{"id":490,"date":"2009-04-15T22:25:35","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T22:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=490"},"modified":"2009-04-15T22:25:35","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T22:25:35","slug":"steves-surprise-birthday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/steves-surprise-birthday-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"steve&#8217;s surprise birthday afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e201156f2b5faf970c-pi\" style=\"DISPLAY: inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Steve1\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e201156f2b5faf970c \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e201156f2b5faf970c-800wi\" title=\"Steve1\" \/><\/a>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>My husband,&#0160;Steve&#0160;has been casually looking for a fedora for a while (<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/2009\/02\/spectacle.html\" target=\"_blank\">somewhat influenced by Mr. Costello<\/a>)&#0160; But the problem is that he has a very large head so the search has been unsuccessful.&#0160; So for his birthday, I surprised him with a visit to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.henrythehatterdetroit.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=19&amp;Itemid=39\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit&#39;s Exclusive Hatter &#8211; Henry the Hatter<\/a>.&#0160; And low and behold &#8211; turns out&#0160;Steve&#39;s head is a&#0160;size 2x&#8230; but luckily they carry that size and now Steve is a-stylin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e201157021f0ae970b-pi\" style=\"DISPLAY: inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Steve2\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e201157021f0ae970b \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e201157021f0ae970b-800wi\" title=\"Steve2\" \/><\/a>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>After our shopping trip, we headed over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slowsbarbq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slows BBQ<\/a> in Corktown.&#0160; 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