We had a layover in Chicago’s O’Hare a few days ago and decided to treat ourselves to some comfort at the “Admiral Lounge”. A guy walked in, dressed from head to toe in what I can only describe as extreme 60s hippy attire. Both top and bottom were of materials covered with bright flowers and other exotica, as were his shoes. And he was wearing a tie of the same sort of pattern (made me wonder what he wears on casual Fridays). His hair was quite long and tied in a pony tail, dyed with greenish-blue tinted striping. He had a walrus mustache and looked to be about 65-ish. Any ideas?
I’d guess eccentric - replace the florals with tie-dye, and remove the moustache and hair coloring, and you’d be describing my ex-husband
Returning from a music festival? At many of the festivals I’ve attended, such attire would be fairly mainstream.
But why the tie?
Dress code.
I take issue with the sobriquet Merely Eccentric. Those of us who are stuck somewhere between Weirdo and Eccentric would love to be called Merely Eccentric. It implies Einstein-like brilliance coupled with Musk-esque cash. And the ability to mix paisley and tie-dye after Labor Day.
Must be eccentric. That sect would have real problems with recruitment.
I woulda wanted to ask him. Not sure I would be able pluck up the courage to do it, but, man oh man, I’d want to.
A person like that is bound to be interesting.
Maybe he was both. Don’t you have to be eccentric to be in a sect?
A classic psychological case of “arrested development”.
If he was in the Admiral Lounge I’d assume it was his schtick. His persona for whatever he does to make money. The rhythm guitarist for an old rock band playing the casino circuit.
[my bold]
David Crosby?
Mind blown.
That only leads me to a Google login page.
Upload to drive.google.com and get a shareable link.
Ok, so not David Crosby, but maybe his English cousin? The clothes look like Carnaby Street ca. 1967.
ETA: and that’s his song.
For days I’ve been walking around thinking “I wish Chefguy would’ve gotten a pic of that guy…”
And you did! Good job.
I was very surreptitious about it. He was getting some food, so I sat there pretending I was texting, with the camera pointed in the direction he’d be coming from. It doesn’t capture the true glory, but you get the idea. Oh, and the striped garment in the foreground was also his.