The warm lathering cream, the feeling of the razor-sharp blade against the back of the neck, the precise touch-ups around the ear. It’s no doubt the best part of the haircut and it’s not on the menu at most strip-mall chop shops, but it is at Studio One Eleven on Market. The Gin Experience cut, that’s the one to get. The shampoo, the eyebrow trim, the razor shave on the neck, the hot towel treatment. It’s practically a spa visit in itself, but if you’ve got time to stick around for a pedicure or a chair massage, Ginny Rodgers offers that too on Market’s only male-focused spa. Ginny talks to us about how men are easier but “stupider” (our words, not hers, but a fair assessment) about their grooming, and how she’s lasted 16 years on and near Market.

This is a love story on Market. This is Arreon Harley waiting outside his apartment at the Residences at Rodney Square on the evening of Oct. 10, 2015 – three years ago. This is Thomas Emerson running late for that first date. This is them getting Mexican at Cocina Lolo – “May it rest in peace” says Arreon – and then drinks at Ernest & Scott and talking about their lives as teachers in inner cities and Arreon’s job at the Choir School of Delaware and everything else that started them on the path that led to them falling in love and celebrating their wedding on Market with a reception at Old Town Hall on Saturday.