I gotta new hat.
Cool, huh?
I bought it yesterday at the Penguin store in Soho. I didn’t even know they a) were still around, b) sold clothes for men and women, and c) carried casual styles. (In my mind, the Penguin brand — the one with the cute little sketchy penguin logo — had something to do with tuxedos.)
Live and learn.
But yesterday, while shopping with a friend who was visiting — and who knows a lot more about Penguin than I do — I bought that hat.
I love it first and foremost because it looks great with denim and black — 99 percent of every New Yorker’s wardrobe. Secondly, it fits my large cranium. (Yes, I realize it’s a man’s hat. But still.)
And last but not least, while wearing it around the city yesterday, it was just fun to be that chick –
The one in the hat…from the tuxedo store.
After six
It wasn’t named after the tailor. Not Pierre, either. Nope, Tuxedo Park got that honor.
‘Cause where you’re from matters.
I learned this slice of history today in a one-page SKY magazine article on my Delta flight. My holiday has begun, and I’m flying to Kansas City to visit my sister, brother-in-law and countless friends there.
You see, I used to be from Kansas City…for a little while.
Oh, I was born and raised in Kentucky, and only lived in Kansas City for seven years. But during that time, I made a now infamous trip to New York City – the current place I’m ‘from’ – and ended up talking to Al Roker outside the Today Show window. And when Al asked me where I was from, I said, “Kansas City.”
My Kentucky kin have never let me forget.
‘Cause where you’re from matters.
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