Windy City to Windy Seas: Priceless at Price's

When you live on a boat and sail from place to place, you quickly realize that there are certain things you took for granted when you lived on land, like finding a place to get your haircut. Kent trusted me to cut his hair with an electric razor--just once. So, when we landed here in St Augustine, one of the first things he did was get a haircut. At a real barber.

Yelp directed us to an established barber within walking distance of the harbor. Yelp's average rating for the shop is 4.7 out of 5, not that I believe all the ratings in Yelp, but that's pretty impressive. So, we walked over for a haircut. It turned out to be pretty "kitchy," so I decided to write about it briefly in our blog. Urban Dictionary defines "kitchy" as "something that is really cheesy, yet cool." Yup.

Apparently, Price's does not take appointments, and often, even on weekdays, there is a line to get into Price's Barber Shop. However, we went there in the rain and were able to walk right in. The shop is a family business and dates back to the 1930s. Some of the barbers have worked there over 30 years, but the gal who cut Kent's hair was too young for that!

Posted on the wall:

Buzz cuts $13
Regular cuts $15
Flat tops $16
Beard trim $5
Ears, nose, eyebrows included

You can get an old fashioned full shave and/or neck shave there too. (Do they do legs?)

Nothing was mentioned about waxing.

I was the only woman in the place except for the female barbers.

Price's, an old fashioned barber shop

Big fish on the walls

The expected lineup of magazines to read while you wait

A good old fashioned barber's chair

Snipping away

Typical of a classic barber shop, it has a timeless cash register
that goes "ca-ching," tiled flooring, and barber stations complete
with clippers, shears, and tall glasses of Barbicide.