I took this photograph from the balcony in the Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles with my Sony Nex 3N. This is not a place where I would have expected to see a scene from an old Western. Apparently, the guy in the middle insisted on wearing his hat, so his girlfriends wore theirs.
Do you wear hats?
Susie Lindau's Wild Ride 
Wow,wow,wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you! It was so amazing how I looked down and there they were.
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I really think that image is “fine art contest award worthy!”
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Looks like something we would see in Denver!
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Right? Or Longmont!!!! Downtown LA is the polar opposite!
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I know! I used to live just down the block from OJ before he went on his little slaughter rampage – and I have to agree with you about Longmont! Or, right here in Golden where I live!
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Should be a six gun or two on the table. The only hat I wear is a ball cap in the sun.
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Right! I wish I knew how to use Photoshop. Guns and cards….
I love ball caps too! I’m sort of between hats and could use one for fall weather. I might have to go shopping..
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Pittsburgh Steelers hat would be nice.
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Those are great hats! I’m usually more of a knit cap kind of hat person. (But that could be because I live in the epicenter of hipster culture.) 🙂
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what a great shot!!!
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Thanks so much! I was pretty excited when I looked over the balcony.
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Fabulous photo.
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Thanks Cassandra! It was so incongruous with Downtown LA!
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I like to wear baseball caps, and I’m forced to wear a knit hat for most of the year as it’s just so darn cold in Maine!
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I wonder if Maine and San Francisco are on the same longitude? I find myself shivering whenever I visit!
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I thinks we are further north than SF. Plus, we have Snow Miser…
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I love cowboy hats and low rise jeans with big belt buckles and cowboy boots Susie! If I could wear them all the time I would!
Diana xo
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I love that look! Cowboy boots have made a comeback so pull them out and strut your stuff!
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I wear knit hats in winter when it’s cold and baseball caps when it rains. I am not an indoors statement-type cowboy hat-wearer. Maybe that’s the difference between being a New Yorker versus a Los Angeleno.
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LA seems to be all about statements. I love wearing hats and it occurred to me after wearing my straw fedora all summer, I need a new chapeau! Am I about statements? Maybe, but mostly I’m about protecting myself from the intense Colorado sun!
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My wild thought is Wild West! Only there should be cards and a sixgun on the table! 🙂
My headgear is a disreputable bush hat, crashers for riding horses, helmets for mountain biking, and a peaked cap for Community Policing patrols.
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Exactly!!!!
What is the Community Policing patrol? It sounds like a wonderful hat!
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Community Orientated Policing members – or COPS – assist the police on occasion and do volunteer patrols on foot, by car or on bikes. The main idea is a visible presence to act as a deterrent, but occasionally a more hands-on approach becomes necessary!
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I love hats… love them… unique ones
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Me too! I have quite a collection…
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Nice pic! Very cool effects on the edges. In L.A. when you took it? It’s 104 where I am today
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We came for a party and were only Downtown two nights back in July. 🙂
I saw the temperature!!! Whoa… I bet the beach sand is too hot.
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It was super hot, but better than being where we live … 105 today.
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I used to wear a ball cap everywhere. But now, if I do I look like Bozo the clown so I just forgo the chapeau… for now… I had a fabulous hat i wore in high school a suede leather cap – it was cool or so I thought 🙂 nice phot it looks like they are having fun! have a wonderful weekend.
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Hey Clay! You need to wear a ponytail. Love the leather cap idea. I think anything goes these days. Hope you had a great weekend too!
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That photo is like a dream of the movie Butch Cassidy. Hats? Me? Nope. I detest hat-head.
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Thank you! I loved that movie.
Yep. Hat head is an unfortunate side effect. 🙂
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Whichever hat you choose for winter – it’s bound to fit that eclectic bunch in Boulder.
(They do say suede is in …a Marleen Dietrich brim mysteriously perched in town? Cowboy hat for jeans…oh, you need a wardrobe full of them, Susie!)
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I do need some new hats. I love all the new styles and a suede fedora might be fun! Yep. Anything goes in Boulder.
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I wear hats all the time. It seems to be a genetic thing. When I did my chemo I opted for hats instead of wigs, mostly because I already had a wardrobe full of the them. It really is all about the Hattitude! I wrote about three generations of hat wearers here
https://silkpurseproductions.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/its-all-about-the-hattitude/
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Nice! That was a great idea. Love your hattitude!
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Very cool pic. I’m pretty much just a baseball hat kind of guy myself.
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Thanks Phil!
I have a few ball caps too!
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That is a stunning photo! Very cool, and thanks for sharing. I wouldn’t call myself a hat person, but I have practical reasons for wearing them in high summer and mid-winter. Both to do with not quite having the same amount of hair I did as when I was in my 30s…
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Thanks Matt!
The sun is intense here too. I wear one to protect my skin and hair (color)!!!
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Super cool photo, Susie!
I used to wear hats–all the time and everywhere. Fancy ones and baseball hats. But I never wore a cowboy hat!
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Thanks Coleen! You’ll have to pick one up sometime! I have a straw cowboy hat, but not a traditional felt hat. I would like to buy a felt fedora! I have some old ones as you can imagine. I am a hat person…
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This is so cool! I seriously thought it was an old timey stock photo! You should frame it!
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Thanks so much Liz!
I have a friend who has a canvas wrap company and I’m thinking about having one made!
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That is an awesome shot, Susie! And as luck would have it, you had your camera ready. Thanks for sharing it with your readers. 🙂
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Thanks Ermi! Great to “see” you! I had my camera and my phone. This shot is from my camera. 🙂
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Totally funky! I love that sepia thing you did too. I only wear a beanie when it gets cold. My six yr old has two funky hats. I’m going to have to watch her lol.
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Actually the photos I took from my camera and my phone turned out amber. It was pretty dim lighting!
Yep. First it’s hats, then wild outfits aren’t too far behind!
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Oh goodness! Such perfect photo! And no, I don’t wear hats, but I would if I looked as cool as them. 🙂
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Thanks Angelia!
I think the hairstyle we wear has a lot to do with how hats look. Go for it!
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Very nice photo!! Love the effect it portrays. 🙂 I like hats but don’t wear them as much as I would like because, hat hair. You look fab in hats though! 🙂
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