tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319636012012-02-16T22:41:33.486-06:00I wear a lot of different hats, both physically and metaphorically. My grandkids like to exclaim "Pop's hat!” while reaching for my favorite Panama or Stetson. This is a phenomenon we'll visit here, both physically and metaphorically.PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.comBlogger571100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-81037272799517046652012-01-24T11:35:00.000-06:002012-01-24T11:35:36.775-06:00

I support an Audio Enthusiast's internet forum. They cover my scalp.

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It all comes back home.

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$1.00 at the H.E.B. Plus. Low cost entry into the cult of the whiny orange... sans logo. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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While packing my curio cabinet, I found this old Mrs. Baird's Bread paper hat. The plant employees wore these, as did cafe and cafeteria cooks. I got this one either on a tour of the Mrs. Baird's Bakery on Mockingbird Lane in Dallas, or possibly at the State Fair of Texas. That plant is being bull-dozed as I pack, and Mrs. Baird's is now owned by Panificación Bimbo, S.A. de Mexico.  Even though

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Watsonburger was a small group of hamburger stands that started as Watson's Drive-In in Denison, Texas in the 1950s. It was right next door to the majestic (now demolished and gone) Denison High School. The family 'borrowed' some ideas from "Whataburger" (for which they got in some legal troubles later, IIRC), and opened several new hamburger restaurants as Watsonburgers, mainly along Highway 75

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-29340913013957559792010-07-09T12:03:00.002-05:002010-07-09T12:05:16.583-05:00

Ce n'est pas un casque légal de bicyclette.

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Lunch at Williams' Tavern (c. 1832), Washington, Arkansas. Home of the Bowie Knife (not the tavern, but the blacksmith down by the giant magnolia tree). Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller began the effort to turn Washington into sort of a "Williamsburg of the Ozarks". Interesting place... a whole town designated as a state park and historic site.

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Out of necessity. Well, not entirely true. I've been dedicated to hat-wearing as long as I can remember, but it is no longer an option (or fashion accessory).- Posted from my iPhone

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My new Ecuadorian hat ("Panama"), with Havana crease, debuting as my Easter bonnet. I purchased this direct from Ecuador early last winter, and it has been biding its time, waiting for spring. Spring has sprung, and so has my new chapeau.I like it very much, and am now willing to move up to a higher grade weave.

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This is my unstructured baseball cap from Cabelas, sans any sort of logo. It's yellow-gold in color to help Mrs. Pop locate me in a crowd.I have affixed a small green button on the front that says simply, "fish". No one has asked.

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Continued next Spring.

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Friday was the kick-off of the Texas State Fair ("Our state fair is a great state fair!"). City Hall sent out a memo saying Western wear "was approved" for the day. Dallas.I walked over to Main Street at lunch to watch the Texas Sate Fair Opening Parade. I participated in this parade a few times in the late '60s and early '70s, as a member of the Preston Trail Ride. We rode horses and wagons from

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-90102051464488531482009-09-07T13:11:00.006-05:002009-09-07T14:29:04.811-05:00

What's old is new again. See for yourself.

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-19345099275717799092009-08-30T16:49:00.003-05:002009-09-04T14:40:52.969-05:00

Some may recall my late, lamented John B. Stetson straw hat. It lives on as my yard-work hat, but it is not presentable for public viewing. I've been looking for a Western style replacement hat, but without luck (in my price range). But...I made a barbecue expedition to Garland yesterday to try out a little drive-up called "Meshack's" (borrowing its name from a long closed South Dallas BBQ joint

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I got this Ecuadorian straw hat several years ago from Orvis. One could call it a Panama if one felt so inclined... I don't.The sub-fino straw was woven in Ecuador, and then made into a hat here in the USA. It's a "one size fits all" hat, and I have blamed that design (it's the elastic sweatband) for the odd transition between the brim and the crown. The proportions are off, or the crown is too

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-87669546309296739862009-06-03T16:26:00.007-05:002009-06-16T16:58:41.370-05:00

This is a toquilla straw hat from Ecuador, commonly called a Panama hat because of their popularity there as an export item during the years the Panama Canal was dug. The name stuck. So, it really is a "Panama" hat, but Panama hats aren't from Panama, but Ecuador instead.I've had this hat for a few years, but never really liked it's "roll-up" style. This year, in need of a new, cool straw hat, I

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A Made'n Murhica pith helmet. The manufacturer's name is the unfortunate "Dorfman-Pacific". I say unfortunate, because I get looks like I'm wearing a "Dorkman-Specific" hat when I don this. But it's incredibly cool (ventilated), and I wear it when I am riding the Arched Bicycle of Canterbury (seen in the background). Helmets are required in Dallas.

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They gather in flocks in other parts of the house as well. Very Hitchcockian.

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-77354355164981284662008-10-22T14:45:00.001-05:002008-10-22T14:46:26.386-05:00

Fall has arrived (or, is arriving as I type), albeit about a month late. The first "cold" front of the season is blowing in, with temperatures expected to drop into the upper 40s by sundown. Right, too.That's why I wore my new waxed-cotton ball cap. Heightened expectations.

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-14493018235295954752008-08-19T07:20:00.003-05:002008-08-19T07:30:45.098-05:00

I got this Panama hat at Orvis, hoping I'd like it. I don't.All the elements of a good hat are there, but the shape just doesn't quite work for me. The crown is too big, the break between the crown and the brim is too soft. I wear it on rare occasion. Very rare.

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This photo dates from 1956, and judging by the cool weather attire, I should be five years old. That's my brother in the watch cap (14) and my sister (2) looking on in amusement as I have just been finned by a not-dead-yet sand bass.I can't quite tell what my hat (and jacket) are saying here. At first glance, I look like one of Brando's motorcycle hoods in The Wild One (Marlon himself?), but more

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Cleaning off the roof after the spring-fall of twigs, branches, and dead animals. After almost two centuries in Texas, my gene pool from 100,000 +/- years in Scotland and Bavaria has yet to adapt to the land I have arrived in.This sweat band-less straw hat does the best job of absorbing sweat of anything I have ever used. A hat's sweat band always blocks the sweat, causing it to pool up and drain

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-89177318310072811282008-07-11T12:50:00.003-05:002008-07-13T06:53:58.697-05:00

This is one of my several bicycle crash helmets. Probably one of the least functional hats I own, and the only one that my wearing is mandated by law. It's crash-design speed is approximately 15 mph, and yet if I were to simply fall over backwards, my head (based upon my 6'1" stature) would hit the ground at over 20 mph. It doesn't keep the cold and wet out in the winter, and doesn't do a good

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That's June Anne LaGrone (granddaughter, and namesake of my sister and mother). I walked into the room, and she yelled "HAT!" and grabbed it off my head and put it on hers.

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This bucket hat belonged to my dad. It is in my favorite accent color PMS-123, (better known as PMS Yellow). Frau Summer has declared that wearing it in her presence ist Verboten.She's away.

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Handkerchiefs.I'm the only person I know who carries one at all times, either folded into a point in the breast pocket of a jacket, or folded into a square and stuffed into a hip pocket, or simply stuffed into a front pockets of my pants. I usually use them to wipe sweat off my face and out of my eyes. I never use them to blow my nose. I have offered a scrupulously clean one to someone who was

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This is very nice genuine Panama of a superior straw. It has a slider/keeper for the chin strap that's made out of a nut shell. It fits great, it breathes wonderfully, so my head stays cool, provides ample amounts of shade, stays on my head in strong winds, and it's quite attractive.But it looks kind of affected. Too stylish? Too Bohemian? Too something.It works great, just don't look. It

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This is another hat I got at Neiman Marcus during a Last Call sale. It was reduced 80% of the regular price (costing $40). It's an Italian-made 100% fur hat in the preferred mossy green that makes me feel invisible. This hat is incredibly soft-to-the-touch, and the temptation is to just keep stroking it with my fingers. Whatever fur was used is of premium quality. In the backround is a light

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-13737867366467589362008-02-09T10:20:00.001-06:002008-02-09T15:47:38.418-06:00

This is your basic nylon ball cap, but with a crucial difference for the folliclly challenged. This cap, made by a company called Weatherproof, specializes in the use of microfibers. The exterior is a water-repellent nylon, suitable for fog and drizzle.The interior of the crown, however, is the source of true joy in this cap. It is lined with micro-fleece, keeping bald/balding pates comfortably

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-80841013447402068542007-08-07T19:59:00.000-05:002007-08-07T20:12:07.700-05:00

This is my straw Stetson. I bought it many years ago at Neiman-Marcus (back when they handled a few items of Western Wear for real oilmen). It listed for $225, mainly because of the fancy pheasant hatband, but it was still top of the line panama straw. I got it at Last Call™ for $25.The years took their toll. The hatband migrated to the straw that inspired Pop's Hat. But this hat labors on...

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-34753345298533662412007-08-04T10:33:00.001-05:002007-08-04T10:33:48.498-05:00

June Anne LaGrone (granddaughter) makes her first grab of Pop's hat. Red letter day.

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This is the sweat-stained Panama that started this adventure. I've tried to replace it a couple of times, but failed. It has patina.

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-5028187139246808862007-07-12T18:20:00.001-05:002007-07-16T22:03:00.301-05:00

Yep. It's a pith helmet, made by Dorfman-Pacific from an open-weave, stiff paper fabric.I love this hat. Great sun protection, very cool, excellent evaporative action, and it has an adjustable leather sweatband with a removable terry-cloth brow pad. It's the perfect hat for Texas summers, with only one drawback... ...unless you're a Postal Carrier, it looks kinda pretentious, which I hate. I may

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-13475520174229174982007-04-14T17:59:00.000-05:002007-04-14T18:07:05.118-05:00

Probably one of the more "honest" hats of this type I have. It's a brushed cotton-blend cap with a Mossy-Oak bill. The writing/logo on the crown is from FUSECO, an industrial fuse and electrical component supply company in Dallas.A dear Xn brother of mine gave it to me. He's a salesman for FUSECO, hence the honesty... a given gimmie cap.

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-33898565387835837812007-03-29T06:51:00.000-05:002007-03-29T21:44:14.067-05:00

Linden and I took Hosea to the Dallas Zoo weekend before last. It was his first trip to the zoo, and we wanted to achieve certain firsts. First trip to the zoo, First weekend with us away from his parents (brainwash time, heh, heh, heh), First Flecther's Corny Dog, and, First rubber tiger hat. He liked to look at his reflection in the windows and make tiger poses like the little boy

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-52403748699129426112007-02-13T18:53:00.000-06:002007-08-08T06:32:49.022-05:00

As mentioned, I had two hats refurbished by Texas Hatters recently. I re-refurbished my dad's hat, and I had my own hat that Texas Hatters made for me in the mid-70s refurbished as well at the same time.It's a little "fancier" in my book, and less desirable, than Dad's. Like so much in my life, I was trying to imitate the things about Harry C. Summer, Jr. I admired, and vainly perhaps trying to

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-39453244186168765562007-02-09T12:22:00.000-06:002007-02-09T12:34:13.453-06:00

This hat is a great Anglo-American hybrid hat. It's made of genuine Harris Tweed™ fabric from Scotland, with a GoreTex™ liner from the U.S.A., and sold by that Yankee outfitter, L.L. Bean™.I don't wear it as often as I might for two reasons: Even with the GoreTex™ breathable membrane (or perhaps because of it), it tends to get a little too humid in milder weather (temperatures in the 50s, say),

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This is a genuine, 100X beaver, Stetson hat that belonged to my dad, Harry C. Summer (Jr.). He bought it in the late 1950's/early 60's. It was not cheap (these were Dad's "high-roller" days when he was a custom-home builder in Dallas). He wore this hat when he worked in the field and when he played in the field. By the mid-70's, it was horribly sweat stained. In about 1978, I took it to Manny

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-76206416011777375932007-01-18T15:56:00.000-06:002007-01-18T20:59:07.263-06:00

Loden green wool fedora. Water repellant. This is a great hat for snowy, sleeting days. These are the kinds of days that scare most folks off the roads AFTER the danger has passed. I am walking down the middle of a street in downtown Dallas at lunchtime.

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-74490817713981632882007-01-17T09:55:00.000-06:002007-01-17T10:03:12.688-06:00

One of my favorite hats, this is a felt "driving cap" that imparts a sort of British charm to this Texan of German/Scottish descent. This particular cap was made by Pendleton Woolen Mills of Portland, Oregon. I love the mossy-green color. Works great on a snowny/sleeting day in North Texas.

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-16815195542034137762007-01-13T14:51:00.000-06:002007-02-09T05:50:04.255-06:00

This is my Timberland™, GoreTex™ lined, leather ball cap. I can wear this in Texas two or three days a year. Today's weather forecast is 32º, with rain, turning to sleet.Today is just the type of day I can wear this hat.

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-59833861987354639302007-01-04T08:46:00.000-06:002007-01-04T09:59:39.653-06:00

It's raining today. It rained all night. God is good (all the time).This bucket-hat is 100% cotton, impregnated with oil to make it water-proof, yet breathe-able. I believe it to be the only thing I own (other than some wine) that was made in Australia.It matches my English oil-cloth coat. The ensemble is very Anglophilic (which I am). Also very non-synthetic, which I like (like the Impaler

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This is really nice, olive-drab, ball cap from Weatherproof™. It's made with a microfibre shell (very soft to the touch), and lined with black microfleece. very warm to the skull.The pin on the crown is a brotherhood of Saint Andrew's pin. The X represents the way Andrew was crucified at his martyrdom. You see the same X in the Scottish national flag, as St. Andrew in Scotland's patron saint. It

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-20349532365317145412006-12-23T17:41:00.000-06:002006-12-23T17:49:31.961-06:00

This is my newest hat, and current favorite.Why? It's the school bus yellow color. It really helps my 5' 2" wife find her 6' 1" husband when we are out shopping. She looks for the yellow hat.The Cabela's label is imitative of the type of label the Department of Defense used to put in U.S. Government issue military gear, so it has a utilitarian style that appeals to my faux-utilitarian fashion

PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31963601.post-80192483257468706682006-11-12T14:06:00.000-06:002006-11-12T14:11:21.474-06:00

During the 2004 Election Cycle, I had a friend suggest it was not possible to wear this hat with this pin on it.My response, from my perspective, was that it not posible to NOT do it.

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Bodacious Bar-B-Q is an East Texas institution (Tyler). It is from whence Dallas' "Baker's Ribs Barbecue" has come from (family connections).

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Hosea Foster Downing, my 23 month old grandson. Notice the hat (Klipsch & Associates, mine) and the Rhinoceros shirt (his). He's into horns.

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Exhibit "A" I am often accused of never throwing away a hat (or much of anything else), and I have to admit that on the surface, the evidence looks pretty damning. I introduce the photo above into evidence as Exhibit "A", proving that not only do I throw things away (including several notebooks on Satan's handiwork: Theology, and an early MP3 player), the court will also notice a HAT. Not

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Here's a 6X Shantung that I got on Jefferson Boulevard in Oak Cliff/Dallas. Worth-Walden Hat Company. When you walk into the place, it's like stepping back in time to 1950. Again, the classic "Rancher" style I prefer...even rarer in a straw.I don't know if Worth-Walden is still is business. They were among the last of their kind a few years ago when I got this hat, and the owners were getting

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Hosea Foster Downing, caught in the act of snatching Pop's hat. He was ready, but the camera wasn't.

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Cruising the Texas Hill Country, behind the wheel of a Lincoln Town Car, ca. 1994. The featured hat was made by Manny Gammage at Texas Hatters in Austin (then) in approximately 1975. Gammage later moved his shop to Buda, and now to Lockhart (where I think his son runs it).When I asked Gammage to make this hat, he remarked, "Only old men and Mexicans wear hats like that!", the first part of which

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The aforementioned Panama.The pheasant headband came off a 30X Stetson straw hat I wore out. A City Councilwoman noticed my hat one day during a meeting and said, "Oh, I saw one stained just like that in a store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills."Mine didn't come this way. I sweated the details.(However, the 30X Stetson straw that I wore out did come from Neiman-Marcus...their flagship store in

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Yes I did.In 1993. While on vacation to Jamestown and Williamsburg.

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I've posted this picture to show me wearing my Kierkegaard ballcap. It's my favorite hat. That's the third ballcap that patch has been on over the last 25 years. Cap Number 4 is imminent.Most people think it's either: A) Funny; "A Kiekegaard ballcap, how funny!", or B) a bit pretentious; "Oh, an existential philosopher's name on a cap. You want people to think you're an intellectual, right?".

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