My Love of the Barbershop
As a man, I find a certain magic to the barbershop experience. There is something very satisfying about it, and I always look forward to going to get my hair cut.
Barbasol Shaving Tips
I love shaving, and I love barbershops. Here in Manhattan, we have a lot of great shops, including Best Barber, my go-to right here in Hell’s Kitchen. Like all good barbershops, they do cuts and shaves.
As I’ve written before, my preferred shave cream is Barbasol, a venerable old affordable classic made right here in the USA. I found myself on their website the other day confirming the existence of a non-aerosol version of their shave cream (It’s confirmed. It exists.), and I came across this great video they produced in 2014 at a barbershop called Old Familiar Barbershop in Columbus, Ohio. The video features shop owner Kenji Prince highlighting how he goes about giving a shave in the fantastic setting of his Old Town East emporium, which also includes haircuts, beard trims, shampoos, shoe shines, marriages and dirty jokes among their services.
Best Barber, a New Tip-Top Barbershop in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC
Hell’s Kitchen has a lot of barbershops. Most of these barbershops are designed with an unfortunate formula that includes bad lighting, ill-considered furnishings and a front window showcasing photos that look like grooming images from an International Male catalog. A guy who is sensitive to his surroundings and looking for a good and fairly priced haircut in a handsome, masculine and tasteful setting would be challenged to find a positive experience in Midtown West. Until now.
The Old School Barbershop
For years, I harbored a fantasy of opening a barbershop. But not just an average barbershop. I mean a barbershop of the old school, a real man's place. It would have a storefront and an interior flavor of an establishment…
Pickin’ & Trimmin’ – The Barbershop in Drexel, NC
From the filmmaker's apt description on Vimeo: "At The Barbershop in Drexel, NC, the atmosphere is laid back, the conversation free, and the music a cut above the rest." Director Matt Morris created this terrific documentary short about the barbershop…