The Tar Heel Tavern #34

Oct 16, 2005

The Tar Heel Tavern enforced a dress code of sorts: we wanted T-shirts and their tales, and the crowd came through. The thread of the threads, then:

• ae writes a loving tribute to her partner, shown wearing a T-shirt as he walks in the forest.

• terrilynn tells the story behind her no whining T.

• Laurie got her shirt from Penland School of Crafts, where she learned beading techniques, is another worn-but-loved shirt.

• Jane reminisces about a plain brown shirt she made herself during her busking-in-Harvard-Square days.

• Zha K finds an old T-shirt waiting on his childhood bed when he visits his parents and remembers the agony of defeet.

• Waterfall is still getting compliments on her 15-year-old shirt from Vancouver.

• “But you still have the tee shirt and you wear it all the time even though you know that means it won’t last as a keepsake forever,” says Alex Wilson, who went to eBay for his favorite band shirt.

• With her shirt, Jane’s looking to the future, as is Screwy Hoolie. We’ll see which one is still wearing her/his shirt on November 4, 2008.

• Ron Hudson got his in 1993 : “When I first saw the shirt, I remember seeing it through tears as I remembered my friends who had died by then.”

• Bora wears his heart on his sleeve for blogging, and his persistence is paying off – he’ll soon be teaching a blogging course at N.C. State NC Wesleyan.

• And mistersugar is still flying high in his VanAir T.

UPDATE:

• Erin Monahan recalls her first NASCAR race and the fan T-shirt she wore.

No word yet on next week’s requirements for entering the Tavern (though blogging is sure to be one); check the Tavern site for a link to the next host.

Anton Zuiker ☄