The first thing that struck me were the hats. I myself wear a "Country Gentleman" fedora, and on any given night, it is likely to be the sharpest lid in the joint. But not Tuesday night at Harlow's. Soulive was in town in support of their "Rubber Soulive" album, and the crowd was brimming with hats of all shapes and styles.  There were a smattering of standard-issue baseball caps and beanies, even beanies with brims. But those aren't the hats I'm talking about. The hats I'm talking about are your father's hats.  And your grandfather’s (great-grandfather’s?) hats. Fedoras galore, both "Bogart" and "Safari." Newsboys. Buckets. Porkpies. I didn't see any top hats or fezzes, but pretty m

Dr. Seuss would have had a field day describing the hats at The Village Hat Shop in Old Sacramento. With more than 1,000 styles and 120,000 hats between its four locations and two warehouses, this is one store worth tipping your hat to. The company got its start in 1980 in San Diego as a specialty western-style hat store banking on the emerging cowboy hat trend, which was propelled by the television show "Dallas" and the John Travolta movie "Urban Cowboy." When the cowboy fad died out, the company began stocking different styles of hats. Today, patrons of the shop can find anything from a fedora, beret, trilby, a newsboy or even a Panama at The Village Hat Shop, located at 123 K St. "W