There's a specific kind of appointment that belongs to the last weekend of summer — not a big event, not a special occasion, just one more blowout before the season officially turns over.
Summer hair takes a beating. Humidity, salt water, chlorine, sun — by early September, most guests are walking in with hair that's been through more than they'd like to admit. A blowout right now does double duty: it's a send-off for summer and a reset before fall.
There's also something to be said for the ritual of it. The last blowout of summer tends to line up with the last long weekend, the last barbecue, the last late dinner outside before the weather turns — which makes it a nice appointment to build a little time around rather than squeezing in on the way to something else.
If you've got any end-of-summer plans on the calendar, this is the weekend to get in before every lounge in the city has the same idea.