New Orleans, Louisiana played host to the Beard Team USA National Beard and Moustache Championships the weekend of September 6th. While Louisiana has not been recognized as a forceful state in the sport of facial hair competitions, this did not stop the masses from coming out. I am the founder of the Louisiana Beard & […]

Real Men Play Cornhole

Do you know what cornhole is?  If your first reaction wasn’t “duh,” it may have been “WTH?!”  If you were in the second group, you aren’t alone.  Check out this video below of my first encounter with cornhole.   [vsw id=”HHfrrQhGzpU” source=”youtube” width=”525″ height=”444″ autoplay=”no”]   So cornhole is a game.  A pretty awesome game, if I may say so myself.  Here […]

Visit Costa Rica’s Active Volcanoes

  Staring into the solid wall of white cloud, I tried to envision what my guide, Emmanuel had described. On a clear day, he said, we could easily see the crater and the geyser of Poas Volcano, along with both The Pacific and Atlantic coasts. But clouds are a fact of life on volcanic mountaintops […]

Etiquette is Served : A Gent’s Guide To Basic Table Etiquette

The Importance of table manners Eating good quality food is something that most gents truly enjoy. As discussed previously, knowing how to host a dinner party can be a fun and exciting alternative to ordering a takeaway. However, it is important to prepare for such a task and it is equally important to know how to eat […]

Best of British Sport Ideas for Stags and Bachelors

  The Brits have had a storming year of sport; the tense tests with Australia on the Lions rugby tour, Scottish hero Andy Murray winning on home-ground at Wimbledon, beating the Aussies again (cricket this time) at the Ashes and golfer Justin Rose being the first English man to win the US Open in 43 […]

A Kickstarter Campaign To Really Get Behind!

  HUTC are always looking for ‘off kilter’ fun projects. We’ve covered the World Beard & Moustache Championships in the past for news media outlets and are passionate about bringing this event to a much wider audience. Our production team have finally persuaded“Atters” Attree to allow our cameras and crew to follow him as he gives us his […]

A Gent’s Guide to Theatreland

  London’s West End  covers a rather mixed bag of streets between Soho and Covent Garden, or rather maybe more accurately described as  “no further than 2000 yards north, east or west of the Pall Mall Barbershop.” As well as being home to a huge variety of shops, clubs and restaurants it is home to around 40 […]

5 Steps To Organising An Event Successfully

Holding an event can require a lot of effort and can take a lot of time…even more time and aspirin if not planned properly from the get go. Organizing a successful event will require a great deal of planning and you will need to stay on task throughout the process.  Planning your upcoming event requires […]

Hot Air Balloon Festivals Are For Lovers – Balloon Festivals Of The World

To float away in a hot air balloon, every debtor’s dream…or to have one land in your backyard where you will be awarded a bottle of champagne (proper ballooning etiquette requires this). Hot Air Balloons are fascinating modes of transportation (or get away) left over from a bygone era, a romantic’s passion and a daydreamer’s delight. Attending a […]