The other day I decided I wanted a bright blue bowler hat. Of course, one would think, with Google and the internet you could find such a hat in a heartbeat. This, however, is not the case. The first thing I tried were all of my shopping bookmarks. Urban Outfitters had nothing of the sort; mostly those baseball caps. Realizing that I was looking for a bowler hat, I stepped up the class a couple notches, as the great Lagasse might say. Nordstrom had nothing. Saks Fifth Avenue doesn't even sell hats. Neiman Marcus had hats, but they were mostly these $500 Prada hats for women. They were also kind of ugly.

Then I tried Google. I got lots of party sites that were selling these cheap looking $5 hats. No can do for me. I want something that's sturdy. So I'm continuing my search, but at the same time, I am very upset at how hard it is to happen upon a hat.