A quick document of Nicole’s hair over the last five years

Since I have known Nicole — a professional and savvy hairstylist — she has had many hairstyles. Here are some that I have had the honor to document since 2005.

Disclaimer: while I am not offering technical details for the styles, I can provide light commentary at the layman’s level. Also, I apologize to Nicole and her colleagues if I repeat certain styles and sub-genres (say if fringe was pushed back and I thought it was a completely different style). It was not my intention to improperly catalog but rather to put on record the ever-changing nature of my lady’s hair using words that my improperly trained eyes determine to be somewhat accurate. All dates are approximate…and care was taken to keep it chronological.

Blonde and Pink [July 2005]

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Just Pink

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Short Blonde

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The Two-Tone

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Teased Out

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Her Own Wedding Hair [October 2006]

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Long with Fringe [December 2006]

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Cute and Fun [Jan 2007] (I mostly just liked this photo. We can call this “good task hair”)

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“The Rocker” [Feb 2007]

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Swiss Miss [April 2007]

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Wavy Long: Sue’s Wedding [July 2007]

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Wavy Casual: Vacation Mode [Nov 2007]

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Parisian (Hat Hair)

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Drop-dead Cutie Pie (Brunch Hair)

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Long with the Swoopy Thingy

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Long with a Touch of Color [April 2008]

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Long with a Touch of Crimp and/or Braids [May 2008]

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Fashion Mullet: Blonde [July 2008]

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The Chop Off [July 2008]

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Whole Foods Short and Blonde or Level 6 or Something. I don’t know. [August 2008]

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Toni & Guy’d [August 2008]

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Blonde, touch of color [Sept 2008]

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Return of short, blonde, but all business

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Dark, Curled [June 2008]

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NYC Cut [October 2008]

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Party Hair/Tolerating a Bald Husband Hair [September 2008]

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Retro Model with blonde fringe [May 2009]

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Touch of contrasting color [Aug 2009]

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A color that you never call “brassy” to a woman

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Mason jar makeover

The shelf before

Since we recently had a baby and the weather was so perfectly awesome today, I thought the best thing to do would be to reorganize the pantry or more accurately: the shelf where we store random jars of food. This shelf is a constant source of disorganized shame for me. The top holds a mishmash of “baking” items and the bottom holds the random assortment of half empty bottles that we call a bar. In between, on the second and third shelves, the dry goods are stored in air-tight plastic containers. It feels wrong to hold food in plastic…wasn’t there something about it poisoning foods or something a few years ago? Plus, the containers are unsightly. The clincher: sometimes the containers smelled weird and were oddly dirty around the impossibly inaccessible plastic ring.

Halfway there

Did you know that Mason jars can be bought on the cheap? For a lot cheaper than a set of plastic food-grade containers. And did you know they come in really big sizes? Oh, they do: quart size. Also, they make your food storage area look really classy. Advanced step: etch the containers!

Classing up the pantry with Mason jars
Classing up the pantry with Mason jars

This entry is dedicated to the genius of John Mason.

Zoe Clementine

First photo

Nicole: what a goddamn trooper.

What did you do over the weekend?
We had our baby, Zoe Clementine.

All day Friday Nicole felt “crampy.” Friday night the hospital admitted us, though Nicole was dilated at a mere 1 centimeter. Then it was all a blur: it’s 11:30am on Saturday and she’s ready to push; it’s 12:16pm and a newborn baby is sitting on her chest. Do that math! I’ve waited for coffee at Blue Bottle longer than that.

Nicole and I, pre-push

Nicole and I, pre-push

More photos

Note: Of all the advice and predictions about the future, people did not exaggerate the lack of sleep that you inherit with a newborn.

I’ll most likely bore you with stories about Zoe’s first burp and why I won’t drive above 25 MPH when she’s in the car over at thepoopdiaper.com.