Three reds at a wedding.


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Redheads in Paris

Kimberly is a lovely American student in Paris. I imagine her dancing her way lithely along the quays of the Seine, making Audrey Hepburn wish she had been a redhead, or at the very least auburn-haired, as an attractively built Gene Kelly look-alike tries to win her favor. Ahhhhhh... the pleasures of Paris. I met her at the most touristy place in place, the Artist's square in Montmartre where artists sell their creations and other artists follow you around begging you to allow them to "make your picture, eet ees a tradition!" She's really pretty and really sweet. Says she hardly ever sees redheaded women in Paris, just men. I agreed. The only redheaded women I saw were bad bottle reds who matched their color to one Bozo the clown. Nightmarish! In any case I hope Kimberley enjoys the rest of her stay in Gay Paree!

Rouge Francais

I went to Paris! Oooolala! I visited with my adorable and adoring husband. What a city! I now understand why Parisians look down their noses at other city folk, but I was on the hunt for Redheads and truthfully was pretty disappointed in the lack thereof. Our visit was coming to an end and I started to get a little desperate!  But on the last day I spotted Ian in Montmartre, just a few blocks away from the Moulin Rouge (the Red Windmill..which is extremely tacky in real life) and voila what a find! He was tall, red and curly... the trifecta really in redheads! He spoke little English, I struggled along in French/Spanish, he smiled a little weird (because I'm pretty weird) , he nodded a lot, we took the picture. I was super happy at that point and then he and his girlfriend spent the next few minutes studying my redaintdead calling card. Merci beaucoup Ian!

Snow wonder!

I met Clarisse at Northstar Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe.  I was walking around the ice rink with my mom who exclaimed, " Dawn, there's a really great redhead right over there!" So I followed my mother's advice and hurried over to where Clarisse was skating with her friends. She readily agreed to join redaintdead so I took my ski helmet off (safety before fashion always!) and freed my recently flat ironed red hair from its ponytail and cozied up to Clarisse. Doesn't she have THE most gorgeous red hair????!!!

Inauguration Day Redheads

Well today I actually stalked a redhead! I had just finished loading my Trader Joe's groceries into my car when I spied this super bright redhead walking through the parking lot. I hesitate chasing after redheads walking with a purpose, and I literally paced the parking lot trying to decide just how far I should go in my pursuit of redhead pics, but his red hair was just irresistible! They were friendly redheads, naturally.  Matthew and his mom Wendy and I shared some redheaded fun, while Matthew's brunette sister snapped the pic. "So what did you think of the inauguration?" I asked.  "I didn't watch it," Matthew replied, "I went bowling instead!" Hmmmm....so that got me to thinking, "have there been any redheaded Presidents, because if there haven't, there's really something fishy going on in American politics, haruuuuumph!" So I went home and looked it up! There have been seven redheaded presidents, that's 16%!  Thomas Jefferson was the reddest, followed by George Washington and five others including WWII hero Dwight Eisenhower.  Guess I had never thought about it before because all their photos are taken when they're old and gray!  Boy was I relieved I didn't have to go on a campaign to get a redhead into the White House!

Sarah... Smile!

Sarah, Sarah, Sarah....So I'm visiting my sister Juliet in Colorado and we're at PeiWei, this chinese place.  We're all sitting there eating and in walks this gal with very bright red curly hair (no justice in the photo sadly) with a couple of her friends.  "Red Alert! " cry my family in unison.  "Hey Aunt Dawn, you gotta get a picture of her, she looks just like you!" says Lewis, my adorable nephew.  Meanwhile, I'm thinking , "yeah, I definitely need her in the blog, but she looks super high strung, very cranky and preoccupied, and who knows, maybe even a little...crazy?!?!? (did I mention she looks just like me?) So I waited until they got their food (I think her blood sugar was just a tad too low :) and she looked considerably calmer, so I took a deep breath, grabbed a calling card and my camera and sidled up to her table.  "Oh sure!" was her reply when I explained about redaintdead.  I grabbed my glasses so we could look like twins, and snapped the photo. Then I asked, "So what was it like for you growing up red?" Sarah blurted out unnecessarily loudly, "SH***Y! of course!" Well maybe she's not so much like me, because I would never use a word like that! 

Redheaded Bros

These redheaded brothers, Dustin and Cole were vacationing on the Garden Isle of Kauai from somewhere cold (so was I, obviously). They were avoiding the sun's harmful rays, as was I, so naturally we struck up a conversation about what it's like to be redheaded high school boys. "The girls really like our red hair, they commented." I asked, "Do you have any redheaded girlfriends?" The thoughtful reply was, "No, not yet." 

"Well, it's okay to date outside your hair color," I advised blithely, "But if you wanna be happy for the rest of your life, get a redhead to marry you." 

"Of course!" was their reply. Redheads are just so very smart and practical!

Back on the blog wagon

Here's the Red Rocket! Now there's a feisty Scotsman ready to heft his bagpipes in a manly way, wearing the colors of the mighty McKay clan! Hey people you asked for Red pics...how about that!

Red definitely Ain't Dead

As you can clearly see, reports of one dead redhead have been grossly exagerated. There I am, in the flesh, posing with my lovely not redheaded daughter Amy. It is true that this redhead has taken an extended and thoroughly unauthorized blogging break, which has now come to an end.  So get ready because here I come with a load of red pics that have been waiting impatiently to be published for all the world to see...

Redheads Conquer Half Dome

For those of you who are wondering, "what the hay is Half Dome?" Well, it's not the quite manly, slightly balding redhead standing next to Street Teamer May A. It's a gigantic granite boulder that hangs over Yosemite Valley begging to be conquered by redheads like Tim here!  The Street Team became the Climbing Team this week and, with the kind assistance of many redheads like Tim here they made it to the top and back.  Tim is from San Diego and helped the climbers descend the crazy cables that bring one down from the top. Showing the true redheaded spirit, Tim motivated the climbers mentally and physically, keeping them focussed on the goal...mainly not falling down the face! Thanks Tim! You definitely rock!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHvmiYX6eRQ

for a video of the Half Dome Climb!

Red Pride!

Meet "Red Bean!" She ran in to the Redaintdead street team at Google central. Hey guess what...she already knew about Redaintdead before we found her!  Niiiiiice!  Anyway she has a redheaded mom, a redheaded brother and even a redheaded roommate!  Golly Red Bean your fellow redheads are rooting for a redheaded husband!  I love your hair!  Her redheaded brother is named Trafton, which, she quickly pointed out is "not fart" spelled backwards.  Something tells me he doesn't live up to that moniker! OK Red Bean, spread the word that Redaintdead! Any chance of gathering all the redheads who work at Google for a pic???????

Big Little Red Nick

I met Nick at the beach digging in the sand on vacation in San Clemente. Bright red hair, white skin, blue eyes, green shirt. "Wow! That's one technicolor little boy!" 

Redheaded Stars of the Week!

Well yesterday I was taking a walk through my neighborhood and across the street I spied a flaming redheaded Mom walking a flaming redheaded child in a stroller and I said, "Dang! I don't have my camera!" So today I didn't make that mistake again, and boy oh boy, take a look at my reward!  I met the cutest redheaded boys ever!  Kyle was helping his grandpa set up a game on the lawn when I said "Hey I like your hair!" Then I told Kyle that we were kindred spirits to which Kyle gave me that quizzical kid look, so I explained, "that means we have shared the same experiences, you know, being redheads." Then of course clever Kyle knew exactly what I was talking about.  We talked about baseball... Kyle loves the Angels and plays third base ( just like my favorite third baseman, my redheaded son Randall).  I was asking Grandpa about Kyle's redheaded genealogy when little brother Kobe ran up... are they the cutest redheaded boys ever?! Grandpa explained that there are no redheads really on Kyle's mom's side of the family, and that Kyle and Kobe's dad is African American!  Wow!  Those recessive redheaded genes back there somewhere were just waiting to come out! The boys are having a sleepover this weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's house with all 9 of their cousins!  Have fun everybody! 

Red Alert!

Redheads fight fires!  This is Firefighter Ken who we met at Pinecrest Lake.  That weekend there were more than 800 wildfires burning in Northern California and Firefighter Ken was on patrol along the lakeshore to make sure that the rules of fire safety were being observed by all the vacationers. Actually, he was strolling the walk chewing on an unlit cigar when my husband called out "Red Alert!" which means I should get my camera ready!

Redheads Get Married

My adorable niece Carmel, one of the redaintdead covergirls, got married the other day and these are all the redheaded family members in attendance. I must say that she was quite a beauty that day, with the rays of the setting sun filtering through the redwoods and making her amazing redhair glow. Quite a site to behold, truly. "But uh oh," you are probably thinking, "her husband ain't a redhead." Well not to worry. I carefully observed all his family members and I definitely detect the possibility of red hair in their offspring. Carmel, maybe you ought to start wishing the redheaded wish now like May did...

Big Ben

So I was really beginning to worry about redheaded guys. I know the redaintdead tagline is "Uniting Redheads from all over the World" but it was beginning to feel like the redheads were all girls! So, inspired by the post "Blonde's Redheaded Wish Comes True" from which I learned that if you wish red hard enough it will definitely come true, I started wishing to meet guy redheads. And believe it or not, recently that's all I've been meeting! I spotted Ben eating and chatting with a friend and when I told him about my redheaded website he seemed a little leery at first. "Oh no," I thought, "don't tell me the redheaded guys are going to play hard to get!" But Ben relaxed when his friend said "Cool!" Whew! that was a close one! Turns out Ben is from Canada and played baseball at the University of British Columbia, where he was a catcher. Thanks Ben for being such a good sport!

Redheads Go to Carwashes

Meet Will! We met at the local carwash. He was waiting for his car when I sat down beside him and plopped down a redaintdead business card. "Ah, redheads!" he said. Will is a recent graduate of USC and has a redheaded Dad and brother. Will came by his lovely shade of red by way of a Lebanese-Mexican mom and his redheaded Dad. Wow!

Blonde's Redheaded Wish Comes True!

I know this defies every law of science currently known to mankind, but it's true! This is May, my adorable, talented, very sweet, and formerly very blond niece. "Well, Red Dawn," you are probably thinking, "she just got that color from Clairol, tut, tut." But no, the truth is always more interesting than fiction, and in this case what happened is that ever since she could remember, towheaded May dreamed of being a redhead! And it has taken 25 years, but all that longing, wishing and hoping is finally beginning to pay off! If you look carefully at her hair, you'll see that the ends are blond and as your gaze passes up along her terrific tresses, her hair gets redder and redder! I do believe that in a no time at all May's hair will be as red as mine! So yes, Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus, if you dream red long and hard enough, your redheaded dream will definitely come true!

Redheads Climb Pretend Rocks

Just so you know, my brown headed daughter May reminds me continously of my obligation to provide the Redhead Admiration Society with redheads to admire. Sadly, I often fall short in my duties, offering these four little words of excuse, " I 2 B Z." That's English for "no tengo tiempo." Anyway, enough about me...let's talk redheads! So the street team, which now includes my niece May (she has her own post...) recently went fake rock climbing at Planet Granite in Sunnyvale and they met this nice rockhead, no! redhead named Patty T.who works there. He of course was honored to have his photo snapped by the very attractive redaintdead street team. And then this 2 B Z redhead took her own sweet time in adding him to the site, so long in fact that when the street team returned to climb the fake rocks Patty T (yes I checked the spelling) was crestfallen. "Hey redaintdead street team ," moaned Patty T. "I had a bunch of my rockhead friends here the other day and I got them to huddle around the computer to look at redaintdead and there I wasn't!" OK Patty T... now you got it! And I'm calling your work right now to let you know to get those rockheads huddled once more!

Street Team Strikes Red Gold

The redaintdead street team had an outing at the park...outing at the park noway! To me it looks like a redheaded picnic! Here are Matt, Carmel, DARREN, and Kelsey! When I got a look at this picture and beheld DARREN, I think my own hair turned a little more red! "Saints alive!" I exclaimed, "What I wouldn't give to have my picture taken with DARREN!" Great job, street team!