Last week there was an article in the NY Times about why people do not
check there coats when they dine out. Today there was a letter to the
editor about the article, and there was something in the letter that I
cannot figure out. The letter follows:

We were with four other couples. When we claimed our coats, the woman
called the names of their owners, which were emblazoned in the
luxurious linings of their respective minks: “Sandy?” “Barbara?”
“June?” When she got to my black cloth cape, she loudly announced “A &
S?”

I was very much younger then, but I can still feel the blush creeping
up from my toes.

end of letter.

I cannot figure out why: "When she got to my black cloth cape, she
loudly announced “A & S?”, made her blush. Any ideas?

Thanks

Tom
PS: The places I eat expect you to keep your coat.