{"id":2452702,"date":"2019-12-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=318412"},"modified":"2019-12-30T09:43:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T16:43:59","slug":"the-case-for-cowboy-hats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/the-case-for-cowboy-hats\/","title":{"rendered":"The case for cowboy hats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/facebook-thumbnail-1200.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In response to the Aspen Princess\u2019<a id=\"N0x1de46c0N0x1fa8f70:N0x1de46c0N0x1e6afc0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/opinion\/aspen-princess-tips-on-looking-not-so-much-like-an-out-of-towner\/\">\u201cTips on looking not-so-much like an out-of-towner\u201d<\/a> (commentary, Dec. 25, aspentimes.com), without further ado, the Aspen Cowgirl\u2019s Guide for how to do Christmas like a local:<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Wear whatever you want (cowboy hats included).<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Newsflash: Tons of people in Colorado wear cowboy hats! John Denver included (I heard you enjoy his sanctuary). In fact, they were invented right here in the good old American West by John B. Stetson, way back in the mid-1800s. And while you\u2019re right in calling them \u201cthe perfect outdoor concert accessory [that] keep the sun off your face,\u201d here\u2019s a little informational nugget: Most real cowboy hats are made of fur, making them waterproof, warm, effective snow-blockers for days when \u201cit\u2019s snowing as if Santa Claus himself requested it (\u2026)\u201d You might even say they\u2019re the perfect way to wear fur \u201cin moderation.\u201d Go figure!<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">And here are a couple of other little bonuses: You can wear your cowboy hat on \u201ca cross-country ski up the East Aspen Trail, (or) a snowshoe up Maroon Creek,\u201d as many longtime locals have done since before any of us were born. They\u2019re also just plain bad-ass \u2026 just ask Kurt Russell if you don\u2019t believe me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Samantha Purcell<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/opinion\/letters-to-the-editor\/the-case-for-cowboy-hats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the Aspen Princess\u2019\u201cTips on looking not-so-much like an out-of-towner\u201d (commentary, Dec. 25, aspentimes.com), without further ado, the Aspen Cowgirl\u2019s Guide for how to do Christmas like a local: Wear whatever you want (cowboy hats included). Newsflash: Tons of people in Colorado wear cowboy hats! John Denver included (I heard you enjoy his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2452702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 23:37:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452715,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452702\/revisions\/2452715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}