Going kilted to a red CW bar!!.BTW .If you don't have a photo...it didn't happen..LOL

[Stan]

This is a photo of me in my new Black Watch tartan kilt in the bar at a Jag club dinner. It was fun, and interestingly enough I didn't get one comment from anyone at the restaurant, even thought it was a country western restaurant / bar. It's called the "Go West" ( and a great restaurant I might add) and when you arrive it looks like one of the requirements to eating there is to drive a pickup truck. Sure, it's a bit of a high end CW place, but a redneck is still a red neck...LOL...

This event was the Jaguar club of Tulsa instillation dinner, and as it's organizer I was going to arrive about a 1/2 hour early.

While I was at home preparing to go to a CW bar in a kilt, I was thinking what wrong with me? I'm going to wear a Kilt to a CW place? Geeeezzzzz...LOL..LOL..Then I just said, SCREW that, I don't have any anxiety about this deal that a shot of tequila can't solve, and you know what? Sure enough, that two fingers of tequila about an hour before departure was the cure. As my self prescribed elixir began to kick in, my prospective on the whole deal began to change too.

By the time I arrived at the restaurant (and without question safe to drive after taking the elixir) I felt like I was channeling Mel Gibson, Rowdy Roddy Piper, and Shena Connery , all rolled into one. I was wearing my new 16 oz. 8 yard black watch kilt, felt great, and so the closer I go to the door the taller I walked.

Ya,I saw all the pick ups in the parking lot (king ranches, so they were "dude trucks") and thought "OK, I'm getting ready to walk into a CW bar wearing a kilt, and I'm damn proud of it". I didn't figure any one in there was probably man enough to wear a kilt, and so I was already "taller in the saddle" then they were any way.....LOL... Needless to say, all went great.

It was my goal to add a bit of fun to the club function (I think that did), have a great time (I did) and see just how much of a kilt guy I really am, and I did that too. So, as I continue to wear one of my kilt to different locations, and events I must say that the anxiety (any anxiety) about kilt wearing is really starting to wear off. I'm also finding out that a kilt seems to be accepted in all the places that I've gone, and while I haven't received many "side ways" glances, I HAVE experienced a lot of (I'll just say) alluring and admiring looks, along with several nice comments about my kilt, an about "being kilted".

In an effort to desensitize myself about kilt wearing (something that I shouldn't be anxious about any way) , I've decided to mimic some of the Xmarks the Scott members and (also) make all Fridays kilt day. It will be interesting to see how long that last...LOL..

So, have a great day, and (something that "I never seem to remember") have some fun today!! ....LOL..LOL..

Stan L.

Sapulpa, OK.

[MizzouScotsman]

You will not regret starting a Kilted Friday tradition. I have been doing Fridays now for quite some time and thoroughly enjoy every one of them. I've done it so often that no one even really notices these days. A couple of people have told me that they can tell what day it is when they see me in my kilt....lol

[Truitt]

I am getting a similar response to the Kilted Fridays. If I don't wear a kilt on Friday I get noticed more than if I do wear a kilt. And a few co-workers have told me that the more they see me in a kilt, the more normal it appears to them. Kilts may never become mainstream, but we can make a dent.

[Stan]

Thanks for the feed back Truit. I thinking that it's going to take a bit of getting used to,but I think that I'm going to have a lot of fun.