Hats Off

At my church, we deacons have to wear black suits in keeping with the sombre and weighty responsibilities of the office, but they don't specify the headgear. I think this should be our new official dress code:


I think they may have been inspired by this new sculpture near the church...

... which seems to be part of a collection of large-scale Hello Kitty sculptures.


I went to the Redeemer 10:30 service with friends, then hustled over to FAPC for FOCUS, enjoyed a leisurely lunch at Papillon followed by a stroll through SoHo, and then headed back uptown to catch a performance of Haydn's "Creation" (really nice) with a lecture by Tim Keller. The surprise was that I knew two members of the orchestra.