sad day
i saw a good childhood friend for the first time in about 5 years last week. the first thing he said to me after our long hiatus was "you still dress like a bum."
no arguments here.
perhaps the centerpiece to my bum style is the yellow park tavern shirt pictured above. as soon as i bought it at a thrift store, it quickly became my favorite shirt. it was super worn out and comfortable and the perfect length for my long torso. not to mention it's for a bowling alley in my hometown, two things i love sewn into one.
my childhood friend wasn't the only one who gave me crap over the yellow beauty. some coworkers joked that the shirt was mesh since it had worn thin and semi-transparent over the years. and the problem about wearing thin, is that soon thin becomes holes. a few small holes here and there was fine. but today i noticed a large tear above the letter t. it's too thin to hold thread so there's no reasonable way to salvage it.
yes, i have put the park tavern shirt to rest. in the garbage. my mother will probably be elated at this news. no announcements yet as to what shirt will become my new fave. the heartache is still too fresh to make that sort of decision.
let's all take a moment of silence in remembrance of a wonderful t shirt.
Comments
Oh that makes me sad and also makes me wish that someday I too will stumble upon a mustard yellow park tavern shirt. Maybe you will find a new old shirt that's even better though. But it is a hard act to follow. Good luck friend.
Posted by: jessica | January 7, 2009 11:35 PM
Did you already throw it away?? Maybe i can add it to my quilt. The light blue one is in there a that you gave me! oh i hope you still have it. For it is a beauty .
Posted by: Anonymous | February 4, 2009 10:44 AM
whoopsy. this is riley.
Posted by: Anonymous | February 4, 2009 10:47 AM
sorry. it's already been trashed. :/
Posted by: david! | February 4, 2009 12:32 PM