Superpowers.

Everyone has a superpower. Some are subtle. Some you can spot a mile away. But all are fundamental elements to making this world go around.

Lila has bionic auditory skills. This enables her to sit down at the piano and play Beethoven by ear. It also allows her to do the most spot-on impressions — Dr. Evil, Yoko Ono, Daphne from Frasier. It’s uncanny and hilarious every time she breaks into character.

As for me, my superpower might be my chocolate chip cookie. I also have a knack for finding just the right shade of lipstick, thanks to my laser sharp eye when it comes to color. And I do enjoy words.

Our friend and most devoted customer, E., knits. She has stop-you-in-your-tracks, where-can-I-get-that? kind of talent. Her creations garner praise and attention wherever she goes, and her one-of-a-kind pieces come from a talent and a place of pure joy. She came to one of our fall pop-ups with a charcoal gray knit hat with white ghosts on it. I spotted her hat before I saw her, that’s how amazing it was. The first words out of my mouth were not, “Hello, lovely to see you!”, but rather, “where can I buy that hat??”

Nary a week later, Lila came home from school with these adorable hats, complete with chocolate chip cookies and cup cakes, in our namesake Lila Bean Bakery blue, compliments of E.

After agreeing to wear them interchangeably, preventing us from laying claim to one or the other, we don them everywhere we go. Without fail, we turn heads and generate smiles and get lots of compliments.

Thank you, E., for exercising your superpower. You make the world a better place.