perfect friday night

i love friday nights.  i always pick up a pizza at whole foods for dinner and after the kids are tucked in their beds, rbb and i watch our latest netflix selection.  it's a great end to the week - no cooking (and very little clean up - score) and tuning into a different world for a couple of hours is a great way to forget about your cares.  plus, it keeps me somewhat current...tv shows are lost on me (except the bachelorette.  bring it emily!!) but movies - now, with movies i can hang.

this past friday night went a little differently - we ate pizza and put the kids down, but immediately afterwards i scurried to my drybar appointment at 7:45 p.m.  have you heard about this place?  their slogan is "no cuts.  no color.  just blow outs."  freakin' genius.  i swear i can try to replicate my stylist's exact hand and wrist motions, but your hair just never looks as good as when you leave the salon - fact.  and here's the thing - i had a groupon that was about to expire so i HAD to go between then and wednesday.  i might as well put on the dog for the weekend, right?  i mean, i did have a 3 year old birthday party and a baby shower to attend on saturday.

and let me just say - wow.  WHAT a concept.  i love it!  i walked in and immediately felt cool.  a hip salon abuzz with people getting pretty, amazing branding with so many neat paper items at the counter, and the best part - the offer of would i like wine, champagne, soda or tea?  this endeared me maybe more than anything to drybar.  i glanced around looking for a menu to see what i should order (figured it was a bar of sorts, hence the name...) but no - it's all complimentary.  don't mind if i do...

i mean, i kind of cannot get over how slick and well branded the whole experience is, top to bottom.  take a look at their brand aesthetic; i'm certain you'll concur...

i don't think i have ever seen a better gift certificate.

now, wouldn't this be the perfect place to insert a picture of how wonderful and fabulous my hair looked?!  i regret to say i did not take one picture all weekend.  terrible!  BUT luckily my pal abbey at dylan blue photography came over on sunday morning for a photo shoot...so i will show you soon.  in short, i loved it.  i went for the "mai tai" which is categorized as messy, beachy hair.  

extra cool fact:  the founder, alli, grew up in stone mountain (not far from atlanta, to all you non-georgians).  

drybar - i'll be back!

xoxo