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Last week when we went to interview Mayor Sam Adams after his State of the City speech, I made a huge mistake. I told Adams that I liked his tie.

It somehow slipped my mind that Adams has this weird tradition where if you say you like his tie, he gives it to you.

So now I have his tie. And this is a problem for two reasons. 1) It’s a very nice tie. It’s David Donahue 100% silk, woven in Italy, handmade in USA. Similar ties are going for $94 at Nordstroms. 2) I can’t wear ties without looking like Avril Lavigne.

So what the hell do I do with this very expensive mayoral tie?! Help me out here, people.

Sarah Shay Mirk reported on transportation, sex and gender issues, and politics at the Mercury from 2008-2013. They have gone on to make many things, including countless comics and several books.

20 replies on “Help Me Decide What to Do With Sam Adams’ Tie”

  1. One thing’s for sure; someone at the Merc needs to learn how to tie a fucking tie. Sheesh, you’re as embarrassing as my twelve-year-old son!

  2. So that was THE tie he was wearing while he made the State of the City speech? If you don’t carefully pack that away, with an explanatory note, for your grandchildren I shall refuse to speak to you for at least a week.

  3. Smirk you home wrecking vixen. We know what girls do to get a guys tie. I guess he is hetro-flexible now. I guess it must be true, you meet the right person, and your gender preference goes right out the window.

  4. Rosy seems to always post the kinds of inappropriate things that, in spoken word, would elicit the most awkward of silences.

    And @PRWalters, I thought the same thing. Double Windsor or GTFO!

  5. You know what I appreciate?

    I appreaciate that Sarah went to the trouble of photoshopping a drop shadow on the tie so as to lend that extra air of realism.

    That’s salesmanship.

  6. Fatboy! That’s no photoshoppery! That’s a random Darth Vader with an oven mitt that’s around the office. I had to use it because there are somehow no dogs in the office today.

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