A weekend of Learning, Hobnobbing and following Anthony Bourdains footsteps

This weekend we had such an incredible weekend all thanks to L'Oreal's Kirsten Magrini, diPietro/Todd Academy and Caron White.

We arrived in San Fran on Saturday to high 70's and a mission. After checking into the Kensington hotel we followed Anthony Bourdain's footsteps right to Lefty O'Douls, and Morton's the steakhouse. Guess what, Tony know's his stuff. Both Tim and I were in hog heaven! Even though Lefty's ironically is a sports bar, the succulent roast beef for $12.00 bucks fed us both! And the Guinness; cold as hell! The food was so amazing though it was worth it.

Morton's had the best filet mignon ever, and our new drink for summer called 'cool as a cucumber' that involved muddled english cucumbers, vodka, St. Germain's, and ginger beer. If you are over at our house this summer, you will be tasting that! Thanks to Morton's Bar 12.21. Also of note, at another point, imagine Tim's bliss to be eating sushi in chinatown in S.F. MMMM spicy tuna rolls! with as many choices of saki's as one could imagine!

Oh and by the way, if you are homesick for Port Orchard while in S.F. you must go to the Gold Dust Lounge in Union Square. It will make you feel like your at Myhre's, even down to the red velvet couches, murals on the ceiling, and stiff drinks. Loved it! And a huge mix of people, not just one scene, just like Myhre's!

Then we met up with our dear friend Caron White and her beau Tom at Harry Denton's Starlight Lounge atop the Sir Frances Drake Hotel, overlooking downtown for, fuzzy champagne cocktails, then down to Scala's for lemon cream raviolli's and pear and blue cheese salad with the freshest rocket ever. For this diabetic I was running in circles with happiness.

Caron is the Caron of "Everything Coastal Blog" who we avidly follow and recommend on this very blog. If you haven't seen her stuff, or kept up on her coastal lifestyle, you should. Oprah, if you are reading this, or Gayle for that matter, you need to create a show on your new network for this woman, she is AMAZING! I get so jealous that I am not living her life!

O.K. enough about food!

Sunday was spent at the prestigious diPietro/Todd Academy where we learned creative new color techniques with L'Oreal's groundbreaking no ammonia INOA! From tear shaped cuts, color placement to be able to contour and thin down a face, to the wilder side that included mimicking the beauty of oil slicks. We were treated to some amazing advanced color techniques from this group and we can't wait to share it with you, so you can be the first on your block with some of these things. From subtle to full-tilt-boogie, we have even more tricks in our arsenal to keep our clients at the top of their game. From the latest cuts, to the blazing colors, we got your back!

This weekend was amazing, informative, and re-inspiring. This just re-ignites our passion for what we do and who we do it for...YOU. Our love for you drives us to never sit on our laurels and let you wallow in mediocrity. You allow us the privilege to be the stewards of your looks and self-esteem. That in itself will always be our motivation, the responsibility you have delegated to us. We do not take that lightly. So you can count on Sugardaddy's investing in MORE classes, and MORE training. Anything that keeps us at the forefront in Kitsap as leaders in hair we will do.

We would like to express our gratitude to Kirsten Magrini, head of L'Oreal Professionnel Westcoast, my new best friend! She made all this possible with diPietro/Todd Acadamy. She has been so warm, and open and giving, and we just want to express our gratitude to her, and to L'Oreal!