Ben FrantzDale ([info]benfrantzdale) wrote,
@ 2009-05-16 21:19:00
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Entry tags:ascot, haberdashery, psa, wedding

Ascot!
After a Quixotic goose chase involving many many mensware stores, I finally found someone who sells ascots in person! (Had it gone on much longer, the quest may have needed an ascot mascot.) After asking but finding none at JoS. A. Bank, I was directed to a place called SYMS which is kind of like a wearhouse-sized T.J. Maxx focusing on dress clothes.

Also in this search I found Porta Classica of 1625 Blue Hill Ave. Matapan (no website). If you live in the greater Boston area and want an awesome zoot suit, that's the place to go.


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[info]mtbg
2009-05-17 09:58 am UTC (link)
How many people on your friends list do you think don't know what "quixotic" refers to? (Am I showing my colors as an arugula-eating ivory-tower liberal elite by asking that question?)

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[info]benfrantzdale
2009-05-17 01:49 pm UTC (link)
None, I just wanted to have handy a link to the Wikipedia page. I realized I knew the gist but didn't know details. (FWIW [info]mew0422 points out that she learned about it in her public-high school Spanish class, so knowing about it can't be too ivory-tower. OTOH, that was in Amherst, MA, home to more than one ivory tower and more than one arugulaphage.)

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[info]knova
2009-05-23 01:22 am UTC (link)
I thought that by clicking on the link I was going to get a early LJ entry I'd missed about the actual goose chase. I was disappointed we don't get to read the details. On the other hand, I've been in similar situations where I think "This would make an interesting LJ entry, but I can't be bothered to think about it anymore. I just so glad it's over."

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[info]knova
2009-05-23 01:30 am UTC (link)
Actually, I had to look up what an ascot is. :)

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