and in those rare moments...

i had a cool encounter over the weekend. the wife and kids and i were at a local chain restaurant called "Sweet Tomatoes". while there, i walked past this older couple and the man said in a serious tone: "you and had better be a Scot!" it caught me off guard a bit and i just responded with a smile and a thumbs-up gesture. he smiled back. i couldn't help but thinking, what if i wasn't a Scot? would the kilt be confiscated? i'm sure (i hope) he didn't mean it in that sense.

and then near our table was a family (new born to grand-parents). the dad of the bunch complimented my kilt (UK Original olive green) and started asking how it fit etc. he said he had two AmeriKilts and two Stillwater kilts. we also talked about wearing kilts to work and such. i mentioned i can do that now, and he said he could as well. i don't think he was from my area; perhaps visiting for the weekend. i gave him a Utilikilts b-card with the Xmarks web address on the back. like a doof i didn't get his name, nor offer mine. (i have this shy streak i am trying to kill, and it won't die completely.)

i think this random encounter was awesome. i gives me the idea that this is spreading. however, i have yet to see someone else in this area in a kilt (outside of kilted events). what gives?

(((i wonder if we should start a new category in the forum for us to post stories of public encounters)))