Quote Matt Levy: "This past Wednesday, we participated in a day-long citywide scavenger hunt, echoing the 1979 New York cult flick The Warriors. You might be familiar with The Warriors: a total budget operation, focusing on the odyssey of one street gang from Coney Island, called to the Bronx for a huge citywide gang meeting. Someone shoots the mercurial spokesman for all the gangs and then frames our heroes, the Warriors. Its up to these intrepid boys to get all the way back to Coney, fighting other gangs, avoiding the bulls and eventually proving their innocence once they get there.

It's a hell of a show. Not for the hack acting, and not for the cardboard plot development, but for the cinema verite – the scenes shot on the streets of a post-apocalyptic NYC, with the subway graffed over and the streets filled with your usual late-70s characters: hookers, drug dealers, and crazy gang maniacs wielding baseball bats. Not that we'd ever wish for a return to the end of the 70s: us, along with just about everyone we know, wouldn't be able to scrape by five minutes in the neighborhoods we live and work in today. Don't get us wrong – we miss the graffiti and the rap music, but not the danger.

The film screening was sponsored by Netflix and the day-long scavenger hunt was organized by an events group called Original Alamo Production. The gist: gather the 15 gangs, in full costumes and attitude, then start the race in Riverside Park at 97th st (the site of the Grand Conclave at the start of the film) and set the gangs off on a time trial, taking them across boroughs, meeting actors and scoring points, taking pictures and ending up in Coney Island for the actual screening.

We were the Hi-Hats. Their only moment in the film is at the beginning, as all the gangs are making their way to the Bronx. Black slacks, black suspenders, red shirts with black stripes, white face paint and tall black top hats. Crazy artist mimes from SoHo. We followed the whole thing, except wore shorts instead of pants, tanks instead of long sleeve shirts, and painted arms instead of sleeves. There were nine of us. And we kicked fucking ass. We were the most energetic, the most enthusiastic, and we had the coolest homemade costumes. We were the loudest and the most into it. We were definitely the most badass of all the gangs.

We didn't win. Didn't even come in second or third place. We blame this somewhat insignificant shortcoming on the fact that, along with not heading in the right direction for the first 30 minutes (blame the tour guide hubris on that one), as well as not being able to find the random well dressed woman sitting on a bench within one whole mile of Riverside park between 86th and 110th sts, the entire scavenger hunt was based predominately on luck, as opposed to knowledge or skill. So the gangs that first located the well dressed woman sitting on a bench, got to hustle along to the next checkpoint, and blast ahead in the competition. Us Hi-Hats, with our encyclopedic knowledge of NYC, were stuck wandering back and forth for two fucking hours, trying to find this idiot on the bench. We wanted more proof of skill, not luck of the draw.

Still, we don't regret it for a second. This is the type of history we enjoy recreating: the nitty gritty past that, when hauled wheezing and coughing into the present, doesn't conclude with a bat to the head or a night in the slammer. We've come a long way, baby. "

Perfect hat for perfect boys - show off team pride or simply keep eyes shaded from the sun. Great gift for a baby shower!

The Baby Boy Hat features a baseball brim, and optional personalization or team letter.

Hats are made of 100% cotton yarn, which means they are cool when it's hot, and warm when it's cold. Cotton is the softest, so it's less itchy on their heads!

Sizes available for newborns, 3-6 months, 6-9 months, and more as requested.

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Easy care: Machine wash cold. Air dry.



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