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The Hair Chair

May 29, 2016 Tamar Anitai

"The look you leave the salon with is almost irrelevant; it’s the time spent in the chair that’s significant."

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"There's choosers, there's takers / There's beggin', heartbreakers / I don't wanna be that way / You will never hear me say / Come hold me, console me / When really I'm lonely / Even if I feel this way / I don't wanna feel this way / When I / Need someone / I don't wanna need no one" -Jorja Smith, "The One" #lonelysongs
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“When I walked into this office just now I felt the same sense of wonder and respect that I felt four years ago. I know you will feel that, too. I wish you great happiness here. I never felt the loneliness some Presidents have described. There will be very tough times, made even more difficult by criticism you may not think is fair. I’m not a very good one to give advice; but just don’t let the critics discourage you or push you off course. You will be our President when you read this note. I wish you well. I wish your family well. Your success now is our country’s success. I am rooting hard for you. Good Luck — George” The Oval Office note George H.W. Bush left for Bill Clinton
"It can be really lonely. I think there's more to life than fashion and I don't want to be stuck in that bubble... You see everyone in the office can go home and shut off, but I'm still Alexander McQueen after I shut the door. I've got to go home with myself. If it's been a bad day, I've only got myself to answer to." -Alexander McQueen
"I'm lonely, you're lonely too / I wanna be alone with you" -The Free Nationals featuring Daniel Caesar #lonelysongs
"[M]y own wounds, my own sufferings, have enabled me to feel compassion for the sufferings of others. Without my suffering, I wouldn’t understand the suffering of others or be able to connect to them. My loneliness enables me to recognize the loneliness in other people, even when it’s covered over; to find them where they have become lost in the dark, and sit with them; and to know that just by sitting with them, eventually they will find what they need in order to move forward." -Rachel Naomi Remen on On Being
“And I like that / I don't really give a fuck if I was just the only one / Who likes that / I never like to follow, follow all around, the chase is on / Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my / I like that” -Janelle Monae
"I think there's another kind of Thanksgiving for the rest of us, who live far from home. For those of us who care about this holiday, anyway, Friendsgiving may not be enough—so instead we opt for Lonesgiving. I used to always joke to my editors that I wanted to develop a full Thanksgiving dinner just for one. How funny would that be? But then it'd be less funny as the actual day inched closer, and I found myself alone in my kitchen on Thursday, eating leftover stew out of my slow cooker... I don't know why, but this time of year—as full of food, friends, and festivities as it is—seems always just a reminder that I'm alone, and that I live miles away from the people I love and need most. My parents, my brother, Scott. That's why I get especially meditative around Thanksgiving, and why it felt like such a gift to have him at my fingertips this weekend." @ericjoonho in @food52

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