b'Here, T here,and Back AgainA life in the business at the Garubo SalonBY TIA SWANSONJanine Garubo Austin with her father, Anthony Garubo. She has quietly taken over the day-to-day running of the salon.I n mid-August a new awningof the letterwhen she was corralled into working at the salon as abig job and eventually the big city.went up outside the AnthonyAnd,olderandwiser,shere-Garubo Salon in MaplewoodturnedtoMaplewood,thistime Village.Blackandunder- both to live and to work part-time stated, like its predecessor, itsat her dads salon.changes were subtle. The familiar Gcom- Anthony Garubo, who spent his early years in posed of multiple thin strandsteenager. As she swept up hair, got coffee and foldedSouth Orange, cutting the hair of women who ar-that together resemble a curl, and which once hadjust-washed towels, she promised herself she would place of prominence on the doorhad moved toget away, and do something else. the awning and gone through something of a make- And go she did. She spent four years at Lafayette over; the curl had taken on bangs. The full name ofCollege in Pennsylvania studying philosophy and art its founder and namesake was gone. After 47 yearshistory. She moved to New York and took a job in on Maplewood Avenue, the iconic hair salon had aadvertising. She got married, found an apartment in single name, just Garubo, and a slightly more femi- Jersey City and moved up the ladder in the corpo-nine feel, including bright pink words of welcomerate world, in charge of ever bigger clients in ever on the door. morefar-flungplaces.Eventuallyshedecidedshe The changes were made by Anthonys daughter,wanted to have children.Janine Garubo Austin, who has quietly taken overThats when she looked around and realized All the day-to-day running of the salon, while her fatherthe moms (in advertising).who had kids never saw enjoys a much-deserved semi-retirement. their kids. To her, it wasnt worth a couple of hun-After 47 years, the iconic hair salon now has a single ItisadevelopmentAustinneverdreamedofdred thousand to never see my kids. So, she quit hername atop its door: just Garubo.42/ matters magazine / fall 2022'