Replacement Sun Visor

It was eighteen year ago this month that we moved to Capitol Hill from the Midwest. After I retired from the Library of Congress we stayed on another three years until we found a condo we liked and moved to northern Virginia. Because it gets quite hot and sunny in DC’s urban jungle one of the first things I did was buy a sun visor. I’ve had it now for eighteen years. It is made out of straw and it can not be adjusted. I prefer visors to baseball caps because the baseball cap squishes my hair flat and I just look funny wearing one. Lately I have been getting ridge marks on my forehead after wearing the visor - and they last the whole day and it looks like I have dents in my head. That’s something I didn’t have to worry about when I was younger. So I searched to see what the options are these days and found a Furtalk visor that was adjustable, but also foldable - not that I’d ever use the foldable option. I tried it for the first time this week. It looks fine and feels fine. Now the indentation is a solid line rather than here and there. At least it’s not as obvious. So I kept the old one anyway - for now. I can’t believe we have been here eighteen years and it’s even more remarkable that the straw hat still looks as good as new - except for the ridges. 

Bloomingdale's Echo Slouch Hat, Visor, and Pompom

I didn't bring a lot of my winter wardrobe with me from the Midwest when we moved to DC. I left behind several hats and coats thinking it couldn't possibly be as cold here. We were wrong! And since I retired almost two years ago, my wardrobe has changed completely from work wear to casual. And since we walk every day - rain or shine - my wardrobe now includes outerwear that covers just about every climate. One item I've been wanting to add for winter is a hat. I don't like hoods because you can't turn your head. I have a lumberjack hat for really cold wind and a baret for mid level cold - but it doesn't cover my ears. So I wanted to find a Slouch Hat to cover my ears, but it needed to have a visor to keep the snow off my face and glasses, but more importantly keep the sun glare from my eyes. You would have thought this might be somewhat easy to find. Hah! We started at LLBean yesterday and there was nothing. I looked on line and you would have thought I was trying to find something that was never heard of. So today we ventured out to Tyson's and checked Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Saks, J Crew, and Nordstrom. Nothing! Then we tried Bloomingdale's. By then we had about had it. Then, right by the door we entered was a great selection of winter hats - and one that actually was a beret/Slouch Hat, visor, with a pompon combined! I didn't want black or blue, so ended up with a kind of purple/maroon that goes with my walking coat. I'm just sorry I forgot to use a gift card I received last year. So hopefully this Echo hat will do the trick. I would never have worn something like this before. But I've never been retired, walked every day, and lived in DC either.