These establishments offer beauty-conscious middle-aged men more than an à la carte standard “Joe Blow” haircut with their endless assortment of other pampering and grooming delights.
Shop hard and you'll find a barber shop not too far from home offering ancillary manly activities
like shooting pool, watching TV on a high-definition plasma screen or downing a
strong adult beverage while you sit, ever so comfortably, in a lush leather chair waiting in tingling anticipation for your upcoming facial massage and manicure.
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| A high-end barber and male beauty establishment for rich middle-aged men. |
These
are not your grandfather’s barber shop with a seasoned white-hair and wrinkled
master barber experienced in giving you a standard middle-aged man haircut
and ancillary services such as trimming your excessive ear and nostril hair.
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| One old-school Joe Blow middle-aged man haircut please! |
This
middle-aged man has traveled the world and gotten haircuts from old-school
barbers in South Korea, Turkey and Italy in a serious search for the best barber shop matching his personality.
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| Pierini Fitness on special assignment in Rome Italy circa April 2007. |
Closer to home, I found my perfect match about five years ago with a
barber named Ruben. Ruben is a couple
years younger than me but has lived a harder life resulting in his less than stellar health. My recent calls for an appointment found him
AWOL and nowhere to be found. I hope he’s
OK.
So
late last week, in desperate need of a long-overdue haircut and with Ruben
still missing in action, I reluctantly conducted a worldwide search leading me to
a new barber shop about six blocks from my office.
Did
I decide to take my male grooming and pampering needs to the next level by
choosing the finest middle-aged man grooming establishment my hard-earned money
could buy?
Was
my middle-aged manhood crying for soothing comfort of a fashionable haircut,
scalp massage, straight razor shave, 60-minute deep-tissue massage, valet
parking, a shoeshine, lunch or a car wash and use of a locker room and lounge
with music, drink and high-definition plasma screen television?
Nope! This middle-aged man decided to stick to one
that has stood the test of time – an old-school barber shop.
Pax
Domini sit semper vobiscum
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| Worldwide headquarters of Vicente, my new 80-year young barber. |
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