Tonight, episode three of “Garden Party.”  In this episode we will focus on the band leader.  In all classic garden party movies, there is always a band leader.  The band leader looks over all the action and knows a lot of the people and admittedly, probably more than one of the ladies…

And god could not have created a more perfect band leader than the one who plays him in this miniseries:

Was I wrong?  No, I don’t think so.

Now to step into reality for just a second, I actually know this guy’s name.  His name is Michael Arenella.  I actually saw him before because I attended this party before, a few years ago, without period wear and without a camera to sufficiently do any of it justice.  I was struck by how perfect he looked.  I mean yeah, the tailored clothes and perfect accessories, but just his look.  I mean he looks like he jumped out of the 1920s.  An old soul, I guess.

A while back, I saw Michael Arenella on a very famous blog called “The Sartorialist.”  Now the Sartorialist is this garden of photographic ideas that makes you want to pick up your camera and take photos until your eyes bleed.  And then you wipe them off, and just continue taking photos.

It was with this same doggedness that I pursued these photos of Michael Arenella.  I mean it wasn’t that I camped out at his house or anything, but I so regretted not taking a fantastic photo to rival the one I had seen on the Sartorialist.  So instead of one photo, I took twelve.

And I included “The Bandleader” in my miniseries.  You have to admit that there is something about this guy.  I mean you want to look at him:

And our bandleader doesn’t look too bad in action: