Saturday Morning: Barber and Burgers

My Barber:

This morning I had a few errands planned, which included getting a haircut. I've been going to Kay for a few years now. She is friendly, professional and provides a good haircut. Plus she gives a cold towel head and neck massage at the end, which I love. I've often thought of having a picture with her, but generally, the other barbers were too busy to take a photo. Fortunately, Mimi was available, and Kay was willing.

So, here is a picture of Kay and I:

















If you are ever in Centreville, Virginia and need a haircut, head on over to The American Barber Shop, and ask for Kay.

Loss of a great local(-ish) eatery:While getting gas, my iPhone buzzed that I had an email. I was shocked to read that Local Six Forty-Seven was announcing that it was closing its food cart, and that today would be the last time one could get their food. They would be at Barrel Oak Winery one last time. BOW is in Delaplane, Virginia, which was about 30 miles from where I was at the time. That was not too far for one last chance at their burgers. Local Six Forty-Seven has (err, had) the best, and I do mean the best, burgers I have ever tried (see a picture below). Derek and Amanda are the owners, and Derek is the chef. They were featured last year on Good Morning America, as part of its "Best Food Carts In America" series. They were a finalist, but unfortunately did not win.
I came to know of them at our town's farmer's market, which is held on Friday afternoon, early evening. I would often leave the office as early as possible on Fridays to get to the market before its closing at 6:30pm.
This is their cart, from which many a delicious meal was prepared:

I took a picture of a background article about them, but with sunglasses on, didn't align the iPhone to take a picture of the full article, but at least there is a picture of Derek and Amanda.

As I was waiting for my burger, so many people came up to say "We love you!" or "We'll miss you so much!"

This is the burger that we all will miss. I always got the Kobe beef burger, but they made many other varieties. I waited to get home before enjoying the burger, as I wanted to savor every bite and it was too hot out at Barrel Oak Winery to eat outside.

Thanks Derek and Amanda, I'm going to miss y'all.