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.
