Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado

[Riverkilt]

It was COLD there...25 degrees F with wind gusts up to 20 mph...the pleats were dancing in the wind. No clue what the wind chill was - but it WAS a wind chill for sure.

We were shopping the hippie dippie stores and enjoying the U of Colorado crowd (they look so young!...sure they're not in high school??). And this remote small down guy went shopping...had three big bags with bags within the big bags....



Snapped a pic of the Isle of Skye at the kid's playground. Loved the frog.

Lots of positive comments - the usual, "I love a man in a kilt" from the ladies.

Resting on a bench a guy in his 50s approached me so I was all mentally geared up for a kilt question but he asked about my Z Coil shoes and never mentioned the kilt. You never know.

We went to Rubio's Baja Grill for lunch and an olde guy, who turned out to be 75 yo, struck up a conversation asking about the Isle of Skye tartan. As we talked turned out he still had an old Ferguson tartan kilt that belonged to his father. It was a bit too small for him and he asked after kiltmakers who might enlarge it. He thought there was enough extra material. Gave him a couple suggestions.

But how cool to be 75 and still have your father's kilt. It must be a beauty. And, of course the conversation - and possible solution - never would have happened if I'd been wearing jeans.

[cessna152towser]

Looking good Ron, and great story.

[LitTrog]

I've had some of the most fun and some of my biggest frustrations in Boulder. Never worn a kilt while there, oddly enough. Definitely a town that the kilt would be considered pretty tame compared to some of what goes on and gets worn--or not worn...

October rolls around and the non-sanctioned Naked Pumpkin Run is staged. To enter, just take off your clothes, carve yourself a jack o' lantern, plop it over your head and run through the ped mall. To be fair, I think there are other cities that hold a similar run, but runners in Boulder now face sex offender charges for participating. Cuckoo.

Other bits of Boulder fun? Check out http://www.keepboulderweird.org/

Too bad it was so cold, Ron! You never can tell in Colorado; easily could have been in the 60's. Always love the Isle of Skye.