World Traveler Hat, Part II

Under a Louise Bourgeois spider at the New Orleans sculpture garden

One might think from the way this blog is structured that I write a post about a hat and never wear the hat again. It is true for a few hats, but I continue to wear most hats after they have been "introduced." Some are in quite heavy rotation. For example, I have continued to carry and wear this flat-packing ribbon hat I bought in Prague in 2006 on many subsequent trips. Most recently, I wore it in New Orleans as I toured around in the late May heat. 

Here I am in front of a pretty house in the Garden District:

And in front of a railroad exhibit at the visitor's center

I also took it to Spain with me in 2023. Here I am in front of some wildflowers in San Sebastian.

And in a selfie in Zaragoza. 

I bought a new hat in New Orleans (more about that later), and when I dropped it off to be shipped home, I carried this blue hat stuffed in my purse so I could put it on when I left the store.

This hat was a cheap tourist hat, but it has been on so many journeys with me that I am quite attached to it. Though it's a bucket hat without much intrinsic shape, by rolling the brim and tilting it, I add a little style to my summer travels.