Plaid Week - home to plaid and much more » Plaid Week 2010 http://plaidweek.com is a week really enough? Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:12:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Meat, Potatoes and Plaid http://plaidweek.com/2010/02/16/meat-potatoes-and-plaid/ http://plaidweek.com/2010/02/16/meat-potatoes-and-plaid/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:11:04 +0000 Dave http://plaidweek.com/?p=373
plaid table cloth

After a long day what is better than coming home to nice warm meal served on plaid?

The Wilson’s a family from Pawnee, Indiana have decided to add a plaid table cloth to their Plaid Week festivities. Betty Wilson, mother of two, told us “we put out a flag on the Fourth of July and a tree for Christmas, but had nothing to commemorate Plaid Week. Thats why I decided on the table cloth. The dinning table is the center of our family; it is where we come together as a family. This is where we eat, play games and talk. In many ways I feel like the dinning table is metaphor for plaid.”

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Greg Wilson, Betty’s husband had a slightly different take. “Plaid Week? Whats that? Is this another one of those crazy thing Betty found on the interweb? I don’t care what is on the table as long as there is food. The table cloth could be any color, shape, size. If you ask me a table cloth is just another thing that has to be washed. And guess who has to fold the thing when it comes out of the wash? Yeah me.”

However you celebrate plaid we solute you. Don’t forget to drop us a line at david@plaidweek.com, we want to hear about your Plaid Week.

Photo credits: table, family

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mens snowboarding plaid olympic uniform

Even though today is the first day of Plaid Week and President’s Day, to some both are overshadowed by another event, the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. While the Winter Olympics are not as popular as the summer games, these games are not without highlights and stars; Apolo Ono and short track speed skating, John Shuster and curling, and Shaun White and snowboarding.

This year the men’s and women’s snowboarding teams are taking patriotism to another level. The 2010 uniforms were designed with Plaid Week in mind as seen above.

The new uniform, Burton’s Creative Director Greg Dasychyn says, is equally American — but in a very less uniform sort of way: a plaid jacket and blue jeans.

“There’s nothing more American than blue jeans,” says Dasychyn, “and this time around we wanted something that spoke more to snowboarding, a look that speaks more to the sport’s individualism and character, and a look that is popular in the sport right now.”

Burton’s Design Czar, John McOlsen, felt that “I could not think of a better way to sum up the spirit of the games than with plaid. When we found out that the games would overlap with Plaid Week we knew what we had to do.”

Here at PlaidWeek.com we could not think of a better way to commemorate Plaid Week 2010 than for Shaun White to bring home the gold.

via espn

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Plaid Pattern

What started out 365 days ago as a joke between co-workers is now coming of age.

Plaid Week 2010 is the 2nd annual weeklong celebration of plaid. Now that Plaid Week has reached international phenomena status (just go with it) we want to see how you are celebrating. Send us your photos and stories from Plaid Week 2010 and we will post them.

Please send your photos to david@plaidweek.com. We are looking forward to hear from you.

Happy Plaid Week!!!!!

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plaid week 2010 japan

In the United States (west coast) Plaid Week may still be 40 minutes away but in Japan, Plaid Week is well underway. Our Japanese corespondent Yoshi Chiyo caught up with two Japanese Plaid Weekers Akemi Rin (pictured above) and Takara Yui (pictured below).

Yoshi – Why are you participating in Plaid Week?

Akemi – I love everything American, when I heard about Plaid Week my mind was blown.

Takara – Why not? I would do anything that involves plaid.

Yoshi – Akemi, I noticed you seated in a rather precarious position earlier, why?

Akemi – The only thing I like more than plaid are Gargoyles. I have found that sitting on something as uncomfortable as a bottle really helps me develop my Gargoyle stance.

Takara – What?!?!?!?! (this is then the photo below was taken)
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Akemi – I want to be a Gargoyle. Sometimes at night I sit up on the roof of my building and watch the city.

Takara – What?!?!?!?!

Akemi – I was going to wait until after we were married to tell you this but I quit my job. I am now a full time Gargoyle

Takara – What?!?!?!?! #&$%@#$

It was sooner after this that Takara stormed away, we don’t think these two will be spending many more Plaid Weeks together.

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