I found the SportKilt mask a little too small, too. It's a pity, cause it was in Clergy tartan.

But the masks that I really find comfortable are those from JC-RT.com, NYC makers of "plaid" shirts...

It's a tartan face mask (in the Clergy Tartan, naturally).

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Doesn't match my current kilt (or the new one that should be coming some day, if the mill ever reopens to weave the cloth), but...

Look forward to joining you all, even if virtually.

Thanks for organizing this, Glen!

How's your perfectly normal April 1 going so far? Saw the hashtag #kiltedagainstcovid19 on Instagram and thought I'd join in.

I'm ready for today's very serious Zoom conference calls for work and...

And the higher education conference I was to have attended has canceled, so I won't be coming to San Diego this weekend after all.

Stay safe out there!

Thanks for the reply -- I appreciate the perspective of the working piper regarding gigs on holidays.

Another forum member has invited me to join them for church on the Sunday, so I may just go...

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Are people in San Diego really one in a hundred?

Anyone in the area interested in meeting up on March 14?

I’ll be in San Diego for a work conference March 14-16, and I wonder if any XMarkers might like to meet up at the St. Patrick’s Day Festival and Parade on Saturday, March 14?

I’ll gladly pack my...

Lovely Wife and I enjoyed the 162nd Annual Robert Burns Banquet put on by the St. Andrew's Society of the City of Milwaukee this past Saturday evening.

I was especially impressed by the...

What a splendid photo!

Looks like it was a joyous occasion, and everyone is very handsome and winsome.

And good news!

Got a call from Rocky himself to say that he had spoken to Lochcarron and confirmed that, although the Ancient MacColl is currently out of stock, they can weave a new run of cloth. ...

I am planning to have the waistcoat cut on the bias, indeed.

And you and I agree that the ancient tartan is by far the nicer. Since my tweed Argyll is lovat green, the softer greens and blues in...

And for the visual-minded among us, here are the two tartans we're looking at. It's a question of whether the Ancient tartan is actually available from Lochcarron, who show it as currently...

Business travel brought me to the Philadelphia/Bethlehem area this week, so I stopped in to USA Kilts to see the place for myself and place an order for my second kilt.

Lucas took excellent care...

The reason our endless conversations about “formal dress,” “white-tie,” and “daywear” seem to fall on deaf ears or cause more confusion than clarity is perfectly explained by the following ad copy...

This one is not forced, but has chosen Edinburgh precisely because it's the tourist capital -- and we are tourists on this first visit to Scotland -- and also because I actually know someone there...

Unfortunately, Lovely Wife (who has some trouble with her peripheral vision) already flinches uncontrollably while I'm driving sedately and smoothly down the highway here at home. Neither of us...

Jock:

Thanks for the suggestions! That's just the kind of input I was hoping for.

Looks like the CityLink bus service from Inverness through Fort William to Oban leaves either 85 minutes or the...

Alan:

We haven't even been yet, and we definitely intend to come back again, which is why for this first trip we decided to focus on my family connection sites (Avoch and Mull).

And we know...

So here are the bones of our itinerary:

Sun 3 May — Arrive LHR, train to Edinburgh for three nights; see the sights in Edinburgh; meet friend who is rector of St. John’s, Princes Street; day trips...

We’re booked into a Marriott hotel in Edinburgh near Waverly Station for the first couple of nights. Also have another booked near Heathrow on the last day before departure. Points make those first...

Lovely Wife and I are excited to continue planning our first-ever trip to Scotland.

Using my Delta miles earned by incessant business travel, we have booked our flights to and from Heathrow May...

Even if kilts are a non-starter, you might think about using tartan cloth as a sash for Dames of your Order to use for displaying their neck jewels and medals.

SMOTJ has its own tartan, and many...

I wore my kilt to church today, too.

My parish, the Church of the Holy Apostles on the Oneida Indian Reservation outside of Green Bay, combines Christ the King Sunday with the feast of the...

SMOTJ is a chivalric and charitable order comprising some 1,500 knights and dames here in the USA. We are a Grand Priory of OSMTH, the international Order, with about 5,000 knights and dames in more...