Tonight was a meeting of the Civil War Roundtable group I belong to. After the meeting, it being pi day (3-14), I decided to stop by the store and get a small pie. I always wear a uniform coat to meetings, and it was too cool out to be outside without a coat, so I go in wearing my dress confederate frock coat, do my brief shopping and head out.
What struck me, though, was how self-conscious I was wearing a confederate coat in that setting (or almost any setting other than a civil war event). I realized that I have hardly been self-conscious at all when I would go shopping at a similar store as Geena. Maybe that's what is meant by blending.