Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for May 31, 2023

Tony is in for a long lonely day, those who aren’t repelled by his head gear are appalled by his lack of a cardboard insert in his lower right pants leg.

If I hadn’t spotted his nose, I would have wondered about this.

I wonder what Tony sees when he looks in the mirror.

I wonder if maybe he’s gone through the looking glass.

That’s one heckuva hat.

And to think it all started with a cute little button sewn onto a baseball cap. Tony’s embellishments have certainly expanded.

Tony is waiting for his chance to have his picture and hat appear on a beer can. He will then only allow people to call him Anthony and will move over a block to Ballard Blvd where “normal people” live.

Good morning Balladeers!

Tony’s dream is to become a millionaire milliner.

Tony devised this head wear to cover up his big bulbous nose!

Sultan of Squat…

To Bead or not to Bead… what a stupid question…

Tony’s developed some pretty strong neck muscles.

It’s impressive that Tony actually made it through boot camp at the Millinery Academy…

Is he one of those Millinerial Generation guys?

Tony is Carnac the Magnificent’s retired propmaster.

The song “Anatole of Paris” performed by Danny Kaye suddenly enters my mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ9bnC1v1xc. The last line always makes me laugh.

I really wish this was in color. :)

He can’t win a Tony for that production…

It’s Milliner Time!

Tony trips out a lot. This fascinator is just one example of one of his trips.