Article: Celebrate hats.

Byline: Kathryn McKenzie Nichols

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. _ Ever try to find a fancy hat in California? It's a tougher proposition than it sounds.

Sure, there are casual hats galore _ baseball caps, beanies, visors and cowboy hats, just to name a few _ but dressy hats are not found in the abundance that they were, say, in the 1950s.

So it was for the women who attended Linda Villemaire's hat party this summer in Pacific Grove. Finding appropriate headwear for the event was something of a treasure hunt.

Luckily, for those who needed them, Villemaire had extras.

Villemaire, an Alabama native transplanted to Monterey County, Calif., ...

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