about the finer dandy.
My name is Dino-Ray Ramos. I’m a Filipino boy that uprooted from Texas to San Francisco to become a writer. On occasion, I do like to be called a journalist, but for the most part I liked being referred to as a writer. It makes me feel literary and stuff.
This blog, as the title suggests, started off as a fashion blog. That was when I was the fashion columnist for the Oakland Tribune and the Bay Area News Group. Then I just stopped writing about fashion because I just didn’t want to write about it anymore (but once in a while, I’ll write something for the San Francisco Chronicle) so I decided to make this a destination for my irreverent and insightful take on high and low brow aspects of movies, television and popular culture (which has always took precedence in my life). In addition to feeding TheFinerDandy.com with “fine” content, he writes for AfterElton.com, 8Asians.com, and Hyphen Magazine.
If you really want to know about my career click on the links below.
clips.
(some clips are PDF files, right click and select “save as”)
Click here to read my clips from AfterElton.com
Click here to read my clips from 8Asians.com
Click here to read my clips from SFGate.com
Clips from Hyphen Magazine:
“I Quit: If you hate your job, don’t be so Asian American about it”
“Speaking in Tongues: Pulling the plug on slam poetry”
“I See Asian People: With emerging representation in film and TV, can we say we’ve made it?”
Margaret Cho Stands Up: The comedian, actress and activist urges Asian Americans to take action
Clips from Refinery29.com
The 9 Coolest Karaoke Spots In SF
Clips from San Francisco Chronicle:
NICE Collective pops up in S.F.’s Castro
POP CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
‘Harold’ films break Asian-American stereotypes
Is ‘How gay is that?’ going to be out of fashion someday?
Confessions of a suburban hipster
Life Scripts: Language, Symbols from Far East popular choices in tattoo parlors
Pattinson is an in-vogue vampire in Twilight
Baumbach, Leigh chat about dysfunctional ‘Wedding’
Filmmaking friends board the “Darjeeling Limited”
A fashion writer reviews “Star Trek”
Park Chan Wook Has An Irresistible ‘Thirst’
Ang Lee finds the ‘Woodstock’ connection
An open letter to a certain hotel con-heiress
`Hairspray’ ignites ’60s nostalgia, higher than a beehive
Actor Emile Hirsch goes ‘Wild’ with director Sean Penn
Beckham shows his undies in S.F.
Luminaries hit the ‘green carpet’ for screening
Regina King adds dysfunctional twist with ‘This Christmas’
‘Golden Compass’ points to fantasy world of style
Designer bring Warhol’s ‘Factory’ fashions to big screen
FASHION & STYLE
Browsing the racks of Barneys New York with Simon Doonan
Chris Marches On: Bay Area native Chris March gives dramatic flair to ‘Runway’
Robert Verdi’s fall fashion focus for men
Josh Warner’s Good Art is the type you can wear
Modern Day Dandy: Looking Sharp with a Twist
31 Do’s & Don’ts for the Modern Gentleman
Today’s celebrity designers: Stylish friend of fashion foe?
Dress your age, not your shoe size
Here comes the grooming: Growing pains of men’s hairstyles
The guilt is too genuine when the fashion is oh-so-fake
New York’s Fashion Week Live! tour to visit Bay Area
Fashion’s new narcotic accessory: Socks by V.K. Nagrani
Green living, fashion coexist on the runway
Something borrowed, something…green?
Padma Lakshmi’s Jewelry Collection is as Soothing as Her Voice
Fashion Finds a New ‘Chictopia’ on the Internet
