Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for September 15, 2015

I may have met these guys before. Their fezzes look familiar.

Troy used to belong to Gary’s Coffee Club, but the streamers on his fez kept getting caught in his cookies, This new Club probably isn’t going to work out either.

Troy finally found a Club he and Trixie can belong to and Muriel comes along and puts the kibosh on the whole thing.

They must be drinking Starbuck’s new FrappyHatCino.

Its raining……

You know, hats have always been a big deal on Ballard St…everybody loves hats… I wonder where the heck Gary was trying to hold the meetings…. probably that snooty place over on Sycamore…Peg’s Doughnut D-Lite Deli and Diner.Peg thinks she’s all that just because she comes from Min-ee-APP-o-lis….

Well, Gary can hold his meetings in the Tiki any time…we’re NOT from Minneapolis…. we accept all hats.

You know, Gary has always loved hats. Not surprised he started a club….

In fact, while he did love that polka dot shirt, he’s never really cared as much about clothes as hats.If he has a hat on he’s ready…...

Uh… maybe I should rethink those meetings at the Tiki, though….I just remembered.

Brian…. you never forget a fez, do you?

Mr_sherman…. if you see this… thanks from yesterday.

Bev… have you tried a nitro beer yet? We had to get special taps.

Do stop by on my shift and taste it.

I have to warn you, though… it actually tastes like beer.

@SusanRe: The Nitro Beer – I may drop in to try one. I like beer that tastes like beer.

Mornin’ Ballardeers !

It’s Tequila Tuesday at the Tiki with all specials featuring your favorite Mexican spirits. Nothing goes better with a bottle of Nitro than a shot of Commemorativo ! Enjoy a large, frozen, Mad Marguerita with some hot & spices Yak Ribs.Start your morning off with a breakfast burrito and a Mescal Mary – lovingly made by Fenton from my own secret recipe ( obtained from the famous Aztec shaman, Toltec Tommie Toomey ).Come on down !First round is on Sherif ! …..eh ?….. oh, yeah, Munky never buys a round….. Okay, then….First round’s on me !

you, too can own one

http://www.keepshooting.com/italian-colonial-fez-hat.html

The right hat as an accessory to a good suit is a must!

Anybody else read today’s Loose Parts?(I hope they didn’t use a brainy yak for the yak Stroganoff.)

justa minder…thet “Higglepooder Hat” aint aloud in teh TIKI….probly loaded up with stingin bubmle beez….

Monkey!

Bev was NOT naked!

(Well…. that’s what she says, and she’s my friend, so I believe her…. right? … Right?    

Bev! That’s not a missed spot! That’s a highlight done with XTI SuperHiGlo™, in metallic Bright Platinum Dream®, catching the light.

You have 4 colors in your hair, Bright Hawaiian Aqua, Sunny Sky Blue, Winning Royals© Blue, and Dreamy Aqua Frost….with those metallic highlights, and a bit of XTI Platinum Ice glitter, too. It was a lot of work!

And the little monkeys are sorry about the hat.They told me you said “How would you like it?”They’d never seen anybody wearing low-hanging fruit…. so they picked it.I explained to them that you probably said “How DO you like it?”

They want to make you another one…. but I told them you might rather make your own, when you’re teaching your class.

Where do I sign up?

Yoou should talk, we all saw you at the Hardware and Fresh Strawberry StoreBTW your……uh………..ChapStick color doesn’t go with the hat…….jus’ sayin’

I was janitor at the Masons/Shriners temple back in the 1970’s…Buddy came over to help late at night..He really….REALLY wanted one of those Shriners hats(told him to keep his grubby hands offa them…wanted to keep my job)

Loose Parts

Apropos of nothing…