Posts Tagged as ‘fish pedicure ban’

January 7, 2009

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 [...]

November 20, 2008

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 [...]

November 20, 2008

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 [...]