I've lived in Hollywood now for almost ten years and one of the things I like to keep an eye on is which stores on Hollywood Blvd. make it and which are gone in the blink of an eye. Many of the shops and restaurants that were around when I first moved here are gone; the ones that seems to have the best staying power are cheap lingerie stores and "exotic shoe stores".

With that in mind, I guess it makes sense that the first barber shop to open on this little strip is called Barber Dollz. Their tagline: "It's the TRIM that keeps you COMING back."

I don't know. This just doesn't seem to be a place that I'd want to go to. Not only do I not want my barber shop using looks as one of the main criteria for hiring their staff and I already think barber small talk is awkward enough; I can't imagine that my sporting a woodrow is going to make it any easier.

Of course, this kind of place seems to be trendy. The first time I heard about a sexy barber shop was in, of all places, Salt Lake City. They go a step further and are clad in bikinis.