There is always so much to share about the PNC Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Hat Luncheon. I have tried to remember how many I have attended. I would say eight or nine. Each has been exciting. We have beautiful parks in the city of Pittsburgh and it is great to see them improve each year. The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy has been in existence for 20 years. This year they completed three vital improvements for the community in three different parks — the Frick Environmental Center that is the white building that you see facing Homewood Avenue, the Westinghouse Memorial and Pond in Schenley Park and August Wilson Park in the Hill District. I look forward to visiting the Frick Environmental Center. The space will be a space for environmental education while encouraging Pittsburgh’s future as a leader in innovation and sustainability.
Since 1996, the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy has raised more than $91 million to improve the city’s most democratic spaces, which are free and open to the public. I think the Conservancy was smart to select the first Saturday in May for the hat luncheon. Those who would possibly go to the Kentucky Derby can stay right at home and wear their beautiful hats. Each year the hats get better and better. One of my favorites this year was a hat made of inverted roses and I loved Leon wearing a basket. Leon is a floral designer and a very creative man. Peggy Harris always wears a showstopper and she tends to design her hats and creates her entire look. I am going to work on my outfit for next year this year.
I always look to photograph first timers to the luncheon. This year quite a few of the first timers were men. One gentleman told me or at least his wife did that the luncheon looked like fun and her husband wanted to attend. They were the sharpest couple at the luncheon, well male and female couple. The sharpest couple by far are two gents that come together every year. This year they wore light blue summer suits with pink shirts, straw fedoras and fuchsia velvet slippers.
I hope everyone reads their program booklet when they go to an event. They can learn so much. One of the things I spotted in the Hat Luncheon booklet was an exhibit that opens on June 11 and ends September 4, it’s called Killer Heels, the Art of the High Heeled Shoe. Sounds like fun doesn’t it? You will be able to explore fashion’s most provocative accessory. From 18th century silk slippers to the glamorous stilettos on today’s runways and red carpets, this exhibition of nearly 150 objects looks at the high-heeled shoe’s rich and varied history and its enduring place in our popular imagination. The Art of the High Heeled Shoe was organized by the Brooklyn Museum by you can see it right here in Pittsburgh at The Frick Pittsburgh, admission will be $12. By the way you can dine at The Café at the Frick on Friday evenings, call for reservations.
(Email the columnist debbienorrell@aol.com)
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