LA Friends Installment #1
Jennifer J, my hair colorist for twelve years
I’m very nostalgic these days. We have so many life changes going on that I find myself taking extra care to be present when I see my LA posse. Today I realized I should write about my posse and who should be first in this series - a classically cool LA friend.
Today I went to Juan Juan Salon for my bimonthly (yup; my hair grows FAST) root touch up with Jennifer J. I lingered a bit to visit at the counter before I left because Jen and I go way back. Both our boys are graduating seniors this year and we reminisced about the good old days when they were still so little. We talked about how her boys are entrepreneurs and mine is into math and music. How they really are just going to be who they are, and how excited we are for what they’ll be. We talked about the day on the first grade playground I mentioned that my hair colorist was retiring, and she said “come see me!”
Jennifer is probably the Los Angeles friend I have seen most consistently for the last twelve years and not only does she do fabulous hair, she’s as attractive as many of her celebrity clients. She rolls with billionaires but loves a designer dupe and has been my barometer for cool when I’m not sure I’m keeping up. She can hang at Burning Man because she has a preternaturally perfect body for running around in a bathing suit for a week and brings her own RV.
One look at her insta and you’ll see her very impressive roster of Oscar and Emmy noms and winners. I’ve seen more celebrities in her salon than at the Peninsula lounge, but she doesn’t talk about them. A super famous guy was there today and she said “he’s still hot! Such a nice guy!”, but she has never uttered one bad word about any of them or anyone else. I think that’s probably the secret to success in LA (or anywhere). Be great at what you do and know when to be quiet, and she’s a pro.
Cheers to my beautiful Jennifer xoxo
