Cool Cuts

Want to get your hair cut at the hot spot? I don't mean that place that's got guy's cuts for $80 and women for who-knows-how-much. I mean a hot spot that gives great cuts for a refreshing price - $19 to $24. Located in more than a few west-coast spots, Rudy's Barbershop is the best kept secret in Los Angeles with their too-hip venue at The Standard hotel on Sunset Blvd. Looking a bit like an actual babershop (ever seen one of those?)that's been hit with the cool-stick, the Standard location has great magazines, retrohip sneakers and other cool bits mixed in with five cutting stations in what feels like about twelve square feet. While they're not big on appointments, go hang out by the pool like a real rockstar - in the middle of a weekday with drink-in-hand - while you wait for your turn. Owner Alex Calderwood sums it up: "We're high culture meets low" - kinda like these guys. And if you wind up with one of these, it'll only be if it's the Next Big Thing.