Our friend Jon, being all DC famous and stuff in this Sunday’s Washington Post.
We’ve known Jon for years — Jamie worked with him in DC, at two different places of web design employment, in fact — and through the passing of time he’s become someone we go on vacations with, celebrate holidays with, and drink many mimosas at brunches regularly with. That’s sort of the top-shelf definition of Good Friend, right? So obviously upon seeing this I immediately emailed to get his take on his new-found, trendsetting fame. His unedited response:
So, here’s the deal.
It was the Saturday of my birthday weekend and I decided to dress up. Course, fortunately or unfortunately, my sense of style is still stunted by the 2 years I went to an Episcopalian private school in Florida where I had to wear a tie every day. So, for some reason, when I wear a tie or really any sort of formal clothing, I like to fuck shit up. So, I saw my tuxedo shirt and thought, hello, let’s put a tie over that. And let’s wear jeans.
I have this thing for very long walks on my birthday. So E and I were walking all over town having a a good old time. Around lunch time, we were in Georgetown and just about to cross Wisconsin when Suzanne D’Amato and her photog stopped me.
Suzanne pulls me a side. She starts talking to me about my clothes. Um. Hmm. Cool. I mean. I like when people talk to me. But, I’m thinking, "I think you have the wrong person. Perhaps you should talk to my boyfriend." And, a funny thing happened: as Suzanne asks me about my outfit, I realize almost all of the clothes are either borrowed, handed down or old ass vintage. Erik’s tie, my dad’s old blazer, and a tuxedo shirt I bought off a neighbor who had purchased the stock of a costume shop that closed down in Richmond last year.
The more I talked, the more I realized I was, perhaps, not the type of person Suzanne usually talks to. The only brand I could drop was the H&M hat that I practically live in. And when Suzanne called me to fact check my info she said, "Would you say you have an over-the-top style?" Um, no. No Suzanne, I don’t. Which is why I told her "I like the contrast between something old and something new." But really, I meant the style you are praising me for was forged out of rebellion to a dress code, and has become the uniform I feel most comfortable in. But, who would print that?
In conclusion, our friends are the supermegaawesome… their awesomeness makes me slightly weepy, in fact, almost as if it were composed exclusively of freshly-chopped onions. Seriously, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we’re the luckiest people alive, having the friends we have. Oh and PS: I’m so totally going to be all Liza Minnelli and rely on hip, cute gay men to keep me young. Seriously, they’re like a shiny, delicious elixir of youth. Plus? Great for helping pick out accessories. BONUS!
Jon also has a blog here. He is pure tasty goodness, and you should also love him, as we do.
