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Yesterday, if you were on the Twitter and following me (@luau), you would have seen the stream of pictures that follow. The quick story for those new here is that I put it out there in cyber-space a couple of weeks ago that if we were able to help my wife Jess reach her goal of $10,000 raised by the time the Autism Walk in Boston arrived, I would run my next marathon with blue hair in honor of Autism Awareness. I put out this challenge just a few before the walk and a couple of grand short. We didn’t think we were going to make it.
Lo and behold, on Walk Day how much was on Jess’ fund raising page?
$10,000.01.
My dearest friend Lurch (together we are known as Lurchau) had come through with an incredibly large donation at the last minute. Personally, I think he just wanted to see me run with blue hair.
Anyway, that is how I ended up at Stilisti Boston yesterday. It was quite the ride. Marisa, the owner of Stilisti Boston and one of the top stylist anywhere, was kind enough to donate the job for the cause. Thank you Marisa (and the rest of your staff). You. Are. Amazing. They made me feel right at home – actually, they kinda made me feel like a celebrity. You will notice in some of the pictures the group of beautiful women surrounding me. No, it’s not because of my dashing good looks or the curiosity of a suburban dad dyeing his hair blue. No, it is because these women were there to learn from the best in the business (Marisa, not me). You can find Stilisti Boston at http://stilistiboston.com/ on the Interwebs or 138 Newbury Street, 2nd Floor in Boston – 617-262-2234. I’d also appreciate it if you’d consider following them on Twitter at @stilistiboston.
Again, thank you Marisa, thank you Lurch, thank you Jess, and thank you to all who helped us get over the $10K mark.
Thank you to all of you who sent encouraging and entertaining words and comments (yeah, I’m looking at you @mynameisMarc! 🙂 )
Can’t wait to run New York with my blue hair.
The ride begins...
waiting for Marisa
the bleaching begins...
hair dryer time
bleach is starting to do its work...
touching up the ends...
time to hit the roots
time to wash this stuff out
rinse, rinse, rinse
wow...that's blond!
gotta get it dry before coloring...
...maybe I could get used to this...
view from the back
I look like a crazy man
let the dyeing begin...
waiting for it to set...
time to rinse and lock
unfortunately I had to run out to pick up the girls from school...priorities you know...
a shirt I will be wearing a lot for the next month
...finished product - THANK YOU Stilisti Boston!!!
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I am somewhat speechless after this series of pictures but …. kudos to the generous (and it appears, FUN) people of Stillsti Boston (trying to follow on Twitter but I am at a following limit – boo on that). And you look kind of striking as a blonde too – who knew??!!. Anyway, I wish none of this was necessary but I guess that’s precisely why throwing $10,000.01 at it matters. You, my friend, are going to have no shortage of conversation topics at the grocery store for the foreseeable future!!!
Incredible look on you Luau! Now will we be seeing pics of the grow out??? THAT should be an interesting look!!
Wow! Awesome See you in NY. You’ll be easy to spot!
“You’re my boy Blue!”
You look awesome. I’m proud to “know” you and Jess…and to be a small part of this ever growing and powerful community. Good luck running NYC. You’ll be hard to miss! Wish I could come out but I just had a baby! = )
Billy Idol has nothing on you! Rebel Yell! 🙂
you look like a superhero with the blue! i’d keep it! thanks for helping those who can’t help themselves!
You already know what I think 😉
Looking good!
Totally EPIC.
I followed you on twitter yesterday on this and it is just awesome.
You have a serious amount of hair!
I saw this yesterday, but you actually look pretty great in the blue!! maybe keep it? 🙂
You are a great dad!!!!
Wow – whole lotta awesomeness!
Excellent!
you are a very dedicated dad, hope you inspire others…keep it up and run……….
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