To start with, look that this chandelier:  :-)

They say that in Los Angeles more than 90% of the women have long or semi-long hair, so it is difficult to find a time to just a wash and style their hair because the population of the place is around 4 million inhabitants.

Look at this brilliant idea:

A beauty salon, where you just wash, dry and brush!

And is this not one of the most transforming processes of going to a salon?

There the customers watch episodes of the series “Sex in the City” while having wine or champagne…

The place is called: DRY BAR and it’s open 7 days a week.

You pay $ 35 for the service and a $10 tip is suggested.

Paying a monthly fee, you have access to the service 2 or 4 times a month.

The owner did this for a long time, visiting clients at home (just by referral) and charged $40.

What you read on the board are the styles of drying and you can still have a 10 min. capillary massage for over $10.

I found the colors beautiful, sophisticated…

SHOWGIRL!

(Photos: www.drybar.com)

Call me a ’small town girl’ if you want, I don’t care… Because I know that at this time, many large cities are trying to preserve what we have, the same character, that of a small town.

I never lived in a bucolic and quiet place like this. I always lived in, not large, but ENORMOUS metropolises. But I don’t have anything to do with the past, I live in the now, and I think it’s silly to keep the past in the future.

Mas com o passado, eu nao tenho nada a ver, eu vivo o agora, e acho que so’ bobos guardam o passado no futuro.

I like the historic charm, atmosphere and feeling of “small town”, and at the same time, the sophistication of having two colleges nearby.

I have met many happy people here…

Especially now with the addition of the new beach, we get a new square in the center of the city with a beautiful pavilion for concerts and presentations, fountains, beautiful gardens and more.

Remember the movie with Jim Carey, “The Majestic”?

The trees are newly planted, still getting accomodated… Remember that we are at the end of winter, when everything is dry.

Of course, it’s an economic development strategy for the area, but the people expressed strong interest in improving the appearance of historic downtown.

The name Five Points comes from the fact that the place was once the meeting of five streets.

The City Council will announce the schedule of events and my curiosity is UP.

I have heard also that the city will get a gateway entrance, another additional strategy that will identify Main street as an area of special interest — in this case, the antique shops.

I consider this place a healthy place to live.

For those who have read my introduction, and all of you who know me, really know that I am a student of change, and it is constant in my life — it seems eternal, perpetual.

Perhaps you feel like that in your lives also…

And then there are those who say that there is no safety in this land, only opportunities, the feeling of security is a kind of superstition, it doesn’t exist in nature and blah blah blah…

But I’m just like most people, I simply want to feel, walk and live in peace where I live.

And this is one of the reasons I appreciate my city… A small place where there you shouldn’t go.

Look at this:

When I entered this store, this vehicle was there, with a satchel inside the basket. I went in, I chose what I wanted and I looked at the promotions. I looked and looked…

I was in line to pay, I paid, went out and everything was there. Intact.

And I know the owner, a neighbor with serious back problems, he can barely walk and still moves super slowly with his back curved.

He could never run after a thief!

And he felt safer than I did leaving his bag there with his motorbike while making purchases.

Security is not something expensive, it is a priceless state of mind.

1 – She was born in 1883 and grew up very poor.

2 – Her father abandoned her at an orphanage where she spent 6 years with her sister.

3 – During her adolescence years she worked singing and dancing in taverns at night.

4 – Losing that job, and having no place to live or how to survive, she became the mistress of a rich British military industrialist.

Still, she proved to the world that empty pockets don’t hold back anyone and that if nothing changed there would be no caterpillars… and that a rich person is nothing more than a poor person with money.

In the world of fashion, Gabrielle Bonheur, best known as Coco Chanel, is among the 100 most influential people in humanity.

According to her, “everything is in our head, that’s why we can not lose it.”

Also, according to her own words:

1 – Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it isn’t luxury.

2 – Fashion fades, only style stays the same.

3 – Luxury is the absence of vulgarity.

4 – Fashion that does not reach the streets, is not fashion.

5 – The nature gives you a face of 20, but the merit of appearance at 50 is all yours.

6 – The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

7 – There are people who have money and people who are rich.

8 – To be irreplaceable, we must be different.

She not only took the corset away from the woman’s wardrobe, exchanging it for elegance and comfort, but she also gave much more besides the wonderful, always useful little black dress, the suit, the hat and Chanel 5 perfume.

She is one of those which I really take off my hat to.

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!

So, the movie that I recommend for this day: that of someone who went beyond the poverty, abandonment, and challenged conventional society, to become the most famous designer of the twentieth century.

What an interesting past, hard to understand, and what an unforgettable challenge! WATCH: COCO before CHANEL.