What not to wear in Martha's Vineyard.

[CTyankee]

When President Obama and his family visit MV next month he might consider NOT buying Black Dog stuff that is on every tourist's body on that island. It was once kinda cute but now the merchandising has gotten out of hand and the BD brand a bit downscale to many of the island's annual visitors.

Better choices: Menemsha Blues T shirts in nice washed out colors with a great big bluefish right on it. Also, go for the Chappy T shirt. Only the "in" crowd really knows about/wears a Chappy (the island folks reference to well, you know...). You may not want to wear the Chappy shirt if you are in the company of a Kennedy, however.

I have kept my Black Dog T shirt from my first visit to the island since it has the date 1999 on it, and that was the year that JFK, Jr. was lost flying there. I don't wear it, tho...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. You need to let him know this right away.

[CTyankee]

10. I think he's been there before and knows this anyway....nt

[eShirl]

2. or they could just wear regular clothes and not worry about the brand

[CTyankee]

8. Good idea. Remember when Clinton bought a Black Dog T shirt

for Monica Lewinsky one of the year's he was there?

[eShirl]

13. no

[CTyankee]

14. That was a while back. There was a pic taken of him buying the T shirt

in one of the Black Dog stores. Photo op. Later it was a bit of an embarrassment, to say the least...

[lunatica]

3. I've never been there so I have no point of reference

But if it's like my experience of Cape Cod when I was 8 years old I'm fine with my lack of experience.

Note: Cape Cod is fine. My relatives who I was visiting for the summer were not.

[FSogol]

4. What kind of corn chips should he buy?

:shrug:

[Canuckistanian]

5. Corn chips are a bit downscale to many of the island's annual visitors

:evilgrin:

[dipsydoodle]

6. Can't he wear

a proper USA made Converse T like one of mine ?

[Sinistrous]

15. Unfortunately,

Even Chucks are made overseas, now (at least most of them).

[dipsydoodle]

18. That one wasn't

Its definately USA made as are other oldies I've got.

[BeyondGeography]

7. As long as he doesn't wear one of these, he'll be fine

[CTyankee]

9. Um, I've never seen one of those on the island. Wouldn't be cool. nt

[Raineyb]

11. That's not cool anywhere.

Yuck! And may I say yuck?

[lunatica]

12. Eeek!

[Enrique]

23. that's hot n/t

[donheld]

28. Is it just me or

do the arms not match the chest?

[Captain Hilts]

16. Brandless oxford shits, khakis, jeans, shorts. Brands are so vulgar. nt

[CTyankee]

17. I know. We really need to revive the sumptuary laws...nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

19. What is Black Dog?

[CTyankee]

22. It was the name of a little shop in Edgartown. The owner had a black lab and it became

the logo. There have been spoofs, such as the Dead Dog, featuring a dog's skeleton. And some other ones. None of them seemed to last. BD goes on...

[county worker]

20. Never heard of black dog t shirts Just googled them and I doubt I'd wear one.

$24 for a t-shirt? I can afford it but I like my K-mart t's. I can get a bunch for $24 and I'll bet black dog is made somewhere in China near to where the K-mart shirts are made.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

21. And buy Smart Pop popcorn instead of Cheese Doodles

White cheese dust is preferable to orange cheese dust.

Also, natives don't wear the lobster bibs in the parking lot after the meal.

;-)

[Ikonoklast]

24. Thanks for that, CTyankee, good advice.

OK everyone listen up. Don't want to be accused of being a tyro.





:boring:

[CTyankee]

26. Dear me, no! I'm really just trying to help here. As I said in an earlier post, we really must

revive the sumptuary laws...

[ksoze]

25. Prison stripes - she gets a little testy as you can imagine.

[CTyankee]

27. It is so difficult some times, just to inform people...

I try...

thank you for understanding...