When is a clip joint not a clip joint? When it's Nigel's For Hair, best place I've found yet in…read moreMarin County for conversation, laughs, networking and, sometimes, even food (when Susanne shares her Sol Food takeout 'cause she thinks you look hungry)....Oh, and great haircuts, too. Suzanne is a total original. A brassy, gorgeous, raunchy,, shoot-from-the-lip culture maven-type, no shrinking violet, she, who does not suffer fools gladly -- unless, of course, they are suffering themselves.That's when the heart of gold comes out, and the self-styled tough cookie suddenly reveals herself to be a cream puff. Don't be fooled by the gum-snapping, wise-cracking hair-dresser-out-of-central-casting act. This is a sophisticated and refined woman of the world, with a first-rate mind and a generous soul. Even if she gave bad haircuts, I'd still go there, just to sit for an hour and get my monthly fix of Nigel's. Fortunately, she happens to be world-class is that department, too. When I first sat down and said, "Light on the David Bowie and heavy on the James Dean, please," she actually knew what I meant! What a rarity -- a hair-stylist who knows what you mean and does what you say. And keeps you laughing in the bargain. It's all about Susanne.
Put another way: She's got everything she needs, she's an artist, she don't look back.
