Kilt Me!

Plaid Mercedes

So, would you drive this?

Kilt Night

Tomorrow afternoon at 5pm a bunch of NY kilted men are meeting up for some drinks.  We'll be McCormark's Pub 365 Third Ave between 26th and 27th St. http://www.mccormacks.net

If you'd like to come along, we'd love to have you! The meet-up is from xmarksthescot.com.

Tartan Day Parade

I met up with a bunch of folks from xmarksthescot.com on Saturday and we watched the parade on 6th ave.  It was a good time had by all.

I forgot my camera on Saturday, so I'll have to leave the photos to others.

Glen posted some which you can see here:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/more_nyc_tartan_day-t36140/index.html

A few upcoming events

A few events which are coming up:

1.  The Saturday before St. Patrick's Day there is an xmarksthescot.com pub crawl.  We'll be starting at 3pm on Saturday the 15h at Ryans's on Second Ave in the East Village.  Post a comment if you want to come along!

2.  Tartan week isn't that far away.  It's coming up the week of April 5th.  You can read all about it at the site which is: www.tartanweek.com

Kilts Across America for Moebius Research

I just found this via my google allerts.  Sounds interesting!

Iain, the one on the right, and myself are members of the worlds largest referral organisation BNI, and with their help and support we are attempting to motorbike across America in only ten days, just a mere 3227 miles. We wanted to take our trek to a far harder level, obviously being Scots, and we made the decision to wear our kilts for the whole of the journey.

You can read their whole story on their site.

Rabbie Burns Supper

If you're interested in reading a great description of what Rabbie Burns night is in Scotland, here's a wonderful explanation from a visiting American.  The Toasts sound especially enjoyable.

Visit Masnick.com

Kilted Trekking

This looks like an interesting event.  I'd love to go, but alas, I don't think I can get my kilted ass over to Scotland for 5 days of trekking down the West Highland Way.

It looks like they're just getting it started, but it's a cool idea.  Hopefully they'll get it organized and we can then steal their idea and do a big event here as well.

West Highland Kilts

More Kilts in Texas

So, I have some photos from my Dad of our reception down in Texas.  All photos are courtesy of John Goodwin.

Frank Delaney at Barnes and Noble

So, this isn't really a kilt event for anyone but me, but I'm used to that.  At 7pm tonight Frank Delaney will be reading from his new novel Tipperary. He'll be at the Barnes and Noble on Broadway and 82nd Street here in New York.  I've read the book, I love Frank, and I'm looking forward to hearing him read tonight.

I'm wearing my e-bay Black Watch kilt and a black sweater with boots.  Here's the photo:

New York Times, Bill Cunningham

Two weeks ago at the Jeffrey Banks party, I was photographed by Bill Cunningham of the New York Times.  I was standing next to Darrell Wilks having a drink, and he snapped our picture.

His article 'In Kilter' was in yesterdays Style section of the paper along with his photo of me and Darrell.

You can see the article and photo here.  Our photo is in the top right corner.

Photo of me

There are a few photos of me with Jeffrey Banks and Doria De La Chappelle on askmen.com  You can view the pictures by visiting their site!

Tartan: Romancing the Plaid

So, last night I attended a party for Jeffrey  Bank's new book called Tartan, Romancing the Plaid.  It's a great book, and it was a fun party.  I'll write more about it later, but for now I posted some photos from the event which took place at Saks.

Click on the gallery to the left to view them all.

Tartan Week Fashion Show

So, last week I stopped by the Scottish Village with Erika and Jill to talk more with the guys from 21st Century Kilts. When we got there, they were just setting up for a little fashion show, to showcase the businesses that were at the Village.

The guys from 21st Century Kilts came over right before the show started to ask if Erika would be interested in filling in, as one of their models didn't show up. While flattered, Erika declined.

Here are a couple of terrible photos I took before the battery on my camera died.

Just ordered my Wedding Kilt

So, yesterday (Tuesday the 3rd of April), I went down to Grand Central Station and got measured by the folks at Geoffrey (Tailor) for my wedding. I ordered the Argyll Outfit which consists of a kilt, a vest, a jacket (in my case lined with red silk) a sporan, a belt, kilt hose and shoes, and of course garter flashes. You can see the outfit at Geoffrey (Tailor)'s website.

Their work was incredibly nice, and while the salesmen I met with yesterday was a bit surley it was a good experience. At one point Diane (who came with me from our office) pointed out that the kilt jacket I was buying would look great with jeans. The salesman snapped at us, "It's a kilt jacket. You can't wear it with jeans". Diane commented that it was a bit odd considering we were standing in front of a photo of a guy with a giant green mohawk sporting a kilt and a tee shirt.

Personally I'll wear the kilt with a tee shirt, the jacket with jeans, the vest with kahkis, and the shoes... well, I'll only wear the shoes with the kilt. I'm happy to be wearing a traditional outfit for the wedding and I think it will look great, but I'm absolutely not going to get stuck with some concept of what I can and can't do with it all after the wedding.

I think I may miss this

As part of tartan week New York, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland along with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants will be "debating how a more principles based accounting framework could be implemented in the U.S. environment."

While it's tempting, I think I may miss this event.

If you'd like to go, you can learn more at the schedule of events, for Tartan Week.

Tartan Week

So, starting this Saturday, it's Tartan Week in NYC! Actually it's Tartan Two Weeks, but that doesn't sound quite as good.

There are a number of cool sounding events, including a whiskey tasting, a kilt fashion show, and some great music. There's also the Tartan Day Parade.

For more information visit New York's Tartan Week website.