Summer Time |
Summer was good to The Kings Club, we were featured in Coast Magazine (www.coastmagazine.com) Father's Day feature and we were recognized by Dana Point's Mayor Joel Bishop as the Business of the Mon...
Posted by Mike the Barber on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:08:00 PST |
Article in the Dana Point Times |
In June it will officially be a year since taking over the shop. Nathan Wright wrote a really cool article about the shop in this weeks Dana Point Times. If you can't get your hands on a copy check ...
Posted by Mike the Barber on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:07:00 PST |
Fox OC Hot List Nomination |
The Kings Club Barbershop has been nominated for "best barber shop" in the OC. It is truely an honor to be recognized. We share the nomination with some well established shops. I have friends that ...
Posted by Mike the Barber on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:46:00 PST |
TKCB Commercial |
Like those beautiful bathing suit models who get to go to exotic locals roll around in the sand, sun and ocean. It took dedication, hard work, grueling hours and a lot of hard work to put The Kings C...
Posted by Mike the Barber on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:27:00 PST |
The Kings Club Barbershop |
Spinning in front of the shop is the antique barber pole. The scratchy jazz sounds and sweet aroma of Bay Rum welcome you in the door. Inside are real barbers, dressed in smock and tie, snippin', cli...
Posted by Mike the Barber on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:02:00 PST |
Happy Birthday Mr. Rogers |
On Monday Jim Rogers (mentor, master barber and barbershop legend) turned eighty-seven years young. Having been a barber for over sixty years, you can still find him doing hair cuts and shaves five d...
Posted by Mike the Barber on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:07:00 PST |
The Final Day |
Saturday, June 2nd was Mike the Barber's final day cutting hair at the infamous Solana Barbers. It was a great pleasure to work under eighty-six year old master barber, Jim Rogers, as well as along ...
Posted by Mike the Barber on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:56:00 PST |
Solana Barbers (a time honored tradition) |
Solana Barbers was established in 1955 in North County, San Diego. Back before the 5 freeway was built and "historic" route 101 was just route 101. Over the last 52 years the shop has changed owner...
Posted by Mike the Barber on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:04:00 PST |
The Straight Razor (a barbers best friend) |
It is the straight razor that separates the beauty shop from the barbershop, the barber from the beautician/stylist and the hacks from the profesionals. As a proud barber I have paid specific attenti...
Posted by Mike the Barber on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:08:00 PST |
L.A. Times Article Sept. 12, 1906 |
It was time for a trim, so F. A. Powers, a miner from Yuma, stopped by a 5th Street barbershop sporting "whiskers like an Arizona Chaparral." A barber named Lewis sniped off the whiskers, gave Powers...
Posted by Mike the Barber on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 09:38:00 PST |
