Located on Telegraph Avenue near 66th Street in North Oakalnd, close to the Berkeley border, is the uniique hair salon and vintage boutique Down At Lulu's - which is owned and run by the fun music-minded duo of Tina Lucchesi and Seth Bogart - two good friends who both happen to love music, fashion, hairdressing, and retro rock culture. They also clearly love what they do at Down At Lulu's which, while only a little over a year old, has won a Best of the Bay award and gained a strong clientele. The store which is located roughly midway
between the White Horse pub and the Smokehouse burger joint, has an ever festive storefront window with the large glittery words GABBA GABBA HEY - a nod to one of their mutually favorite bands, the Ramones. Inside are records (not a whole lot but carefully selected ones), cool clothing, and of course the hair styling stations. I recently stopped by the store and caught up with Tina (Seth was away on tour with his band) who talked about Down At Lulu's, and about her's and Seth's interests and passions - especially music.
AMOEBLOG: How would you describe Down At Lulus to someone who has never seen it?
TINA: Hmmm !!! A John Waters, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Rock N Roll High School, the Madonna Inn Rock N Roll Burrito!
AMOEBLOG: How exactly did Down At Lulu's come into being?
TINA: Seth and I have been pals and interested in the same sort of everything: rock'n'roll, hairdressing, the sixties and the seventies, and the eightes - fashion from those eras, as well as hamburgers, Mexican food, the Ramones, girl-groups, boys, boys, boys and men! We had the same vision I think so we decided 'Hey let's do this!" We are both totally thrift-store maniacs but the hairdressing is our money-maker. So we thought why not combine the two and make it an all round good times and fun? Work must be fun so why not make it that way if you can?