Smooth.  Suave.  Debonaire.  Intelligent.  Cunning.  Handsome.  Well-dressed. Well, at least one of those adjectives describes Archer on FX, our latest ESM Icon. According to the official Archer on FX website: Rakish and reckless, suave and sarcastic, Sterling Archer (Codename: Duchess) [...]

Sometimes being a former CIA Agent has its advantages. You get to travel the world, get the best covert operation experience and you get to kick ass and take names.  Unfortunately, you’re just not as highbrow as your MI-6 counterparts. [...]

Gabriel Macht plays the cool-as-ice, well-dressed, hotshot lawyer Harvey Specter on USA Network’s show Suits. I mean, with that sentence alone, it’s very clear why we chose Harvey Specter as our next ESM Icon. For fans of the show, they [...]

Arthur: What was that? Susan: French kiss. Arthur: Really? Because the French always surrender, that was decidedly German. Oh Arthur, such a character.  Spending days spending his millions and acting like a 5 year-old boy with a libido of a [...]

So my morning started like any typical Friday. Wake up.  Take a dump.  Catch up on Twitter while taking aforementioned dump (hey, when you have two jobs, you have to multitask). Most of the discussion topics were fairly mundane – [...]

I got a chance to check out Matt Goss’ show last weekend at Caesar’s Palace and it’s definitely worth the money for the tickets.  Mr. Goss has some ESM sensibilities, some good music and some very hot backup dancers. Chill out [...]

I am a hotel whore.  Yeah I said it.  HOTEL WHORE. One of my favorite hotels to stay in are the W Hotels Worldwide.  Why?  Because the W guys have a ton of style that match my sensibilities of being [...]

I think when you are super cool, a billionaire and have an impeccable sense of style, you are automatically qualified to become an ESM Icon. For anyone who watches the TV Show Royal Pains, the main character’s benefactor, Boris Kuerster [...]

The answer has two words: Dirty Harry. The question:  why does Clint Eastwood deserve to be an ESM icon? Born May 31, 1930, Clint Eastwood has played many roles idolized by men of multiple generations.  From The Man with No [...]

I am embarrased to even admit this, but the first time I ever heard about any Leica camera was when I watched the 2004 movie, Eurotrip.  Known for making renowned lenses and cameras, Leica has been in the camera industry since 1913.  Oskar Barnack [...]

Founded by Adrian Zucha in 1988, Aman (sanskrit for “peace) Resorts started from a single location in Phuket, Thailand and has expanded to 28 luxury resorts in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, France, French Polynesia, Indonesia, India, Laos, Montenegro, Morocco, Philippines, Sri Lanka, [...]

Ask any man who has ever seen the TV show Married: With Children who their penultimate icon is and they will all unanimously say the same person:  Al Bundy. Ex-high school football stud, women’s shoe salesman and all-around family man, Al [...]