Hair.

I went & got my hair done last night (darker, less red + more brown). As soon as I walked in, Bradley said, Oh, we need to get you out of that shirt & into a smock. That looks expensive. Thank you Kera, for helping me pick out a darling $23 shirt at Forever 21 (that was slightly out of my comfort zone in terms of style/fabric) when I was in San Francisco with you. I wore it yesterday & got about 37 compliments on it. I think people were just shocked that it wasn't black & was a little fancy & chic. I was talking on the phone with Tara before I went into the salon & we were discussing our problems with black. I asked her if wearing a champagne top + black pants & shoes counted as "branching out". She said no. I'm trying. .

Oh- & people don't harass me on Canal Street any more (think people speeding through Guchi, Prada, Louis Vuitton, handbags, handbags as you walk by them on the street). I asked Bradley about this, & he said this means that I a) walk too fast & b) look local (probably mean). Good.

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Speaking of Bradley - we all know that I love him. We laughed throughout my 2+ hour appointment yesterday (ugh), traded stories, & had an all-around good time. I always have so much fun when he does my hair. I love that he's from Spokane & a NYC transplant like me (this means that he has the edge of a New Yorker, while still maintaining the warmth of someone from the Pacific Northwest). I love that I can complain about my recent development of under-eye wrinkles & he'll talk to me about skin care for 25 minutes. It's hilarious that he had me convinced for 15 minutes yesterday that he wears a girdle because the camera adds 10 pounds. He's just funny, but he's really good, too. I'm really proud of him. He's done Petra Nemkova's hair for a couple of years (they were just featured in People) & other various celebrities, but he has still struggled to break out in terms of his freelancing career. He was like a giddy school girl yesterday when he told me that InStyle just hired him to do a full 8-page spread for their fall wedding issue. He was so, so excited. It's the big break he's been dreaming about. He said, Maybe my family will stop giving me a hard time for moving to New York now. Apparently everyone (his old salon, his friends, his family) told him that he'd never make it here, & that he'd come crawling back home after 3 months (sad). Anyway- I'm proud of him. I told him I'd blog about him. Oh- & I also told him that if he raised his prices again & got a big head I'd stop coming to him.

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He also filled me in on Spokane beauty-parlor drama. Apparently the guy who cuts my hair in Spokane (Chris- works at the salon where Bradley used to work- he did my hair all throughout high school & college + for my wedding - loved him) used to be roommates (not lovers) with Cheyenne Jackson. When Chris wanted to be more-than-friends, he apparently got the cold shoulder from Cheyenne. Next step: vicious, frivolous lawsuit against Cheyenne from Chris. The judge threw it out immediately, & soon after, Chris was slapped with a restraining order against him from Cheyenne. Apparently Chris is quite the Single White Female & has had a few run-ins with Bradley. Yikes. Maybe this is why Chris never really says anything when he's cutting my hair in Spokane & I'm gushing over how great Bradley is & how well he's doing in New York... oops.

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Oh- & I forgot to mention that Bradley went to high school with Kevin (my brother in law). I'm quite certain that they didn't run in the same social circle, but funny nonetheless. Small world.

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That's the salon dish for the day. Probably more than anyone cared to know.