Was in the Windy City over the weekend, and boy did it live up to it's name last weekend! Had the pleasure of going kilte all day long on saturday. Wore my New Caledonian 8yd by Celtic Croft, black wool London Fog jacket, Balmoral, black sporran, lovet green hose with flashes to match the kilt, no sgain today since I thought it probably wouldn't go over to well at the Art Institute.

The wife and I walked down to the Art Institute, and when we found out that the entire month of February has free admission we went instead to the Aquarium and came back to the Art Institute on Sunday (Feb. 1st). Then had a nice walk back from the Aquarium up the lakeshore, past Millenium Park and The Bean, past the Old Water Tower to the Drake, about 3.5 miles. It was a cold day, but I was genuinely warm on the walk, to the amazement of several people who asked if I wasn't very cold in the kilt. Explained that 8 yard of heavy wool and wool hose almost up to me knees provided plenty of warmth.

Had lots of nice comments, and of course a few of "the question." My wife commented that she can't get over the number of people who seem so pre-occupied with what's under the kilt. Of course I used a variety of the standard responses to the question. My wife wishes she had a dollar for all the looks from the ladies that I received on the walk. Really, I hadn't noticed Met a man who wished he was wearing he kilt that day, and another couple who when the man asked about the "freedom" issue of the kilt had his wife roll her eyes and laugh.

Only negative comment came from a group of young "gentlemen" (and I use the term VERY loosely in their case) who were wearing their pants down around their knees who began laughing hysterically after they had passed us. To which thankfully half the crowd around us gave them dirty looks I think my wife was afraid that I'd be upset by that, but I reminded her that "there are ignorant people eveywhere," and to "consider the source." Actually I never even turned around to give them the time of day.