Perry: Thanks again, my friend!
Josh: I appreciate your kind words! Great picture of the 1893 Expo. The breathtaking splendor of the White City reminds me of some of history's most enigmatic 'Lost Cities'. Palenque, Ephesus, Petra, Angkor, Persepolis, and even Machu Picchu come to...
Lydia has been reading the excellent book by Erik Larson, entitled The Devil In The White City, and so it was that we found ourselves admiring the museum's splendid exterior, while everyone else gladly sought refuge from the 93F heat inside.
We spent more time outside of the museum than...
A Memorable Memorial Day Weekend In Chicago, Finale
Terracotta ornamentation over our hotel window. Memorial Day morning.
On what will prove to be the warmest day of the year thus far, I donned my Optimo Milan once again.
The thermometer is already reading 83F, but the glorious...
You are just going to have to take another road trip this Summer with your teens, fedoras, and digital camera!
Many thanks for your kind words, Lily Powers, I appreciate them very much! :yo:
Beautiful hat and it looks great on Tasha!
Great looking hat on you.
Thanks, David!
Sounds like a real nice trip! Zion was always one of my favorites growing up, and I need to take my own family there soon.
Do consider posting photos from your adventure in the FEDORAS AFIELD thread as well after you have scanned them.
Thanks, Rusty!
Worth quoting again. What a great tale! You look great in that hat, too!
Beautiful photos! Great Royal Stetson fishin' hat.
Love the photo and hat! Those family circuses are an endangered species, sadly.
Perry: Thanks, you are much too kind! Looking dapper yourself in that Adam Executive.
mercuryfelt76: Thank you!
Alan & Robert: You both wear your hats with elan!
Optimo Montecristi
Looking sharp this Monday morning, David!
Great hats over the weekend, everyone!
My Optimo Montecristi scarcely left my noggin all weekend long:
Picking up some papyri and water lillies at the nursery Saturday morning.
Attending the season finale of...
Ryan, Lydia and I were transfixed by the heartfelt but uplifting music for hours.
The Man himself. Linsey Alexander is a Chicago blues legend. Raised in Mississippi and Tennesee, Linsey's musical career mirrors the development of Chicago blues, rooted as it is in the Mississippi Delta but...
A Memorable Memorial Day Weekend In Chicago, Part 4
View of Lake Michigan from the Field Museum. Navy Pier in the distance.
A beautifully mounted Labrador Duck, extinct since 1878. It is one of only 55 mounted specimens remaining, scattered throughout institutions and museums...
Thanks, z, Perry! Made myself hungry posting those photos. What I wouldn't give to have one of Curtis' Po' boys for lunch today! :hungry:
Mike: Looking good!
A Memorable Memorial Day Weekend In Chicago, Part 3
Sunday morning. The skies were already growing heavy and dark with rain clouds as we drove to the trendy Bucktown neighborhood for brunch. Lydia's research had brought us to Nalyah's Soup Cafe, a Cajun/Creole restaurant. Optimo Milan...
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