Behind the humble facade of this small, unremarkable little shop on the south side of Chicago is one of the last of a dying breed: the beauty shop that's as much about hearts as about hair. Day after day for more than 40 years, Connie, Ella and Liz have been dishing out not just lots of beautiful hair styles, but lots of love. Many of the customers have been coming for 40 years, have mothers and sisters and grandmothers and granddaughters who have been coming to Miss Connie all their lives. This low tech, thoroughly non-modern salon (though customers range in age from the twenty-somethings to the ninety-somethings) is a place to be thoroughly at home and among friends, to share gossip and advice, to talk about the issues and the news, to encourage each other, laugh together, to share your life, your time and your heart. Most of us were heartbroken when they announced they would be retiring at the end of August. We know we'll never find another one like this one again.
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