What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[deanglen]

Resistol RGT....

Yes! Very nice!:eusa_clap Gives me ideas for such a hat!





dean

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Back from traveling with our gymnasts. Tired and yet energized with the prospect of working with the girls thru this evenings practice on some technique and execution changes. We discover as well as celebrate at the conclusion of competitions.

I opened my suitcase on the floor by my desk to seek my clean coach's custume for today. Here is a pic I snapped as I put items on my desk chair and around the desk.

Got to go as the girls are getting off the school buses. Dressed in my other costume.

Best, Eric -

(Traveled with my VS in dark moss. Excellent travel fedora. TSA agent complimented me on the "classy hat.")

 

[gtdean48]

Wow that is a spectacular looking combination Javier!

+1

 

[JAVIER]

Thanks for the kind words, it was thought I had to let come out if my mind, always wanted and pictured this combo and decided since I can't find it... have it made, although i'm not know for patience. it was worth it.

 

[RBH]

Wow, looks like a fun place to be, maybe Santa will stop by there too.

Funny you should say this...but he did stop buy.
He plans to visit with Mikes grand kids sometime this week.
If I can I will post a few photos.

 

[JAVIER]

Eric sweet VS

 

[delectans]

December Rain, Bach, Beethoven And A Few Birthdays

Compliments to all for the display of excellent hats worn with swagger over the weekend and leading off the week, JonnyO, David, historyteach24, Perry, Tom, JAVIER, and Eric!




A weekend without hats? Hardly, I was just hanging out at my friend John Waddle's violin shop Saturday morning while waiting for Ryan. Playing the amazing violin made from CT Scan files of the 1704 "Betts" Stradivari. A unique instrument that looks, plays and sounds very similar to many of the best Golden Period Strads I have played, testament to John's(and Steve Sirr's and Steve Rossow's) genius.



It is unusual for us in Minnesota to have rain in December. On Saturday the rain was incessant and I reached for the lid I wear everyday to work. OPTIMO, Natural Beaver Belly. Picking Ryan up from his SAT Prep Class at Macalester College in St. Paul and heading to lunch.



The balance of the afternoon was spent looking for specific pieces to incorporate into one of our fireplaces, at three of our favorite architectural salvage establishments in the Twin Cities. We love our friends there who share our passion for preserving beautiful and historically interesting and important elements. Much as with our vintage hats, salvaging architectural remnants is even better when you can save the pieces from making a sad one-way trip to the landfill AND incorporate them into your everyday world to enhance quality of life and appreciation of the past. Our first stop Saturday afternoon, admiring a pair of absolutely stunning and exceedingly rair terracotta owls salvaged from Utica, New York, by our friend Jim at his Art & Architecture.



We always seem to be drawn to things which have a presence but are also big and heavy. They are sometimes stately, as in this splendid limestone figure of 'Justice', from a St. Paul courthouse, ca. 1886, at Architectural Antiques in Minneapolis...



... often whimsical. Salvaged display from an old saloon/bar.



...or downright beastly. Old taxidermy full mount American Bison from a deaccesioned museum.



... and not infrequently monumental. Acroterion and snow still-life in 'The Swamp' out back at City Salvage, in the feeble light of dusk.



Some of the architectural elements that once adorned magnificent buildings in the Twin Cities now sit covered in snow as the only surviving and tangible evidence of their former grandeur.

 

[delectans]

A steady rain continued to fall into the evening as we arrived at the Orpheum Theater to catch the stylish new musical, "Catch Me If You Can". The wonderful old Beaux-Arts Orpheum is one of a handful of historic theaters in Minneapolis to be spared a date with the wrecking ball, and is now owned and run by a terrific non-profit, the Hennepin Theater Trust.



The rain had turned to snow when we left for home after the show.



On a much colder Sunday afternoon we eagerly looked forward to seeing and hearing our friends in the Locked-Out Minnesota Orchestra perform a special concert at the University Of Minnesota's Ted Mann Concert Hall. 1940s Royal Hat Works.



The estimable conductor and Music Director of the Minnesota Orchestra, Emeritus, Edo de Waart, taking his ovation with former Concertmaster Jorja Fleezanis and current Concertmaster Erin Keefe following their performance of J.S Bach's beloved Concerto For Two Violins.



Talking with Orchestra Musicians in the lobby during intermission.



In the spirit of the Season, and on Ludwig van Beethoven's 242nd birthday, the concert concluded with his stirring 9th Symphony. The powerfully moving singing of the chorale and the soloists, from left to right Soprano Ellie Dehn, Mezzo Adriana Zabala, Tenor Thomas Cooley, Baritone Phillip Zawisza, and the impassioned playing of the orchestra, helped mend our hearts, broken by the tragedy in Connecticut, and the ongoing tragedy for the arts and music in the Twin Cities.



By the stage following the concert. As much as I wanted to stay and visit with our friends in the Orchestra, we had to rush home for another special celebration.



A special 17th Birthday celebration(one week early) with Ryan and some of his best friends, all of whom will be participating in his next film project. The evening was spent at their high school auditorium watching a screening of their first effort, "The Elixir Of Doom", and discussing the script and shooting schedule for the sequel, "The Root Of Evil".



As Lydia and I watched Ryan carry Maureen off into the sunset on the big screen in the auditorium, and delighted in seeing all of the kids enjoying each other's company all evening, we reflected on how truly fortunate we are.

 

[randooch]

Yours is a rarefied existence, Al!

 

[alanfgag]

:eusa_clap Yes... it would make quite the movie. The Cat in the Hats. I have a Facebook message in to Ryan about it.

 

[casechopper]

Carmack Whiskey

 

[JonnyO]

Al, I just looked through the photos you posted from the film, it looks quite amazing, will we ever get to view it ourselves?

 

[hatophile]

AL, that bison seems to be eyeing your hat very closely.

Nice Carmack Sam, reminds me of the Hitchhiker.

 

[Rogera]

Hello everyone! I am fairly new to the lounge and have been following this thread religiously since day one. I have gained tons of inspiration, insight and courage to step out proudly with my modest fedora collection that I have been slowly growing in a fedora-less West Texas. You are all rock stars as far as I am concerned in the hat world and I would like to throw in a contribution once and a while so here goes...

Today my green Stylemaster I bought in Portland in September. I love this hat

 

[randooch]

Nice, Rogera. Consider posting a pic of it in the Green Machine thread as well!

 

[150719541]

Coach,

Congratulations on your son's wedding. You have a beautiful family. What is the white hat your father is wearing? It looks great on him.

Thanks to all Fedora Lounger Friends for them words, DJH, hatophile, Chepstow, RBH, Alan, really thanks ¡¡
Landman: The white hat wearing my father is a VIQUEZ (mexican maker), rabbit hair 20 X, wide brim, I like too, this hatter has greatest than any ¡¡¡

 

[randooch]

Great photo Coach... all the best to your son and his bride!

Wow! ( I missed a page or two. ). My congratulations as well. Looks like a fun and memorable wedding!

 

[Historyteach24]

Welcome Rogera! Glad to have ya

 

[delectans]

Thanks for the kind comments, guys! :yo:

Randall: Thanks, but surely you jest! Mine is but an extraordinarily ordinary life documented by a profusion of photos that serve as visual landmarks of a passage through time. I believe that we all lead lives that can be considered at once banal and exalted.


Alan: Thank you for that bit of wit and humor! Somehow the movie title that sprang to mind for me was "The Habit: An Unstoppable Journey".


Sam: That hat is good enough to drink! :beer:


JonnyO: Thanks! The kids have not used social media to share their film, but we have produced home-made DVDs for distribution to the kids and their families. If you would like, I can send you a copy once I have completed work on the photo slideshow for inclusion in the 2-disc set.


Perry: Hold on a minute, I thought Bison were herbivores!


Rogera: Great hat and photo! Reminds me of a color slide from the 1950s. Welcome, friend! :yo:

 

[majormoore]

Person came in, rather large breaded man, I gave his grandson that little fedora hat, when they were leaving I asked what he did for a living, and he told me he mainly works during this time of year. I asked what do you do? his statement was he does Santa. He showed me some photos of him and let me tell you, when dressed up he is Santa from head to toe and doesn't use padding.
We talked and he said, you were kind to my grandson and gave him a hat, and he said he wanted to do something for me, asked if I had grand kids, once I told him three little ones under 5 each, he said pick a night this week and he would come over and spend time with them here in the house.

He will be coming this Thursday night, I hope the grand children remember this for many years to come, I know I will remember watching the joy he will bring them for the rest of my life.

Mike