{"id":8798,"date":"2009-01-13T12:13:41","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T17:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=8798"},"modified":"2026-07-04T09:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T13:00:40","slug":"scanning-tuesday-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=8798","title":{"rendered":"Hat day"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a friend Cristina who designs hats. In Chicago, she had a sweet little studio, which was like going into Santa’s workshop or something. We loved to hang out there and try on her creations. One hot summer day, there was a street fair in Chicago (like there is every other day in Chicago in the summer) – and Cristina, who was trying to launch her business, asked me, Mitchell and Jackie to walk around the street fair with her – each of us wearing one of her hats, so we could pass out fliers and basically be walking billboards.<\/p>\n

We had a blast. I do remember that we got some scornful comments from idiots who never went past high school emotionally. One girl sneered as we walked by, “Oh. So I guess they’re wearing hats today<\/i>.” I don’t understand why four people wearing hats would be so disturbing<\/i> and threatening.<\/p>\n

The funniest part, though, was that my friend Cristina – who said, about herself, “I wake up every morning eager to hyperbolize” – characterized our experience at the street fair as “the day we were almost killed”.<\/p>\n

hahahahaha<\/p>\n

Anyway, here are some shots from that day.<\/p>\n

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