My former hair wizard (Christie at Salon on 5th) packed up and moved, so I had to find a new person to hide the grey.  Salon 42 is about 4 minutes from my house and had some good reviews and a professionally done website that gave me a good vibe about the effort that is put into making their salons successful. \n\n6:00 pm on a Tuesday, there was a fairly steady flow of folks.  My appointment was with Erica, who is adorable!  Our sense of style (since I am probably 10+ years older than her) is different, but she took my questions and comments and did a fantastic job with my hair color and cut.  She also gave me some ideas of a future plan to make my hair easier to style (straight or or let my natural curls bounce) and a way to prolong the space between visits - being a girl is not an inexpensive adventure.\n\nThe salon itself was quite nice.  The waiting area furniture is sooooo comfy.  I could have kicked my feet up and snoozed (I got there pretty early, but was taken right on time).  Everyone at the salon was very friendly.  I was offered a drink as soon as I checked in, and Erica asked twice if I needed anything.  Parking at this shopping center, which also has a small footprint Harris Teeter, a CVS, Starbucks, Hawthorne's Pizza, Lotus II, and a few other random places, was pretty good at 5:45.\n\nA cut/color (roots only) by Erica was $105 (May 2014), which looks like a lot, but is VERY reasonable from the calls that I made around town trying to get my hair done without necessitating selling a kidney to pay for it.  I really like my hair and will be making future appointments with Erica.