Boy, is he "Metro."

I apologize for the delay in posting. Ulpan, as we all know very well must come first. Anyway, onto the real fun.

Guys in Israel are what we girls in the States would call "metro-sexual." By calling a guy metro-sexual, one is not calling him gay, or bisexual. The definition of metro-sexual is basically a guy who is aware of the importance of cleanliness and propriety in his appearance. He may use "product" (hair gel, mousse, pomade, etc.). Buy clothing from Polo, Tommy, tight tshirts and jeans: he dresses to impress not only others, but himself.

Regular, secular guys in Israel fit this description to a T. It is not unusual to find yourself in the moisturizer section with a guy scrutinizing the description on a box of L'Oreal Revitalift. So here is the funny part of this post.

Last week after allowing my eyebrows to grow together, I headed to the salon at the mall to get waxed. I walk in and normally the lady is immediately ready for me. It must have been a busy day because she told me it would be about 45 minutes (you can get in A LOT of waxing in 45 minutes). I go upstairs to the "spa" area of the salon and sit down next to two guys, one reading a magazine, the other talking loudly on his cell phone. I'm thinking that these poor dudes (or not so poor dudes) are waiting for their girlfriends or wives while they get bikinis, chins, or not so nice areas waxed. The waxing lady opens up the door and calls our "Nir." Guy #1 on cell phone gets up and walks into the room. She leaves the door open. The dude is getting his eyebrows waxed. He walks out with two very plucked (and very red)eyebrows. I say to myself "the other guy is waiting for his wife who is getting her nails done." The lady calls out "Mickey" and Guy #2 walks inside, eyebrows get waxed as well. Needless to say, his eyebrows looked very nice afterwards.