Thinking in French

After spending the past couple of weeks in the South of France, and getting accustomed to doing the deep dive into speaking only in French our HOTT Crew has returned and were thrilled to see this Euro-Fashion Fellow on our first morning back to work! A simple outfit made fashion forward through the use of attention to fitting of the pants and shirt, the ginormous watch (we're certain he's a big fish in a big pond), and the horse bit loafers (Gucci?). A man of style and substance who makes a impressive impression the the very first moment one sees him.

We combined our trip to Provence with an opportunity to attend an international gay bloggers convention in Paris (we'll try to share pics from the festive brunch in the Marais!) and came back home having acquired a new European Outpost for our HOTT Headquarters! Yes, we bought a villa in a vineyard, conveniently located just 20 miles from the Avignon TGV train station. High speed hotties!

And we are exhausted! Back to posting hotties but quite exhausted.

See you tomorrow!

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Profession: COO of Boutique Marketing Firm
Photographer: GB

Page Turner

Beautifully engaged in reading, our strikingly handsome man couldn't put down his book. From his refined taste in casual fashion we can only assume that he's reading something of great literary value. Alas, we were unable to see the title of the book. But what a handsome sight to behold!

Location: Red Line at Park.
Imagined Profession: Linguistics Researcher
Photographer: FT

Back Bay Uniform

Back Bay Uniform is the Boston version of New York's Midtown Uniform, which itself was made famous by it's own Instagram account (@midtownuniform). It's for financial services bros in their 30s and features nickel gray pants (see the Rhone pants bulging with thigh muscles on our hottie above), a buttoned down shirt, and a fleece vest. The vest (fleece or quilted) is a required element of the uniform, by the way!

These are the men that keep our economy humming... with our money, of course. It's these boys-in-vests in whose hands your future retirement rests! So be nice to these men with muscly thighs and immaculately groomed facial hair. Because 35 years from now you don't want to find yourself applying for jobs at Starbucks in order to make ends meet!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Financial Services Manager
Photographer: GB

Rain Gear

The smooth arch of the lower back, accentuated by the form fitting rain gear and golden waves of hair certainly captured our attention this morning as we waded to work! No umbrella need for this handsome fellow who is impervious to the torrential rains outside!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Instructor of Meteorology
Photographer: GB

Smooth Sailing

While waters are churning offshore we've got a smooth-as-silk hottie surfing the rails beneath our fair city. And what a tall fellow he is, too! Towering 6'3" inside our train this Golden Retriever of a man was a beautiful accoutrement to our morning commute!

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Profession: Director of Social Media
Photographer: FT

As the Wind Blows

We've got a stunning gentleman for you today, but our HOTT Crew has been preoccupied with keeping track of all our friends and family in Hurricane Florence's path.

As many of you know our HOTT Crew have extensive family connections in the South, some of whom are on the coast in North Carolina directly in Florence's path. Fortunately they heeded our warnings to get their asses in gear and get the hell out of Dodge!

Location: Red Line at Park
Imagined Profession: Marketing Manager
Photographer: FT

Peaches and Dream

Elegant, lithe, and a peach of a guy! Late Summer's harvest of fresh luscious peaches continues onboard our inbound train. Suddenly our hottie had us dreaming of the sweet velvety flavor of a Red Haven peach, or leaning back and sipping one of our famous frozen peach daiquiris. Mmmmm.

Speaking of dreamy...

We mentioned yesterday that we attended the renowned Le Diner en Blanc 2018 on September 9. Besides being an elegant multicultural festival of feasting and dining, it also was a showcase (please take note, ladies) that men DO enjoy dressing up and being creative with fancy attire. We appreciated Le Diner en Blanc's team in Boston for giving as much attention and advice to men regarding attire as they did to women. We'd like to see a lot more of that! And we'd like to see a lot more of these stunning men above whom we enjoyed watching as we gathered by the Park Street T Station. Woof!

Location: Red Line at Harvard

Imagined Profession: Shipping Logistics Manager

Photographer: GB

Bear Necessities

A woof of a bearish chap is bedecked in urban life's bare necessities for business casual in the city. Chelsea boots provide comfort and style on the city's rugged sidewalks while granite-gray chinos give a versatile backdrop to a wide array of colors and patterns for shirts. We thought the nicely worn genuine leather satchel was a marvelous stylistic touch and shows how our hottie is as serious about work as he is about fashion.

And speaking of fashion... last night our HOTT Crew participated in the world-renowned Le Diner en Blanc event.

Close to 2,000 guests, all dressed from head to toe in brilliant white, arrived at pre-determined meeting locations throughout the city to be taken to a mystery location for a grand and elegant picnic and party. This years event took us to City Hall Plaza (above).

What we liked about Le Diner en Blanc Boston is that it was a wonderful blend of people, from black and white to gay and straight, and so much more. It's rare for the City of Boston to have public social events that are so inclusive and diverse. We need much more of that in this very stratified city!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Diversity Consultant
Photographer: GB

Cup of Gold

It's John Steinbeck's first novel Cup of Gold, a tale of lush, lyrical swashbuckling pirate fantasy, and our hottie is engrossed in this tale of plunder on the Spanish Main. While he was engaged with his book we were enthralled with his ginger-haired hotness and furry curvy calves. Hot!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Data Analyst
Photographer: GB

Back to School Special

Welcome new college students! You've landed on Boston's most popular hottie blog! What sets our blog apart from others is that we're always complimentary about the men we feature on our blog, and we share with you our vivid imaginations about these men. We also share with you the adventures of our HOTT Crew and our band of friends.

The fellow above is an example of one of the many sublime men we've discovered on the T. His V-necked T-shirt reminded us of the many handsome waiters at Victor's in Provincetown (over whom we've swooned many a happy hour). The perfectly groomed facial hair, combined with the hint of a hairy chest and muscled biceps, and us gazing our our stunning man for the entire trip.

Before we get into what we imagine his profession to be (and which member of our team took the picture) let's tell you about the 5 members of The HOTT Crew, their roles on our blog, and which T lines they frequent!

1. FT is Executive in charge of production. Oh he's everywhere!
2. FTH is our Executive in charge of diversity casting and Twitter (@hottiesonthet). Red Line.
3. GB is our Executive layout editor for the blog and Facebook. Red Line/Blue Line.
4. Undercover RM is our Executive for social events. Red Line/Orange Line.
5. Nippy is our Executive for suburban affairs. Commuter Rail/Commuter Bus.

And you'll also be reading about our adventures with like-minded friends of ours such as:

Dodie: 40, wealthy, and quite the pillar of society in Orlando, FL
Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward: Dodie's aristocratic neighbor and Bridge Pong partner.

TJ & Maxx: Our friends who have an ocean-front mansion on Eastern Point on Cape Ann.
Stella the Sea Beast: Pampered is an understatement to describe TJ & Maxx's pooch.

Biscuit and Beemer: Our HOTT Crew friends in Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood.

There, that should explain things sufficiently so that you aren't lost! And now, about hour hottie!

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Profession: Adjunct Professor of Literature
Photographer: GB

Sportsman's Paradise

He's wearing his college colors and looking oh so good while doing it! Smart (He's a Harvard student), athletic (He's on the Rugby team!), and a man on the go (He's traveling with us!!!). This is everything we look for in a hottie on the T. A dream and an inspiration. Pure paradise!

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Future Profession: Athletic Coach/Mergers & Acquisitions Specialist
Photographer: GB

Cool Blue

On a sweltering, sticky, oppressively warm morning we suddenly founds ourselves enveloped in the cooling aura of our fashionable fellow in this elegantly mini-floral patterned ice blue shirt. He looks so cool, so comfortable, so oblivious that everyone else is about to drop to the floor with heat exhaustion. What a welcome man to find on the T

Location: Red Line at Harvard

Imagined Profession: Onsite HVAC Supervisor

Photographer: GB

Orientation

So many new faces in town with Orientation taking place at colleges and universities in our fair city! And for those of you who are new to Boston please note that we take civic engagement and citizenship seriously. Here a stunning ginger fellow proudly wears his "I'm With Her" cap (and a Black Lives Matter wristband, too!) that goes oh so well with his blue-and-white gingham shirt (He must be a techy!) and vivid Blue State Blue socks.

Speaking of civic engagement, did you know that Emerson College provides a popup when logging in to EmConnect.Emerson.edu that will let you register to vote? We think that's awesome! We hope other universities are as up-to-speed on making a positive difference in our world as is Emerson.

And yes, you MUST register to vote and you MUST vote. The world cannot afford whiny college students refraining from their civic obligation to vote. We MUST make a difference in the mid-term elections this Fall. Your vote DOES count. Not voting HURTS us all.

Location: Red Line at Kendall/MIT
Profession: Political Campaign Digital Strategist and Evangelist
Photographer: FT

Italian Plums

We scored the most delicious, luscious, plump and fruity Italian Plums yesterday at the Farmers Market in Cambridge. Not those big honker plums one finds in the grocery store that are lacking in texture and flavor. No, we're speaking of the Italian Plums, the quintessential plum experience and one of the signs that Summer is ending and Fall fast approaching. Our HOTT Crew is especially fond of making the the Original Plum Torte recipe from The New York Times.

So, upon seeing the Italian Plums at the Kimball Fruit Farm stand at the Farmers Market would couldn't help ourselves... we reached out and placed our hands on those delightfully exhilarating mounds of sweetness and just scooped them right up!

The New York Times Original Plum Torte recipe is found here: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/3783-original-plum-torte


This is what Italian Plums look like.

And wasn't today's hottie inspiring!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Agribusiness Policy Consultant
Photographer: GB

The Gripper

Our hottie's strong and firm grip on the railing mirror his strong and firm physique! With an Apple Watch, and iPhone, and a dazzling hair cut our gentleman of the moment literally stood out from the crowd. What a handsome chap!

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Profession: Regional Sales Manager
Photographer: GB

Ripped and Ready

Well weren't we the lucky ones to sit opposite this ripped and handsome hottie this morning! From the lettering on his designer Addidas V-necked T-shirt to the chino pants and the patterned shoes our hottie has a green thing going on. Could he be an eco-hottie who matches his green activism into his sartorial style? Is he a fashionista aficionado making sure that all of his elements match? Or could he be color blind (as is our HOTT Crew member GB) and have no idea he's even wearing the color green?

Whatever the case may be he's one hot man!

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Profession: Environment Justice Outreach
Photographer: FTH

Emerald Thinker

With a cool emerald backdrop our hottie displays his thinking prowess as we hurtle underneath the busy streets of Cambridge. Something on his phone has his rapt attention. Could he be reading our blog?!?! Is he wondering if the renowned team of 5 photographers might soon capture his own pic for display to the world?

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Director of Community Engagement
Photographer: GB

TED Talk on the T

The T is bursting with tech talent this week! We're not quite sure what it is, but we keep running into nice looking men wearing quintessentially tech style clothes.

But today's hottie dispensed with the gingham and instead chose the Facebookesque hoodie (albeit in a much nicer style than Zuckerberg). We also appreciate the subtle peach hue of his shorts as they make a lovely contrast to a turquoise T. And from the looks of his legs we discern a potential tennis aficionado in our midst!

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Profession: Technology Conference Coordinator
Photographer: GB

TECHnicolor Dream

Our hottie today is in living color with his apparel prime for the field of technology. A de rigeur multi-colored gingham shirt is magnificently paired with comfortably worn jeans and All Bird style shoes. We assume he's reading up on tech stuff as we hurtle underneath Cambridge towards MIT. Have you ever noticed how guys in tech wear lots of gingham shirts? We have!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Technology Postdoc
Photographer: GB

Twofer

We got a twofer for you! Hottie in the foreground is looking good in a Carolina Blue long-sleeved T-shirt while hottie in the background chose French Blue for his T-shirt color.  Both are well groomed and add a sense of class to our morning commute.

What? You've never heard of Carolina Blue? Quelle Horreur!

THIS is Carolina Blue!

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Profession: Hotel Sales Manager
Photographer: GB

Peppermint Patty

A delightfully handsome man enchanted us during our trip on the Green Line this afternoon. His Topsiders and blue jeans were accented with an adorable pale mint short-sleeve shirt that lets us know he's a masculine man but with a sensitive side (isn't that what all straight women want?). And the cool mint color of his shirt gave us the sensation that we were at the top of a cold and wintry mountain... alone... with him!

Don't believe us? Check out the video below!

Location: Green Line at Copley

Imagined Profession: TV Production Coordinator

Photographer: FT

Deja Vous

We stepped on the train and immediately had a sense that we'd seen this handsome fellow before. From the perfectly styled salt & pepper hair (trés sexy!) to the V-necked T-shirt (trés techy!) to the tattooed forearm (wait... we don't remember that!!!) our man stood out amongst a sea of everyday people. A man of distinction, style, and we're pretty sure he's also a playful and creative gent, too!

Could this hottie we saw today on the Red Line be the same man we spotted 5 years ago on the Green Line on this post? http://hottiesonthet.blogspot.com/2013/06/fabulous-friday-dun-certain-age.html

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Profession: Director of Online Gaming Marketing
Photographer: FT

Ice Cream Social

It's summer in the city and our gentleman du jour reminds us of the quintessential way to dress for an ice cream social! Robin's-egg blue shorts paired with a shirt patterned in an array of rainbow-colored stripes have our hottie showing off his sartorial salute to the season!

Now we have a hankering for some ice cream!

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Profession: Research Administration
Photographer: GB

In Focus

Pardon our absence the past several days. Summer is a peak season for our HOTT Crew! Today's stunning gentleman comes crisply into focus as we stand just inches away on a typically crowded rush hour train. Such piercing eyes. Such intensity. Such hunkiness! Sometimes a crowded train can be a good thing!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Quantitative Analyst
Photographer: GB

Our Guy Friday

Today's hottie culminates the end of a work week for us. And he ends his week with a large iced-coffee and a delightful casual style of dress that nonetheless shows taste and refinement. Perfectly styled hair and fine facial features make our hottie quite the fellow to encounter on the way to work!

Location: Green Line at Brookline Village
Imagined Profession: Health Care Administration
Photographer: GB

ZOOM!

As we cruised past WGBH headquarters on a delightfully well-air conditioned bus we couldn't help but think of our own HOTT Crew member FTH. FTH is our only member originally from Boston, and his illustrious childhood pedigree includes being a ZOOMER (Season 3, Cast 2 [ahem... that was the B team for Season 3]) on the hit children's TV show ZOOM! 

We also couldn't help but notice that the stripes on our hottie's shirt are reminiscent of the infamous striped shirts worn by the ZOOMERS! And now, without further ado, we present to you our very own FTH in the opening sequence of ZOOM! Season 3! Hint, hint.... he's Timmy!

Location: 86 Bus at WGBH

Imagined Profession: Grad Student

Photographer: Nippy

Men Who Wear Glasses

We absolutely adore men who wear spectacular glasses. This stunning hottie has it all... brilliantly red shirt layered under a navy rain jacket, a delightful smile with wandering eyes, and oh so attractive glasses! We could be gazed at by him for days!

Location: Red Line at Park

Imagined Profession: Performing Arts Manager

Photographer: FT

Singularity

Our duo of handsome businessmen and style add grace to our train. And although traveling separately they blend like watercolors to form one lasting impression.

But wait! We have individual pics of our hotties, too!

Fit, trim and ready for a photoshoot in the workplace, our hottie above displays a youthful yet highly professional look for the office.

And this hottie above takes it to the more traditional workplace attire with a perfectly tailored sport coat and an incredibly well groomed head of hair.

Location: Red Line at Charles/MGH

Imagined Professions: Left, Healthcare Administration Executive; Right, Research Scholar

Photographer: GB

Anything But Casual

Dress for success, and dress to impress. That's what our stunning and adorably well-dressed fellow did for us on the T today! We'd like to point out what makes his attire so elegant and classic: a paler-than-robins-egg blue dress shirt, paired with a bold golden-yellow polka dot tie and a pocket square featuring geometric patterns in bold earth tone colors. Wow!

Location: Red Line at Kendall/MIT
Imagined Profession: Wardrobe/Fashion Consultant
Photographer: FT

Livin' is Easy

It's summertime and the living' is easy. The academic season is still weeks away which means we have room to spread out and enjoy ourselves on the T. And here our gentleman du jour is dressed for work in a seasonably appropriate style. Comfort and style, that's nice!

Location: Red Line at Kendall/MIT
Imagined Profession: Software Logistics Director
Photographer: FT

Fit as a Fiddle

Confident and relaxed on the train, this fit as a fiddle hottie shows how to ride the T with no hands by adopting a relaxed pose against a railing. Coffee - check! Facebook - check! And now he's on his way to wherever he may be going. Nice glasses, too!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Sports Marketing Manager
Photographer: FT

Conundrum

We do our best to bring you quality pics of handsome men on the T. Pics that not only show the nature beauty of our subjects, but also which help tell our story about the man and whom we imagine him to be. Alas, lighting on the Red Line is not conducive to glamour shots of our hotties. Nor is the Red Line's rather bouncy and vibrating nature of the Red Line trains.

Our photo above is an ideal photo prospect, showing not just one but rather 2 handsome fellows in one shot. And they're both reading. One is reading via a Kindle, the other is reading a paperback. Such a composition is a natural lead for a storyline about eReaders vs "real" books whilst showcasing handsome men. Alas, it appears not to be in focus. So let's look at the picture below!

Here we see a pic taken from the same spot, but obviously in better focus. Alas, the gentleman with the paperback book is hidden by hottie in the front, and the lighting is, well, less than ideal.

With situations such as this we use basic photo editing tools to add brightness, contrast, saturation, and structure (to name a few that we tweak). Which means that in order to get a better view of our hottie(s) we sometimes sacrifice focus for visibility.

Just thought we'd toss this out to you as we literally have taken tens of thousands of pics of men on the T, yet only have featured just over 2,000 on our blog. We try our best to bring you the best!

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Professions: Photography Analysts
Photographer: GB

TJ!

Our delightfully prepped out hottie today is a dead ringer for our HOTT Crew's friend TJ (of TJ &Maxx in Gloucester). TJ is convinced he was separated at birth from his identical twin brother when he was accidentally handed over to a blue collar family. And our hottie above, identical in every way to TJ, has all of the hallmarks of hailing from a family of wealth and privilege, and of having a longer record of breeding than a Kentucky thoroughbred.

We're so glad we found TJ's lost twin brother!

Location: Red Line at Harvard (of course he's at Harvard!)
Imagined Profession: Old Money (new money is so vulgar!)
Photographer: GB

Tall and Tanned on the T

As Mary Berry, host of The Great British Baking Show would say, "Simply Scrummy!" As tall as one of Paul Hollywood's baguettes is long our hottie stands out amongst the throng on our train. His shirt is as colorful as a Prinsesstarta and looks quite comfortable, too! As they say in our Dominions Beyond the Seas, "Nom, nom, nom!"

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Profession: Master Baker
Photographer: GB

Red Hair at Morning...

...T riders take warning! Could our copper-haired hottie be a harbinger of horrific and humid storms this afternoon? Could our tall and lean fellow be an MBTA-version of the weather beacon atop the Old Prudential Building in the Back Bay? (Steady blue, clear view. Flashing blue, clouds due. Steady red, rain ahead. Flashing red, snow instead... except during baseball season when it means a Red Sox game has been delayed.)

The next time you encounter a tall ginger on the T remember that it's a weather warning!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: MIT Researcher in Atmospheric Science
Photographer: GB

Merry Christmas?

What can one say, except Merry Christmas! This handsome and buff fellow sure knows how to catch one's attention! With the extraordinary humidity the past couple of days this vision of winter holidays helped us to imagine cool dry icy blasts of air wafting around us. We were not expecting a red shirt / green striped shorts combination this morning! This is better than coffee!

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Profession: Manager, Christmas Tree Shoppe
Photographer: GB

Muscle Monday

Even from a distance we could tell this hottie had a boatload of masculine muscles. Just look at those biceps! And his shortsleeve Henley shirt is the perfect accoutrement to those beefy pecs. What a handsome fellow on this Monday morning!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Cybersecurity Engineer
Photographer: FTH

Fashion Forensics

It's a brilliant sunny day and as our train soared through the clear sky between Cambridge and Boston the burst of sunlight illuminated this fashion forward fellow sitting across from us. And we were absolutely mesmerized with all that was going on with his sartorial choices.

We don't remember seeing cuffed shorts combined with a cuffed short sleeve shirt before. And look at those bouquets of flowers all over his shirt! Could he be harkening back to fashion in the 1980s? Might this combination be something from the early to mid 1990s? Our HOTT Crew got to work on this question and found that this particular gentleman's style which combines cuffed short-sleeve shirt with cuffed shorts is: Urban Style.

Hmmm... learn something new every day!

Location: Red Line at Charles/MGH
Imagined Profession: Forensic Fashion Consultant
Photographer: GB

Jack Goes Ivy Style!

In another of our Just Jack series of posts we have a true proper gentleman showing how to rock the Ivy Style of dressing while taking the T to work!

Chin out and up: Check!
Crisp white dress shirt: Check!
Old School Tie: Check!
Navy Blazer: Check!
Tortoise Shell Eyewear: Check!
Khaki Slacks: Check!

Way to go, proper and fashionable man! You add style, grace, and class to the MBTA!

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Profession: Personal Assistant to Lisa Birnbaum
Photographer: GB

Less is More

And did we ever get more on our way to work this morning! Such simplicity in our hottie's choice of apparel, yet he exudes style and grace. With the heat, the humidity, and the thunderstorms bedeviling our fair city we think this gent demonstrates the ideal way to dress this summer!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Public Policy Consultant
Photographer: FTH

Schwül

It was so humid this morning that we felt as if we were wading through a rice paddy on our way to the T. And when we stumbled into our train we found ourselves next to this handsome fellow who, unlike us knew how to dress appropriately for the weather! The drape of his T-shirt, and the elegant thinness of the material make for a most comfortable journey on a day like today.

By the way, Schwül is German for humid. But please make sure you put an umlaut (those 2 dots) over the "u". Otherwise you'll have Schwul, which means "gay". Think of the dots of the umlaut as raindrops, which fall from the sky when it's humid. That's how you can remember which word means humid. That's our language tip for today!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Agricultural Innovation Engineer
Photographer: GB

Hey Big Spender

Just because it's Monday doesn't mean our handsome man isn't going to dress up for work. He's a successful gent, and he makes sure he shoes it at the office with his impeccable attire! One doesn't often see men in suits on the T, but when you do you know you're looking at a man of distinction.

The minute you walked on our train,
We could see you were a man of distinction,
A real big spender,
Good looking, so refined,
Say, wouldn't you like to know
What's going on in our mind?
So let us get right to the point,
We don't pop our cork for every guy we see.
hey, big spender, spend,
A little time with me! - Lyrics from Hey Big Spender

Location: Green Line at Boylston
Imagined Profession: Mergers & Acquisitions Specialist
Photographer: FT

The Green* Team

Our handsome and casual fellow loves the color green! From radiantly green sunglasses to green piping on his day pack straps. He's even wearing green shorts! It may not be easy being green, but this hottie pulls it off with ease!

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Profession: Alumni Development Manager
Photographer: GB

*HOTT Crew member GB, who describes our hotties for our posts is color blind. Some of the items he mentioned as green may actually be some other color. He tries really hard, though.