Posted by admin on December 29, 2009 – 10:30 pm
Today I looked out the window by my station at work and I took a photo of the white streets. This is the first time since moving to Portland that I have seen it really snow. At first I became excited like a little boy. My excitement quickly turned sour as I realized that my clients started to cancel one by one. It also dawned on me that I was going to have to drive home in the mess. A small snow shower can turn these city streets into a stand still. I felt like I was back home in California with my car in total gridlock. At least I didn’t take the bike today.
I will resume my bike commute this week, since I have now obtained a totally bombproof cycling jacket. Last week while riding in the rain I got totally soaked on the way home. A local company called Showerspass makes this jacket. They even make a jacket that they call the “Portland”. With a name like that I had better stay dry. I had three choices for colors:
1. Ninja Black – Looks cool off the bike, but cars can’t see you and I end up with two broken arms…….again
2. Florescent construction worker yellow – Cars can see you, but if you wear this thing anywhere but on a commute then everyone who sees you will look at you and think – “bike dork”.
3. Jeff D Blue – As the name suggests, I went with this one.
My wife sent me this funny photo she snapped while walking by a shop in West Los Angeles this week. A magnet set titled “Grow up to be gay – No. 32 Hairdresser”. We had a pretty good laugh over that one. Two young boys are on the cover. You get scissor and comb magnets.
Tribe Hair Studio was featured in a Russian hair magazine this past month. They gave us a nice photo spread and wrote a story about the salon design. They found us since we won the 2009 North American Hairstyling Award (NAHA) for best salon design. It looks nice, but we will have to get a translator to read it.
And finally…….Google sent me a letter stating “Jeff Davidson Hair – is a favorite place on Google”. Thank you Google I will hold onto the precious shares in your company and I will refuse to sell them until you take over the world.
Posted by admin on December 8, 2009 – 1:31 pm
This morning I woke up and I put on the following: long underwear, jeans, wind pants, thermal base layer, fleece jacket, cycing jacket, reflective vest, gloves, wool socks, balaclava, helmet. I dusted off my bike and made my commute in 17 degree weather. With wind chill, this is similar to riding straight through the frozen gates of hell. A perverse part of me really enjoyed the ride. Overcoming physical challenges makes a person sharp. This morning’s ride has turned me into a Ginsu.
I would like to thank everyone who voted for Tribe Hair Studio on Citysearch.com. For 2009 we won for best blowout and hair extensions. We were runner up for best salon, best haircut, and best highlights. I would also like to thank all of my clients who have taken the time to write reviews for me on Citysearch and Yelp. Your positive comments have helped bring me enough new business that I will continue to call Portland my new home.
A few weeks back Tribe Hair Studio hosted a promotional marketing event we called “blowout/go out.” Several new clients came into Tribe on a Saturday night for complimentary blowouts and champagne. From there, we unleashed them into downtown armed with a fist full of business cards. I styled the beautiful brunette in the photo below.
This Winter, I have also been doing several Keratin hair treatments. This process totally eliminates frizz for three months. If you would like to experience three months of wash and go hair, please contact me for a Keratin consultation. You can see the before and after shot on my latest client (below). She came to me with a virgin head of frizzy hair. I gave her a soft natural highlighted blonde color. I then gave her a Keratin treatment. She was thrilled with the transformation. After washing her hair for the first time she will be left with a soft wave.
Have a Merry Christmas. If you find that the stress of all the shopping and planning starts to get too much, I would encorage you to stop, take a deep breath, and check out this nice photo (below) of Milo sitting on skinny Santa’s lap. There you go……nice……I bet you feel better already.
Email: jeffdavidsonhair@yahoo.com
