Kilt Me!

Last night at Lillies

Had a great time out last night with Frank Delaney and the gang.  When I first walked in the door of Lillies (www.lilliesnyc.com) one of the bartenders came over and asked where the kilt was from.  I told him it was Utilikilt and he said his mate Howie makes them in Scottland.  I asked if he meant Howie Nicholsby and sure enough he's got three kilts from 21st Century.  I told him I got married in one and we proceeded to bond.

A while later the waitress came over to me and said, "everyone is talking about your kilt.  And they're saying very good things."

A good time was had by all.

 

  

Oh, and we tweeted about it.  Alot.  I'm @nasuyaki.

Lillies, Kilts, and Frank Delaney

My friend and colleague Frank Delaney just turned in his new novel, The Matchmaker of Kenmare, and we're having a little celebration tonight at Lillies on 17th street.  We announced it over twitter to see if some of his followers wanted to come out and celebrate and hopefully Frank will read something for us.

Never one to turn down an excuse for wearing a kilt, I put on my denim UK and a light blue sweater.  I'm sure we'll have great photos from the event, but here's me at the office for now.

Kilts and Writing

I mentioned last week that I was thinking about writing fiction.  In reality, I have been writing some kilt related fiction, but I'm not sure the blog is the place to put it.  A few months back I spent a weekend writing a short little book which is a combination of a modern day love story and an alternative history of kilts in New York City.  It was a fun little exercise, and I'm putting it all together into a proposal to see if there's something to be done with it.

Here are few short passages from the book that I especially like:

"My grandfather told me that Dorothy Parker stumbled into the Drunken Scotsman one night and shouted, "Id rather have sex with a man in a kilt than a full frontal lobotomy."  He doesnt understand why shes always misquoted, and if you doubt it then you should think about why you have such distrust for my dear old grandfather."

and

"For my second date with Sally I wore a dark blue denim kilt with black socks and boots, a crisp white shirt with a black wool herringbone vest, and a dark red tie.  She was wearing low-rise jeans and a t-shirt that read, "I only like NY as a friend".  I was in love, but I was smart enough not to tell her that until years later."

and

"Johnny Thunder wore a kilt for a show one Tuesday night at the Oscar Wilde Room in 1972, and its reported that at least two drag queens passed out. It may have been the shock of Johnnys cultural appropriation, or simply because unbeknownst to Johnny, he put the kilt on backwards and looked just a bit silly."

and

"If you think that its simple--if you think that you can just put on a kilt, spike up your hair, walk into the nearest bar and go home with a pretty girl--then you're probably right.  However, you should remember that as a member of the great-kilted-masses you have an obligation to be a gentleman about it."

Summer Shoes

I'm liking this look.  I think with a blue denim kilt and a light weight button down shirt this could work for me.  What do you think?

They're Sperry Top Siders.

 

Ok, these are cool too.  Diane pointed me to Espadrille's which look good, and are $18.