Atlanta St. Andrews Society Burns Dinner

[DWFII]

Matt,

I see you are wearing a notched-lapel vest...obviously at match for, and in the same material as, your Argyll. Where did that come from, if you don't mind me asking?

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Matt,

I see you are wearing a notched-lapel vest...obviously at match for, and in the same material as, your Argyll. Where did that come from, if you don't mind me asking?

http://www.ushist.com/victorian_mens_clothing.htm

The particular vest I am wearing is their "Frontier" vest. It is actually made from a cotton material, whereas my jacket is wool. I didn't really buy it to match my jacket, but after I received it, I discovered it really worked together. I did have to replace the original buttons.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Ok, the pictures I spoke of previously have been uploaded to a shutterfly page. I'm not familiar with shutterfly, but it seems like you have to have an account to view it. I am assuming most of us won't have a shutterfly account, so I've taken a few of the 200+ pictures and added them to one of my albums so you can view them.

Here's a link.

A few highlights...

Another one of my wife and I.


Eph MacLean and myself discussing the finer points of Highland clothing.


Address to the Haggis.


Toasting the Haggis.

The gent in the Dress MacDonald kilt is the chef. He's a native Scot; the president of the St. Andrews Society remarked to me that it was a real pleasure to not have to explain what "neeps and tatties" are when he arranged the menu for a change. :-)

Me filling my plate at the buffet.


Giving the Immortal Memory.


Discussing the finer points of cooking rabbit with the chef.


Singing Auld Lang Syne. I had to get in at least one photo of Gilmore!