The best fish pedicure cartoon I’ve ever seen — EVER

Granted, the genre of fish pedicure cartooning is still in its infancy given the trend’s relative freshness.
But that shouldn’t diminish the significance of the mega-talented Brad Fitzpatrick’s latest cartoon that illustrates my “Last Laugh” column in the January issue of New Hampshire Magazine.
Brad captured the spirit of my foot with such gusto that I might [...]

Fish Pedicures Now BANNED in NH

Just got word that New Hampshire, the state that doesn’t care if you wear a motorcycle helmet or not, just cracked down on fish pedicures.
The offbeat, controversial beauty craze, which has been sweeping the nation since the summer, uses chin chin fish (also called “doctor fish,” or massage fish”) to nibble on dead, scaly [...]

My First (Forbidden) Fish Pedicure

(Writer’s note:I recently analyzed the business implications of introducing fish into the nail salon work force, but neglected to share a personal account of what it feels like to take the plunge with these voracious creatures. For the record, my toes have never been prettier).

Kim Ong and I were born a year apart at opposite [...]

American League MVP Dustin Pedroia shares spotlight with my toenails

For a brief, fleeting moment, on the Boston Herald Web page, my bright orange toes shared equal billing with Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia, the 2008 Most Valuable Player.
I wonder which story will be remembered 20 years from now?
Congratulations, Dustin!
***BONUS LINK***
What’s it like to be lunch? Read the gripping first-person account, “My First Fish [...]

Are fish pedicures cruel to the fish?

Despite producing some of the most heartless, insensitive and tacky advertising campaigns, I’m glad that the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) group is around. In a world where baby seals are still clubbed to death and rabbits are injected in the eyeballs, PETA’s radicalism keeps animal abuse issues in the public eye.
So [...]