Musings by the Hairslave

Pete and I had an awesome wedding hula party over the last weekend. It couldn’t have turned out better! We had amazing friends present; including my and Pete’s mothers, my son William, Pete’s two sisters, several of his nephews, my father and step-mother, my ex-wife Laurie and her husband Bill, and many other wonderful guests.

We were truly blessed; with amazing, almost tropical weather, and a wonderful, wonderful ceremony by our good friend, artist and musician Deborah Pittman.

I could do a whole post, but I don’t have photos yet, and my good friend Laurie did such and amazing post on her blog, I decided to just link it.

Enjoy!

Had a great weekend last. Kristine Slipson (Photography and Make-up), Elizabeth Burciaga (Model) and I (Hair Styling, obviously) had a shoot at my studio. Hope you enjoy the friuts of our labours!

My wonderful model Elizabeth in a before shot. Note the grown out dark roots, a very red mid-shaft, and dull coppery faded ends.

Elizabeth after a cut and block color technique to bring out the shine and depth of her locks.

Elizabeth with more texture. I love the way this shot brings out the texture of the cut.

Elizabeth with a curly do. It shows her beautiful natural texture, and the shape and versatility of the cut!

Elizabeth with a straight variation and a bit more texture.

Just for fun! The hair's not fabulous, but I love the energy in Elizabeth's face!

Husband Pete and I eat out a lot. I mean A LOT. Like almost every meal. Pete is a vegetarian, sort of, kind of, well he’s really just picky. No red meat, nor pork, only free range poultry and seafood. I’m a meat-a-terian, just about anything but smoked meats and cheeses. I love french food, but you can’t find that much these days, Mexican runs a very close second. Pete loves Italian and Asian (and Mexican, thank goodness). Our tastes are not only different, but almost incompatible (luckily we’re not!). We both tend to work late. We don’t cook. Don’t get me wrong, we’re both excellent cooks, we just don’t seem to have time to shop (or clean-up).

So I thought I’d list some of our favorite restaurants.

Our go-to’s are first. We literally eat at these restaurants once (or more) a week.

Ink-a neighborhood bar, comfort food. and consistently excellent. Very yummy drinks. Pete likes the mac and cheese, and the vegie burger, I like the meatloaf and the chicken picatta.
Tres Hermanas-THE BEST MEXICAN FOOD IN TOWN. PERIOD. Killer margaritas. My favorite is the carnitas, Pete goes for the shrimp fajitas.
Centro Cocina Mexicana-not traditional Mexican, Regional, different, and excellent. We’ve been going here since the day it opened. Once a week minimum. The pescado mojo de ajo (fish with garlic, usually salmon) is great, we usually have some kind of taco.
Roxy’s-our new favorite. We’re still searching for favorites.

The next are the change-ups. When we get bored with the usual we head for one of these.

33rd St. Bistro-a little inconsistent, but usually very good. Great Mojito’s! (avoid the salmon)
Cafe Morocco- my one and only favorite Moroccan restaurant. Small and yummy, I recommend the Chicken Sumac. (I don’t care for the belly dancing on certain nights but that’s just me.)
Ettore’s-cafe style, not a plus, but good food.
Ella Dining Room-pricey, a little pretentious, but very nice. Try the home-made Gin and Tonic. Too, Die, For!
Sal’s-cheap, good, and the best salsa bar in town. (no bar, boo hoo)
Il Fornaiio-this is our birthday destination. Regional, so you never know what’s going to be on the menu (a plus?).
4th St Grill-really a Bar and Grill (but that is a plus!). Usually very good, the only reason we don’t go here more is the location. At J and 4th it’s not convenient.

I stand by my choices! Give them a try, you’ll be happy you did.

David