The Establishment Haiku Contest FINALISTS BELOW

We had HUNDRED'S of submissions and below are the Top 20 Haikus. (sound omnious gong)

HOW TO VOTE?
You, the beautiful, chair sitting, computer screen-starer, picks the winner! Read below. Pick your favorite Haiku. Note the NAME and NUMBER. Vote to the right. --->
Then, come in a get a haircut /color / wax. Smile.

WARNING**multiple votes from the same IP address will definitely disqualify those votes and may disqualify the finalist too. Yes, we can really see that so don't get all friendly with your mouse clickin - no ballot box stuffing. Keep it fair, keep it funky, keep it real. Thanks**

**voting ends June 28th @ 11:59pm, winner announced on our 5 year anniversary, June 30th**

1. WAIKEN SOO

   make yourself pretty
   cream city's establishment
   transforming hipsters

2. MARY BETH ADAMS

   Warm and gentle wax

   applied coolly by Annie

   makes my eyebrows sing

3. JOE WITOWSKI

   Euro Mullet, yes?

   Or will I look West Allis

   Keep me Eastside fly
4. MELINDA GOODMAN

   Cut, Color, Wax, Wow

   But for wax its mostly owww!

   The Establishment
5. BOB SAGET

   How can you cut hair,
   When you lack the correct tools,
   Otis has no thumbs

6. EMILY AUDETTE

   Saturday morning

   a fresh day with a fresh wax

   love my queen annie

7. MEGAN DOOLEY-BECKER

   Haircut like otie,

   please, so I can rock the east

   side like I told you

8. JEN DAMM

   They tint cut wax rub

   Share lives, enhance looks and days

   Tats, Hansen, Rhythm

9. TYAN SOO

   Too crowded down there

   Don’t want a hair anywhere

   Brazilian fever.

10. HOWARD KAPPER

    Warm sun sings C sharp.

    Calatrava opens wings

    Shannon rides lotus

11. ADRIENNE BENSON

    plain jane looked a mess

    her appointment was at two

    got a date by four

12. TRICIA MOSNER

    hair you don’t need there

    wax your back or hairy crack

    rip it off annie

13. SAM FROILAND

    “I really ought to

    Trim my pubic hairs often”.

    That is what she said.

14. NICK TOVAREK

    I am old and broke.

    I'd like your cheapest back wax

    use hair, make my wig

15. SARAH JOHNSON

    it is there, then gone

    better after than before

    will it last eight weeks?

16. ANN DICKENS

    Pamper, indulge, soothe

    Feel good about looking good

    Shop local Shorewood

17. TODD WEHMEYER

    Hair strands the palette.
    Scissors done, you're walking art.
    The Establishment.

18. GRANT HAGEN

    The morning paper

    A cup of Alterra's best

    "I'd like a trim,please"

19. MIKE MATTHIAS

    see howie goldklang

    he doesn’t wear a gold chain

    as he sweeps the floor
20. LAURIE BIRMINGHAM

    hair bones fall to floor

    tell me “hair what have you seen?”

    swept up memories

Haiku Contest - the countdown is on

We'll announce our Top 20 Haikus on Fri June 5 @ sometime in the afternoon.

Then you, the general public, will vote to pick the winner!

in the meantime.....spoons!

The Establishment Haiku Contest Is Here

THE ESTABLISHMENT 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

HAIKU CONTEST

Submit a Haiku inspired by The Establishment Salon and Milwaukee,

Win a $1,000 Gift Certificate

HAIKU CONTEST RULES

Submit your Haiku to info@establishmentproductions.com or stop in to submit in person and get a FREE Aveda prize! There will also be submission links on our blog www.easyotis.com , via Twitter @easyotis and on our facebook FAN page, The Establishment Salon.

Haiku Submission Deadline: May 31, 2009 @ 11:59pm CST

Top 20 Announced June 1

Top 20 Haikus + Entrants Name will be posted on our blog http://www.easyotis.com and will be voted on by the general public to determine a winner.

Voting Ends June 25^th @ 11:59pm CST

Winner Announced on June 30, 2009, The Establishment’s 5 Year Anniversary.

PRIZES

Grand Prize - $1,000 Gift Certificate to The Establishment

Runner Up - The Establishment Triple Happiness Package

Free Haircut, 1lb of The Establishment Blend Alterra Coffee, Establishment T-Shirt

5 Lucky Entrants Will Be Drawn at Random For Winners Choice Of:

FREE Haircut, 1lb of The Establishment Blend Alterra Coffee, or Establishment T-Shirt

CONTEST RULES & F.A.Q.

Detailed contest information will be posted on www.establishmentproductions.com Friday May 1^st

COMING SOON: The Establishment 5 Year Anniversary Contest

Just putting the details/rules/prizes on the ironing board......here's the basics though:

you will win stuff. want a hint? click here.

Exciting, right? Here is something to hold you over till the official announcement: this sick mashup album of Radiohead and Jay Z.

TTYL about this haiku thing.

xo,
Otis