Ben and Jerry's Lends a Hand in Locks of Love Donation

Summer has finally hit Austin, and it will not be merciful. Luckily for us, Ben and Jerry's tour debuting two Texas inspired flavors was in town to bring us relief from the heat. The two flavors are Bourbon Pecan Pie and Barbeque Peach. While both of them won a place in my Southern heart, I’m fairly certain that the clear winner was the Bourbon Pecan Pie.

While on the Austin leg of their Texas Tour, Dan Bookmiller and Jana Steele made friends at many iconic locations. The Draughthouse is where @MouseTheDog got to enjoy a few scoops as well.

Here's Mouse and Dan on a Summer Afternoon. I love the pairing of Mouse next to the cows as his historical function is to herd cattle.

And here's Mouse and Jana posing next to the Sprinter. Did I mention that the Sprinter is equipped with a solar panel on top? That's another thing to add to my list of "Dream Sprinter" features.

Last Austin stop at HomeAway Downtown.

As if ice cream wasn’t already a treat, the Ben and Jerry’s good deed mantra struck again on their last day in Austin. @AgentMarshall and I had been planning on donating our hair to Locks of Love for quite some time now, and the Ben and Jerry’s team lent us a hand. At their last stop in Austin, Jana of Ben and Jerry’s traded in her scoop for a pair of scissors to make the Locks of Love haircuts.
Here's Jana about t make the first snip on Marshall.

Marshall is really happy to get that hair cut off!

Good bye, Hair!

I'm next up. This is my seventh donation to Locks of Love. I have two ponytails to make it easier to cut.

I am also extremely happy to get this hair cut. Jana was a pro at cutting hair. The entire process did not take more than three minutes, and that's including the time she took to give it a some style.

And here's the final results. Two ponytails. Two freshly cut hairdo's. And three very happy people.
Thank you so much to Dan, Jana, Ben and Jerry's for bringing delicious ice cream to Austin and helping us donate to Locks of Love.

Mouse thanks you too!

Locks of Love Donation with @Stetted & Tina at @SirensSalon_ATX

You might have noticed that my hair was starting to look something like a horse's tail.  It was time again. Time to donate the long locks to Locks of Love.  I'm so happy to announce that two lovely ladies, Megan Myers (@Stetted) and Tina Jiang joined me this year in donating to Locks of Love.  This donation is Megan and Tina's second time to donate.  The last time Megan had a haircut was three years ago, and I had never seen her with anything but long hair.  Thanks to Megan and Tina for dedicating their time and effort to the cause.

Growing long hair isn't at easy at it seems.  Not only is it a long-term commitment, it takes daily maintenance and care.  I generally don't style my hair with heat to keep it healthy, and keeping it from breaking is somewhat of a hassle.  It isn't uncommon to wake up to find that my hair has wrapped itself around my neck.  That's always fun!

Before we move on, a very big thanks goes to Sirens Salon for donating haircuts to Megan and myself.


There's the long hair.  Hello, we've been together for about 23 months, since the last donation.


Megan (@Stetted) with her long locks.


Mine is almost ready to go.  I had about 14 inches to donate.  No rated R jokes please.


Just a few moments before the donation.


Megan looks pretty pleased that all that hair is gone!


Here's a video of the donation. 

Tina Jiang wasn't able to take part of the haircut at Sirens Salon, but she was able to provide us with this photo of her hair.  Yay!


Here's the back of the post donation haircuts.


And the front.  We're really happy to have short hair for the searing temperatures to come.  A big thanks to Sirens Salon for sponsoring our donation!

#GivetoLive invites you to check out My New Haircut, Cupcakes, and Libations

I'm getting my hair cut for Locks of Love on June 23rd at 6:30 pm.  Nanette (@rocknrealty) is going to do the honors of cutting off the donation portion of my hair, and Joel at Waterstone Aesthetics is going do the styling portion of the hair cut.

If you haven't met Nanette yet, she's a rock'n realtor in Austin, who is courageously battling breast cancer right now.  Her blog on her cancer progress is glittereveryday.blogspot.com.  My donated hair will go towards making wigs for children who are losing hair, typically from chemotherapy treatments.  Donations collected will be going towards Isabelle (@Spoonsie) #givetolive fund raiser. 

We're inviting you to join us at my new hairdo make over event.  Sugar Mama's is going to be serve some delicious cupcakes for the hair cutting event to go along with some libations. So come on out and watch me lose more than 10 inches of hair, nosh on some cupcakes, and have a drink.  If you can't donate in person, you can always donate to #givetolive through this link.  

Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Time: 6:30 pm- 8:00 pm. 
Location: Waterstone Aesthetics 3016 Guadalupe St, Suite B-100, 78705 512.373.7546  Parking is plentiful.

If you can't make it to my new haircut event, I'll also be at the June 17th #BATHH on Union Park with a donation jar and some bacon chocolate chip cookies.  I'll be taking donations there as well. 

P.S. Bonus cookies if you can recite My New Haircut(the original) from memory.  MUSCLE MILK!

#GivetoLive and Give to Locks of Love

Ever driven a car from Vancouver, Canada to Austin, TX? That's quite a ways.  Ever think about doing that on a bike?  Meet @Spoonsie, otherwise known as Isabelle.  She's a super awesome chick who's going to bike from Vancouver to Austin over 9 days all in the name of raising fund for cancer research. #givetolive That's 2650 miles on a bike.  That's not all.  Once she gets here, she's participating in the Livestrong Challenge in October.  That's one cool chicka. Donate to her cause here. Along the way, @Spoonsie has also put on some additional fundraisers for her campaign.  I must mention that one of the activities was selling bacon cookies.  That's right.  I said BACON cookies.  If you haven't donated yet, you need to do so now. Also, look for a Happy Hour event with @Spoonsie sometime in late October 2010.  If you're lucky, we'll also have #bacon cookies.  So what announcement do I have?  I have one that is pretty unusual for myself.  For most of my life, I've had long hair that I've maintained myself.  I think I've only ever had three people cut my hair besides my mother and myself.  See, here I'm cutting my own hair in Oct. 2008.  It took less than a minute! It isn't a secret that I've donated my hair to Locks of Love in the past, but the announcement this time is that someone else is cutting it this time!  Joel Hamburger from WaterStone Aesthetics is going to be the featured stylist to use scissors on my long locks.  Joel has been doing hair for about seven years, the last two in Austin. He trained at one of the top salons in San Francisco, and takes classes at Vidal Sassoon and Bumble & Bumble. Joel also styles hair for fashion shows and magazines, including my own hair from last year's Austin Fashion Week. Currently, he is putting the finishing touches on a new hair blog called HeyStylist.com.   Growing hair for Locks of Love is a long-term laborious commitment.  It has been 20 months since my last hair cut.  That's 20 months of rarely using styling products in my hair.  I've only applied heat to it for styling maybe five times in the last 20 months, and I condition and protect it everyday. Before my long locks are sent to become a wig for Locks of Love, I'll be driving donations to @Spoonsie's #givetolive campaign.  I'll also be at the #BATHH on Union Park with a donation jar so bring some spare cash.  The haircut will take place at WaterStone Aesthetics on June 23rd.  Stay tuned for more info!