Gee...sounds like home....

Anyway...the Highland Games is a good idea. There will be those who say that it is not a good idea because it's a sort of "artificial" set of circumstances...a "special event" at which men are expected to wear kilts and that it has nothing to do with everyday kilt-wearing...to this I say: feh!

I was at the Chicago St. Pat's Parade last Sunday (and got to have a couple of brews with RK Rex and Mrs. Rex...more on that later on...great guy) and the kilts in the crowd were few and far between...and this was on ST. PAT'S DAY no less! But those of us who were kilted were high-fiving each other and "Duuuuuude!"-ing each other as we passed in the crowds and I have to think that there were a lot of people who saw us and thought, "damn, I should have worn a kilt". It helps for your near and dear to see that you ain't the only man in plaid.

But, like they all said, just wear it and wear it well and look sharp and it'll get to be less of an issue. As I never tire of pointing out, in a world where people are going around with multiple piercings, their pants hanging off their boxer shorts and are wearing flip-flops in 30 degree weather, a guy dressed nicely in a kilt shouldn't be getting much flak from the general population.

Best

AA