Haton Rouge?

From the Maryland Correspondence Desk of Project BS comes an update on a weird incident from last week. I mentioned here that Gina and I dined next to a bunch of ladies in red hats (though they weren't all straw hats, like I reported then, as Gina corrected me - I guess I'm not a good observer of hats). Well, it turns out that we weren't far from the truth as far as guessing their intentions: they were undoubtedly part of the Red Hat Society! Thanks to Gina's non-stop research, we have gotten to the bottom of the mystery.

The ladies of the Red Hat Society have embraced their aging and are, in fact, part of a movement whose goal is to change the image of middle-aged women. It also creates a network of fellowship for the members, who are usually over 50 years old. It seems that Gina and I just saw the tip of the iceberg - there are chapters all over the country!

Well, I would say something vaguely sarcastic or silly about this, but I think it's worthwhile for these women, who have been through a lot. Though I'm as far away from a 50-year old woman as a person can be, I salute you, o Ladies of the Red Hat.