Happy Hour with a Massage
What’s better than Happy Hour at the end of a workday? Happy Hour with a scalp massage.
For that kind of paradise, one goes to Mac & Company, the upscale, full-service salon that opened in October at 37 E. Gay St. Owner Laura MacElheaney, who goes by Mac, says the complimentary drink that is offered is a smash hit with employees of the law firm Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease across the street. “Those boys love to have a beer or a glass of scotch and get their hair cut after work,” she says. Besides hair (and scalp massage upon request) Mac & Company does massages, body treatments, mani’s & pedi’s, waxing—you name it. “We do it all,” says Mac. The salon is an official Bumble and bumble salon, an honor that requires rigorous screening, special training and signing a legal contract that was thicker than the salon’s lease in order to carry the company’s ultra-high-end products. Mac describes the salon as super hip, but the stylists and technicians each do things their own way. “We’re an eclectic group,” she says. “There are so many wack-job hairdressers out there; there are maybe 10 percent who are truly creative, who are artists. Those are the kinds of people I surround myself with.” Plans are to collaborate with neighbor Skambo Cafe in the spring to serve food cafe-style on the sidewalk and offer free wi-fi, Mac says. “You’ll be able to come in and get lunch, get coffee, get on your computer—and get your hair done.”
Mac & Company is open Monday 9 a. m.-5 p. m., Tuesday-Friday 9 a. m.-9 p.m., and Saturday 9 a. m.-5 p. m. Walk-ins are accepted. 228-1164.
