It pays to look your best

This is an artifact from an earlier age, found in the debris left behind after the removal of the remains of an intact mid-twentieth century barber shop on Capitol Hill (it is interesting to note that this was one of two that were within fifty feet or less of each other, not unusual in segregated communities - the second of the two barber shops still persisted as a complete period piece at the time of this episode).

The location had been closed for many years, it stayed closed and unused forever, and it would seem that only when real estate values finally caught up with the venue did anyone show up to break the seal.

No effort had been spared in clearing the place out, the front was littered as if the place had been blown out from within, and whatever mayhem was begun by the demolition crew was finished by passers-by who left everything looking minced, shredded and evenly spread out along most of one side of a block of Massachussetts Avenue.

It was a site to see. When Office Betty walked by trying to coax along a nicely patina-ed five foot tall doctors cabinet in 16 guage steel with thick clear glass panels and locking doors, it became obvious that this eviction had been a gold mine.

This sign is all that remained in one piece, lost and unclaimed, but here to remind us again, that it pays to look well.


It still pays to look well, with a fresh haircut from Haircuts Just Around the Corner!