Digmenow
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And by "casual dining", I mean one of those small, relatively nicely appointed bistro style restaurants that have been popping up in newly built shopping centers near airports. A recent review described the establishment as "...isn't gorgeous. You certainly don't feel pampered there. But for mid- to upper-price Asian fare, it is satisfying." I'm saying that while the place wasn't a fine dining destination, it was a step or two above T.G.I. Fridays.
We had spent Sunday afternoon bargain shopping and stopped here on the way home for a light evening meal. We were dressed for our task, mostly in recent/fitted/dark wash presentable jeans and nice sweaters/shirts. Casual but certainly not dressy by any means.
In this internet sourced photo above , we were seated at the table where you can see the person's face looking in the camera's direction, just beyond the stacks of white napkins. Shortly after our order was taken a young family of three was seated at the table next to us. The child, a lad of less than 10, was wearing a bandana on his head and Dad wore a knit cap featuring the logo of the local NFL franchise similar to this.
Neither piece of headwear was removed throughout the meal.
Now, before you opine that perhaps the cap was worn for reasons involving hair care, allow me to point out that it was placed on the gentleman's head in a manner that allowed a partial view of his hair so that it was obvious that his hair style of choice was of the shaved yet stubbly genre. The bandana wearing young man obviously needed to keep his on due to the uncontrollable nature of his current style of hair. As he was a child, I can't fault him in this instance.
The meal was satisfying and not unduly disrupted due to the guy sitting next to me so in the grand scheme, I suppose there's no harm done. Upon leaving, I noticed another diner wearing a baseball cap (59 50) as in the picture below.
I post this on styleforum because I feel that some here will understand, others, perhaps not but none of the other forums (fora?) on which I participate would have a clue.
Old Fogyism on my part, no doubt.
We had spent Sunday afternoon bargain shopping and stopped here on the way home for a light evening meal. We were dressed for our task, mostly in recent/fitted/dark wash presentable jeans and nice sweaters/shirts. Casual but certainly not dressy by any means.
In this internet sourced photo above , we were seated at the table where you can see the person's face looking in the camera's direction, just beyond the stacks of white napkins. Shortly after our order was taken a young family of three was seated at the table next to us. The child, a lad of less than 10, was wearing a bandana on his head and Dad wore a knit cap featuring the logo of the local NFL franchise similar to this.
Neither piece of headwear was removed throughout the meal.
Now, before you opine that perhaps the cap was worn for reasons involving hair care, allow me to point out that it was placed on the gentleman's head in a manner that allowed a partial view of his hair so that it was obvious that his hair style of choice was of the shaved yet stubbly genre. The bandana wearing young man obviously needed to keep his on due to the uncontrollable nature of his current style of hair. As he was a child, I can't fault him in this instance.
The meal was satisfying and not unduly disrupted due to the guy sitting next to me so in the grand scheme, I suppose there's no harm done. Upon leaving, I noticed another diner wearing a baseball cap (59 50) as in the picture below.
I post this on styleforum because I feel that some here will understand, others, perhaps not but none of the other forums (fora?) on which I participate would have a clue.
Old Fogyism on my part, no doubt.
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Anything worthwhile at Arundel Mills?
