Mewsyngs of an Upstart Feline Miscreant

I got a haircut back in the fall but six months later, my hair has grown out a bit uncomfily long so I figured I'd better get it cut short again, in time for my upcoming trip.

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I've been letting my hair grow aimlessly for a while. Some months ago Supercuts did an indifferent job, but they barely cut any hair off, which wasn't very useful. I had a definite idea in my head of what I wanted though...

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I need to figure out if I need to go back for a second haircut round, or if one of these suits me. Tell me what you think, LJ friends!

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Picked up new glasses and jacket, the latter thanks to dracosphynx dragging me down to Santana Row for lunch and then picking up the clothes at Franco Uomo. See what you think!

For those who were keeping track of the glasses options I outlined earlier, I went with the second one because I thought the thin-ness was getting a bit too extreme. I want to see through these things, not squint and tilt my head until the subject of my interest is within a narrow band!

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I had my annual optometrist appointment this last Thursday. Since it'd been two years since I got my last set, I opted to get new glasses this time. These are the eyeglasses choice of frames I had.

I'm glad my vision care insurance is good... These would have been really expensive without it. As it was, it was moderately ouch but acceptable.

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As I mentioned in my previous entry, I had discovered the boots I had gotten up in San Francisco were in fact too small for me. Nervously I girded myself up to venture back north...

I managed the drive up successfully and navigated BART to Powell Street, and took the boots in to Barney's of NY, which accepted the return with, thankfully, a minimum of fuss. From there, I was reluctant to return immediately-- we're talking about an hour each way-- so I gadded about San Francisco for a bit.

There was a Levi's store so I checked in it for denim jackets or vests. Well, no really nice denim vests of the sort I'd had in mind, but they had a black denim jacket that had a few more pockets than the blue jacket I was wearing, and I'm assured that my complexion means I should prefer warm colors to cool ones like blue, so I picked that up.

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Because dracosphynx requested it...

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We began in San Francisco. While we had taken BART up to the Cherry Blossom Festival the previous outing, this time with the notion that we might need to stow many, many packages full of clothes. We emerged from the Union Square garage practically into Macy's, where we dithered between the Cheesecake Factory and... The Burger Bar. Glad we picked the latter, the milkshake made a big impression on dracosphynx!

The burgers were also pretty tasty; we had a 'sliders' assortment, though I couldn't tell you the difference between angus beef, grass-fed beef, and buffalo meat. The toppings were what made the burgers work so well!

Thus fortified, we met Beth in front of the store and walked in to the nearby tea/soda bar where she discussed what we wanted to achieve with our fashion makeover. I showed her my sketches; dracosphynx explained his predilection for wearing all black.

Our first trip of the day was down the street to a hair salon tucked up on the 16th floor. Very well hidden! Beth explained what she wanted in hair styles for us, and then left to go pick out clothes for us and reserve a dressing room in the Macy's for Men store, while Alex took over.

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dracosphynx had suggested a while back that we head up to see Shen Yun, "the world's premier Chinese classical music and dance performance". It seemed like a good idea at the time: it would get me out of the house and presumably into an environment with more Chinese people (and maybe even cute Chinese grrls) around. And the show would probably be artistically inspiring!

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I decided I'd better get some made before Valentine's Day... All the better to hand out to interesting people I might happen to meet.

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