Hi,

Have a couple of min, so to those going to NYC for the "dinner meeting", have a wonerful time. Dylans was wonderful as usual. Sedona went out of her way to make sure we had an extra special evening.

I highly recommend those pietinis, and I don't even like desert but that's not the same thing, lol.

I have a love/hate relationship with NYC, I love it for all the restaurants and shops and theatre and my hairdresser. Boy do I miss my hairderesser. Sat next to Kevin Bacon as my hairdresser was doing his hair while I waited for my turn, didn't even realize it was him until after the fact and even then I had to ask the assistant if I was correct. I hate it for the traffic, the never ending lack of cabs and the mobs of people. I miss the takeout/delivery availablity too.

It didn't even phase me when there was the terror alert while I was there. I never ride the subways and I just resorted to being a New Yorker again and going about my business.

I wish I could go back and meet all of you when you meet up, I miss it already. :(

I wish everyone going a wonderful time, and again thank you Sedona.

Y'all have to try those pietinis. Hubby and I loved them and I miss them already.

Where do you have your hair done?

As far as the pietinis's...I love them....

Andi - I've had my hair done twice in NYC at Kenneth at the Waldorf. WOW. Love the stylist, David there. Too bad, I have no plans to visit for a while.

I can recommend David at John Barrett (Bergdorf) and colorist, William.

Like LA, NYC has lots of great hairstylists.

Andi, I would have phrased it, Like NY, LA has a lot of good stylists!

Aaagh...I thought LA had the key stylists as well since all the stars are there? It seems I read in People, etc., that Jennifer Aniston, etc. have their hair done in LA?

Yes, we do have a zillion good stylists. A friend of mine goes to Cristoph - a mere $250 every three weeks to cut her short hair, touch it up (one color) and blow it dry. I can't bring myself to do that often - only as a treat. I have a really good guy (from Europe) for half that every four. I'd rather save my funds for travel!!!

I go to Oscar Blandi and Oscar himself cuts it and Scott is the colorist I used. I just recently switched before I used to go to Garren, I knew Garren when he was at the Plaza and his life/business partner Tom. Garren is now at Bendels and I still like him or Tom but I switched to Oscar for a change, same price range and a new perspective. Oscar moved too, he used to be at the Plaza, but is now on Madison Ave at the old Capolla place who went "out of business".

I have no qualms about the money on my hair, I don't spend any on makeup (I only wear anti-wrinkle cream - La Prairie) so the extra goes into my hair, hair is with me 24/7 and not like a shoe, bag, pant,sweater, a bad cut can last months till it grow out so I don't mind the money, not to mention after loosing it all to chemo well I really appreciate and value my hair, this last cu/color was absoultely fantastic, I will get many days/weeks of pleausre from it.

If only I could have Oscar and a pietini on a reg basis. As I said, I miss NYC and wish I could join all of you in Nov.

Jean, yes, there is a lot to be grateful for. I have a wonderful stylist, who is from Europe, who is just as good but I am not paying for some of the extras like advertising and a publisist. I went for years to Vidal Sasson and Umberto Bevery Hills but now I'd have to drive an hour and pay top dollar for their overhead. The community I live in has quite a number of well known personalities and we have some really great less visible stylists.

Some of the ship boutques carry La Prarie reasonably priced. I use the Skin Caviar, and a few other La Prarie products which, I got on the Navigator last year. Really nice stuff. I love that kind of pampering - what girl doesn't?

I like Creme de la Mer for a skin product. I have been using the new Freeze products to make me look better on a daily temporary basis.

I am a dark brunette who is a bottle blonde. In Switzerland, my hair was burned off and I started going over to the US to save my hair. I went to the best of London and still preferred NYC. I never did Paris because it was more $$...$400 for a color.

Hi, I agree Kathy, If I had a decent one for less I would go, I go because well I've known Garren for ages, before he even became as famous as he is, if I lived in NYC or LA or Boston Or Chicago, well I most likely would have my stylist and not pay the top dollar, but since I only get to go 2x a year, well I don't worry much.

Here I get a color only if I have to and a very very light trim. The hairdressers here always say "why are you coming to me, I'll never be able to cut it the way it was cut, why change?" so it's an indulgence I enjoy as it's such a great cut and grows out so perfectly I don't have to deal with it here to much, plus they don't sterlize here, under Quebec law, they don't have to sterilize and they don't which bothers me.

TO Sedona, I've tried Creme de la Mer, it's excellent as good as La Prairie, but I've used La Prairie for so long and I'm so "pro swiss products" I just stick with it.

I wish I would have seen it on the ship duty free, but not in Alaska, :( oh well... maybe sometime.

I've been trying Nutria Blisse (sp?), it's supposed to be like Botox because it comes from Spain you can't get Botox as it's illegal and this is in a tube, I don't do needles if I don't have to, had enough to last several lifetimes with chemo. It's doing a good job, maybe when I'm finished with this I'll give the Freeze a try.

HOw did your hair get burned off Sedona?

NYC, is the best for hair in my opinion. Oscar is bi-costal and many of the top ones are. I don't know if Garren will anymore with his back problems.

The hairdresser left the bleach on too long. I freaked. I had to wear a wig and then get hair extensions.

I'm sure you can see from my picture how luxurious my hair is now! It's even grown on my ears.

Andi,

Both my sister and brother are hair stylists. My brother is excellent and does well. Off and on I have been to him but he wants other paying clients and although I paid him, for some reason he had a idea that I could be bumped off the book. I guess it's been about 15 years since he's done my hair.

My baby sister worked as an assistant for many years at one of the top salons. I never let her touch my hair, but, I have stick straight hair, cut Cleopatra style (The Classic Bob) and I wanted a body perm and she said she'd do it at the house. In go the rods and on goes the stinky stuff. In the middle I said, what if I wanted a little bit curly ? She said we'd leave it on longer. Rods come out and I looked like Rosanne Rosanna Danna. Then we decided she should cut it. So she did. Then I looked like a french poodle. And then it grew so I had straight shiny roots and french poodle. So she perms it all over again. And then I ended up with very short hair. Thankfully, I didn't lose all of my hair, but, enough to be short short short. We laugh now about it. But, I will never get another perm. That was 20 years ago when that french poodle look was in. It took me two or three years to recover. No extensions in those days!

I'm surprised you talk to her!!!!

My hair goes naturally Rosanne Rosanna Danna. I work hard to straighten it. We're never happy with what we have!

Oh how true. Although in my older age, I am learning. Of course, I now have more money and I can be more selective!