Friday, October 30, 2015

Opelousas: The Honey Comb Barber Shop

 
The Honey Comb Barber Shop, Highway 190, Opelousas, Louisiana.



Every time I passed this barber shop, which is on the west end of Opelousas, on Highway 190, I wanted to pull over to take pictures. Finally, I did so.


The Honey Comb Barber Shop, Highway 190, Opelousas, Louisiana.


I'm glad I did because there is a plan to repaint the barber shop, according to a gentleman who lives nearby. But maybe the new will be just as sweet as the old.


The Honey Comb Barber Shop, Highway 190, Opelousas, Louisiana.


I always smile when I think about men in barber shops, and also in local diners, where groups of them gather in the mornings after the first breakfast rush passes. Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk. Women take the rap for gossiping, but men are no slouches in this department.


The Honey Comb Barber Shop, Highway 190, Opelousas, Louisiana.


In the photo below, I like the listing of oils, lotions, and incense. A tradition of millennia, is it not? To soothe one's skin and spirit with tactile care.


The Honey Comb Barber Shop, Highway 190, Opelousas, Louisiana.


A ritual of self-grooming and social grooming that all of us living creatures seem to need.


The Honey Comb Barber Shop, Highway 190, Opelousas, Louisiana.



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