Chicago: More Bars in More Places

I'm conflicted on kilts--I think they might be sexy but they are usually accompanied by a heavy dose of annoying Scots pride. And bagpipes.

Things that are awful:

1. kilts
2. lace-up shirts
3. wearing boots with anything other than long pants

Come now Nick. Was there not a single day in your life in the 90s when you wore Docs with shorts? NOT ONE??

Wait. I just realized that you are completely right.

No.

The hiking boots are retarded, though -- you'd have no reason to wear a nice kilt and a sporran for any activity that would also require work boots.

-- Laurel, Monday, October 8, 2007 3:14 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

RONG

i know dudes that wear kilts/skirts only when they are hiking in the summer. though i guess those are more work-y looking books now that i look at 'em

Here it is!

It's Filson.

When I get some proper cash, I'm buying a closet full of this stuff.

haha, i actually really like some of that stuff!

the tin cloth pants are like indestructible

secret to machismo: push-broom mustache

What kind of shoes is a dude supposed to wear with a kilt?

http://oas.imageg.net/O/a/Creatives/MAWHTB_test/MAWHTB_bar.jpg

Lace-up brogues, Sarah. I'll GIS in a second.

RW, that dude is wearing a proper kilt, those things cost like $400-800 or something, and with a sporran is basically half of formal attire. More utilitarian options for hiking = fine, whatever!

Here, I didn't say they weren't still vaguely ridic:

http://www.tartanweb.com/images/u/bbl_a.jpg

Lace up shirts remind me that it's been a while since I've looked an an International Male catalog. I should start subscribing again.

Actually I would like to sing all of you up for the catalog.

Which further reminds me--WTF Sarah??? How could I have forgotten AGAIN to give you that gd salad spinner??

Re Filson: I like how 3 of their 5 pairs of "shoes" are really still boots. :D

CONGRATS TO JENNY FOR PASSING THE MOTHERFUCKING BAR.

Jesse, was there ever actually a salad spinner for me, or how this just been one very long and painful LIE!!?

After looking online at men's shoes for a while, I've decided most of them are ugly or boring.

I like those Filson clothes despite the hunting connection. I think Robert Redford should model for them.

Sarah: :D :D A LOT of men's clothes, or at least "men's" clothes, are really ugly and boring, because the market has determined that men are afraid of looking like they paid too much attention so they favor the "no brainer" aspect. Unfortunately, we're the ones that have to look at them.

This essay (one of my favorites ever) explains it all. It talks about the success of Dockers, and how Levis found that many men would rather have one less decision to make in the morning, and would rather have someone say "nice pants!" than "ooh you're on fire today!".

what is i just want to wear jeans/carhartts and white t-shirts all the time, tho

^^^^^^^this

From that article: "seventy per cent of American men between the ages of twenty-five and forty-five own a pair of Dockers"

When the results of the experiment were tabulated, it was found that the women were able to recall the name and the placement of seventy per cent more objects than the men, which makes perfect sense.

This makes sense to me, too. I find that Kr remembers what people are wearing and what places look like better than I do. She can tell me what I was wearing on our second date, while I'm the one who can pinpoint the exact day it fell on.

I have never owned a pair of Dockers, for what it's worth.

I have some. They are grey and pleated and too short and I don't know why I keep them around.

I, also, own no Dockers.

Yeah, I hear that, Evs, but I LOVE men in jeans and white Tshirts and etc (if the jeans are, y'know, NORMAL fit and color) but then that outfit is already miles better than the tucked-in polo shirts and pleated khaki shorts that are the midwestern standard in my experience. And if life only required work clothes, that would be okay...but is problem when guys have to dress UP (or even dress for offices) and find they don't have any sensibilities for it...

I used to wear khakis but a couple pairs fell apart on me a few years ago and I just never bothered to get new ones, since they didn't seem to go with anything in my closet. They were useful when I had temp jobs in business-casual offices and I could find some ugly polo shirt to wear with them, but in college I used to wear khakis with, like, band t-shirts, and that no longer struck me as a good fashion choice.

Rather, "no longer strikes me."

i shine up like a new penny, laurel

You know what is cuet? The Midwestern man's habit of wearing athletic shoes with khakis. I wouldn't do it but it is adorable.

That article is pretty great.

yes

i love you nick

running marathon in summery heat < Cubs' performance vs Arizona

Wait, I've been holed up in a basement for most of the weekend, so let me get this straight: the NLCS is between the Rockies and the Diamondbacks?!

Dan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmxaKf8ruBM

Thanks for linking that article, Eric. It was fascinating.

I wore khakis in college paired with band shirts as well, but I drew rocketships and flowers all over my pants which made them anti-conformist.

xp yeah I saw that one

I went out with a guy who was wearing a pair of shorts with a flame logo on them. Inside of the flame he drew a Jesus fish "burning in hell."

He is 37 and a college librarian.

the NLCS is between the Rockies and the Diamondbacks?!

yes.

I only saw Saturday's game but the Cubs were pathetic enough to make me kind of glad I missed the other two.

yes, jaymc. No one will watch the NLCS on either coast, except, y'know, baseball fans.

WTF happened to Aramis Ramirez?

I mean, Soriano sucked too but Ramirez just looked completely lost.

he had 3 bad games? it happens.

From that Glaswell article, an advertiser, talking about ads:

Look at beer commercials. They always have these gorgeous girls--even now, after all the heat--and the guys are always just guys. That's the way it is. We only reflect what's happening out there, we're not creating it...You can't alter men's minds, particularly on subjects like sexuality. It'll never happen."

See also: every sitcom ever.

They're just rapping about what they see on the streets.

wait jesse dated ned raggett??

Queeee???

The A/C came! We will have coolness soon-ish.

(Not only did the breaker blow, but it was a big enough power surge that it blew a internal transformer--did we have thunderstorms over the weekend??)