If you missed the airing on Wednesday, you can watch the video here.

Wednesday March 26 Evening Magazine will be re-running the video they shot in the salon last year.  There is some nice footage of the salon (check out Jonathan’s blonde hair!) and even though the footage was shot in High Definition, I thought they did a very nice job of not making me look too old or too fat.  (Thank you, cameraman!)  Other than the little nit-picky things we all hate about watching ourselves on video, I was very happy with how it turned out.  If you are in the Seattle area, watch it when it airs.  If you miss it, check back here on Thursday and I will link to the online version.  (Watch it here.)

About Evening Magazine

“Evening Magazine” remains a local favorite highlighting the people, places and events that make the Northwest so special. The long-running program has provided a window on the Northwest for more than 3,000 “evenings” since its premiere in the summer of 1986. John Curley is the show’s host.

Program Times

You can watch Evening Magazine on KING 5 in Seattle Monday through Friday at 7 p.m., with replays at 3 a.m.You can also see Evening Magazine on Northwest Cable News from Monday through Friday at 9 p.m.

The show delivers a local perspective with unique and compelling stories. Take for example the recent stories of Tulk-la Massey, a Seattle-born boy growing up as a lama-in-training at a Tibetan Monastery and Boise’s Sally Maughan, raising orphaned bear cubs in her backyard. We follow Seattle’s Dick McPherson as he donates his kidney to a complete stranger, and Bainbridge Island’s Jerilyn Brusseau who’s helping clear land mines in Vietnam. We’ve recently taken you to Hong Kong, Scotland, Ireland and Thailand and “Evening Magazine” made history when we brought you “Alaska: Like You’ve Never Seen It Before”, the first local series broadcast in High-Definition television.

“Maggie,” our Kenmore Air Seaplane, allows us to expand our daily destinations to a 300 mile radius. Once a week John Curley flies off to spectacular locations such as the New Dungeness Lighthouse, where you can be a caretaker, or Jones Island in the San Juans where deer eat right out of your hand.

“Evening Magazine” is the highest-rated locally-produced show in the country and its team has been honored with numerous regional Emmy Awards. “Evening Magazine” is a program like no other for a region like no other. “Evening Magazine” airs Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. on KING 5. Mark Erskine is the program’s Executive Producer.

I tried to work this weekend.

I got up in the dark. I left the house by 4:00 AM. I made it through security and got to my gate before the plane to Chicago began to board.

But something happened while I was in the air.

Record breaking snowfall of 20 inches had all flights in and out of Columbus canceled. I discovered this when I turned on my phone as we taxied to the gate in Chicago. There was a message from Aunt Cindy (who lives in Canton and was coming to meet me tonight) saying my Chicago to Columbus flight had been canceled.

I landed in the K wing of O’Hare and marched straight away to the American Airlines Admiral’s Club lounge. (Thank you American Express! Like they say, membership has it’s privileges!) In peace and tranquility I talked with an agent who informed me that there were no flights Saturday or Sunday (Saturday’s were canceled and Sunday’s were full…most likely with people who were scheduled on Saturday!) They could, however, get me to Dayton, which (they told me) was 71 miles away.

Driving 71 miles in a blizzard in a rental car did not sound appealing, but I was not going to Columbus for fun, rather for work. So, a phone call to the boss was in order. He informed me that not only was I unable to get in, but so was the other colorist coming in from Nashville. And, because the snow had also made driving difficult, the salon chose to cancel the event. Makes sense to me. I am told to skip Ohio and try to get home.

American did have a flight leaving four hours later back to Sea-Tac. The agent apologized. I was grateful that they had something the same day and that I wouldn’t have to stay the night in Chicago. I was grateful that I could spend the time waiting in the calm of the lounge instead of out in the crowed chaos of the airport with all the other travelers who’s flights were affected. I was grateful that the event had been canceled and that I wasn’t going to be known as the loser educator who can’t get a flight in.

The traveler next to me was stunned that his flight to La Guardia had been canceled and wanted to know why. He was not satisfied with the answer of “weather.”

I laughed. As you know, being pissy never helps a situation. Did he think if he griped enough, the agent would change the weather?

For the record, I almost always fly in my favorite Get Some Hairapy t-shirt, and yesterday was no exception.

It always gets me lots of smiles and positive comments. You can buy yours here. 

Someone ended up on this blog when they searched for “what salon clients want”.

I doubt they found what they were looking for, but I thought it was a great opportunity for you all to pipe up and tell the salon owners of the world what it is that you want and need from a salon.

If I get enough good responses, I’ll send it off to my friends in the salon industry press so they can pass it along to a wider audience.

Feel free to pass along the good, the bad and the ugly!  We can take it. Besides, you can be anonymous!

I read an article this morning in the Tribune that got me thinking.Women in Iraq have to visit the salon in secret, and yet, they go.

When I was visiting my husband’s family in Newfoundland, I was surprised to see that, even in this place whose economy was struggling, an abundance of salons and a large number of women with haircolor that had obviously been done in-salon.

I find it intriguing that women will find a way to have beauty services done, even if it involves financial hardship or actual danger.

What do you think that says about human nature, women, and the beauty industry as it pertains to society?

I have long preached the fact that what I do has value, that the act of helping someone look good has a deeper impact, and that the personal connection that happens between hairdresser and client transcends the physical act of grooming.

Feel free to agree or disagree. I might be too close to the situation to be able to understand. I’d like to hear what clients think.

And hairdressers, would you still do your job if it involved death threats?