The kilt and sporran are great! But why go to the trouble of donning those with a fancy shirt, and then ruin the whole lewk with what seem to be terrible, inexcusable pulled up GYM SOCKS?

Many many years ago, my then boyfriend and I were college students and would spend weekends going to see local bands, staying out ridiculously late. We had very little money, were completely ill-matched personalities (I was a law student, he was a heavy drinker and raucous musician) and it was a weird, unstable time.…

Good non-skinny jeans (3 pairs for 5 days because dirt),

This story is absolutely true. When I was a teenager in the late 70s, my parents had a back-to-the–land phase and bought an old farmhouse in the country. Although our main residence was still in the city, we would spend weekends and summer vacations at the farm, growing vegetables, renovating the old house, and…