Fedora, the cocktail

Well, I knew about the hat, which I have been wanting to buy for a while, but I have learned recently that the fedora is also a cocktail. Never mind how I know for now. I checked on Google and the recipes seem to vary a fair bit: some have whiskey, some have Bourbon, etc. I guess the cocktail itself is a tad obscure, or maybe I am wrong. I don't know how the original, "proper" fedora should be made of, but in this blog post it gives you a recipe dating back from 1888. Have you drank a fedora, in one form or another? Not that I am really into cocktails (I prefer beer and I drink my spirits straight), but I am curious about this one.

The right shop to buy a hat?

I was walking downtown recently to buy a few top up items, when I saw one of the clothes shop and it struck me: there were straw hats for men on their mannequins. Now, as you may remember from this post and that one, I have been wanting to buy a hat for a long time, either a Panama or a fedora. or maybe something else, come to think of it, because what the hell to I know about hats. And it struck me that it could just be the shop I needed. I would not need to go online, I could be helped by someone who knows about these things and if it is not too expensive it might just be the right place. Funny that it is so close to home and that I walked pass it so often without noticing the hats in the shop windows, or even the shop itself.

I want a fedora

It has been fairly hot these last few days and it made me think of last summer when I wore a hat borrowed from my father-in-law. I was thinking that a hat could reallt be useful in the coming weeks and months, even though I am not really sure I have a head for hats. What I wore then was a Panama hat, but I thought it would be really nice to buy a fedora. I prefer it looks and shape, and also because its association with hardboiled crime fiction and film noir. But I have no idea of my head size and measuring it is always iffy if I cannot try the hat itself. So I am not comfortable buying it online (and I am being careful with how much I spend online as well these days). I will probably have to visit a shop to buy one, when the pandemic is over. In any case, I now know that I really want a fedora.