The reception in Chicago has been surprisingly great! You would think that the "tough" image would not handle such a garment, but the Irish and Scottish numbers are HUGE!

Boston, atleast the North side, has been wonderful. Those Irish pubs are a haven for the look. A kilt's as good as a free pint!

New York City has still got to be my personal favorite. Considering that people walk the streets wrapped in aluminum foil for protection from alien rays and nuclear radiation, the kilt is pretty tame. You almost never get a look when you're in a kilt. I love that city!

As for Philadelphia... it depends where you are. In the northeast, you're one of the boys. On South Street you're just an eccentric (along with 99% of the other people). In the suburbs... well... it's like anywhere else. If you're in one of the many Irish pubs, you're probably known anyway.

My goal is to one day have a gathering at the Kansas City Irish Festival. I've been the only one at the event in a kilt for the last three years, and the people all think I'm a piper. Wouldn't it be grand to have an entire contingent there to enlighten them to the kilts? The bars in Westport were a BLAST to hit with the kilt! Like Boston... a kilt's as good as a free pint!