Preppycrat Inspiration

Wow...a real live honest to g** post! I wanted to make sure I got one in before going to Disney so here it is, and inspired by something I saw on my lunch hour, Esquire magazine's Obama commemorative issue. It's hard to walk past any rendition of the now iconic Shepard Fairey image of Obama and this was no exception. Ok...I'm racing against the clock and needing to get back to work before the catty clatch notices I'm back late from lunch. But magazine still in hand, I flip open the little opening on the cover, an opening within an opening and there it is, a quote from Joe the Vice President, "this is the worst of times to come into office . But the flip side of that is, if you're ever going to do this job, this is the time to do it." p. 78.

And there it is, an article about the man himself, his now familiar rides on Amtrak to DC and interactions with other commuters. But then about nine paragraphs in, the author begins a riff on The Shirt. That Joe Likes the Shirt. The shirt in question is a sportshirt with blue vertical stripes on the body, horizontal stripes on the placket, and red stripes inside the collar. A shirt one could see on any Nantucket denizen.

Having West Virginia roots, I have to respect a man who can go into Castleberry Virginia, deep into coal country and bond with coal miners. But growing up in Northern Virginia, in an area where Lilly and Vera are available in numerous places within 20 minutes of my house I also appreciate that this same man can just as convincingly fold a pocket square or don a snazzy nautically inspired shirt worthy of any smart Preppy man.

It still seems like a dream -Barack Obama is the President, Michele Obama is first lady, Dr Jill Biden and Vice President Joe Biden reside at Observatory Circle. But they have style, smarts and decency enough to fill all of DC and then some.

I haven't had a chance to read the article yet or track down a pic of The Shirt but will find it as soon as possible. I'm sure he wore it well.