Nothing beautiful or clever here, just an indication of how I spent my day.
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Tags: academia · navel-gazing · nyc · photoblogging
When I was in NYC recently, I decided to try getting a pedicure. Felt like a ridiculous indulgence, but wanted to know what I had been missing out on. So, $22 later I had a manicure and pedicure done Jackson Heights style. They had used an actual electric sander on my feet. This was surprisingly pleasurable, unlike waxing and threading which I have also tried having professionally done this year. So, when I realized that there was a little nail spa next to Maggie Moo’s ice-cream shop here in Mechanicsburg, I saw my opportunity to give myself a little gift.
Gabriel was armed with his own ice cream creation and a Nintendo DS. And I was oddly excited for power tools to be used on my feet. This place was a little more upscale, however. I enjoyed pleasant conversation, watched Olympic diving with the staff while they gushed over my handsome child. (We are getting that a lot lately… talk about how “handsome” he is.) They talked me into the spa pedicure package. I sat in a massaging chair while someone massaged my legs, hand worked the tough skin from my feet, applied mint and wrapped them in a hot towel. Quite lovely.
50 dollars later, there is no ethereal glow coming from my lowest appendages as I might have expected, but I can see where the experience makes for a future temptation.
Tags: Harrisburg · navel-gazing · nyc · parenting
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