Shave and a Haircut... Two Bits

Well, actually it was $20 and it was just a haircut.

But I was getting pretty shaggy so it was time to get a trim. There's this place in the Mourelato's plaza called Trimz. Perfect! Just what I needed.

My appointment was scheduled for 11:45 with Lucy, but they told me to come a little early. Sure, I had nothing better to do. This place is kinda cool. Jack's in Chicopee is where I used to go, but driving 6 hours for a haircut wasn't what I had in mind, especially with all the snow you in New England are supposed to be getting (more on that later). While Jack's is a "Styling Salon" it says so on his card anyway, it still kinda reminiscent of a barbershop. This place is a little less like a barbershop to put it mildly. But not all that bad. I got there and they washed my hair, which was nice though if I knew that I probably wouldn't have showered beforehand. I mean, why waste the shampoo right? Then I got to meet Lucy, my "stylist", pretty appealing actually. The second I sat in that chair I new I'd be going back regularly, regardless of how good of a job she did.

First thing she asked was "what number are you?" Well that's a loaded question now isn't it? But before I could come out with something quick-witted, she said "you know for the razor...". Ahhh. Nothing like paying someone to use those plastic things so you get an even-length haircut. Jack, who is the proprietor of Jack's, always used a hand-razor. Which made getting a haircut there fun cuz I never knew if I would leave without ears or not. But in the end this chick did a damn fine job.

After that, I decided to check out this Polish Deli that's in my part of town. The people I met the other night at Stash's gave me this local paper and this place had an ad in it. The name of the place is Piast Deli. Decent assortment of items. I picked up some fresh Rye Bread, Chrust, Spicy Mustard (and this stuff is really spicy let me tell you) and a package of pierogi.

Haven't tried the bread or chrust yet, but the pierogi are good. They had a variety, I decided to try the Potato-Onion-Cheese ones. Just fried some up and they are very tasty.

Today is going to be a quiet day. I've got some performance appraisals to write, or at least start writing. Maybe I'll put those off until the last minute, we'll see. Got more laundry to do. Now that I have plenty of coinage for the machines here. By the way, I think it's somebody's cooking, but I can't be sure, but the hallway smells horrible. Like, if it's cooking, it literally smells like somebody just fried up a whole bunch of shit in a pan. It's nasty. Luckily I can't smell it over the aroma of Scotch and Cubans (cigars not the people) that fills my apartment. Though it's been about a week since I've had either. However, if I must sample both of those things again just to fight the aroma in the hallway, by golly I'll just have to do that.

Finally, I must again reiterate my disappointment in regards to the weather. It's about -22 again here. Not as cold as it was Monday but still a little frigid. Tonight it is supposed to drop below -30 and that's without the windchill. I'm not bitching about the cold, not at all, afterall, my heat works fine... What I'm bitching about is the lack of a big snow storm. Greg Glen (you know.. "Kielbasa!") just told me that it has started snowing in Meriden and they're expected to get about 12-24 inches. And from what I have come to understand, it's supposed to be like that throughout most of the region. We're only supposed to get 2-4cm between today and tomorrow. Boooo. So you all enjoy the snow! :-)

Finally... Tomorrow.. The Pats shall overcome and hand the Steelers a nice ass-whoopin. And if they don't, well, I have an edit feature to this blog and I'll be sure to use it.

GO PATS!