Today I am in Cleveland, and I felt an overpowering urge to buy a hat. That is, a summer hat — preferably a straw hat, but one that any 
self-respecting American would find fully appropriate to wear in the sweltering days to come.
Surprisingly, I found such a hat, and it is sweet indeed. Cleveland needs more hats like this, which was bought for only $15 at a very friendly and helpful shop on the first floor at the Cleveland Arcade.
What’s wrong with a bit of straw — for only $15 — to start off the July 4 weekend? I’m wearing this chapeau at a cookout on Saturday, and I am hoping that the attendees appreciate the beauty of this splendid chapeau.
