Would you?

SEATTLE — Washington state officials have banned a procedure that uses tiny fish to nibble dead skin off the feet of customers getting pedicures.

Let's say the carp pedicure wasn't banned in your state - would you try it? They're apparently very popular in other countries like Turkey and places in Asia.

What happens is the fish nibble off all the dead skin. Gross, but seemingly not to the fish, which are a kind of tiny, toothless carp. (Not sure how they nibble without teeth.) Afterwards, a regular pedicure is performed. Obviously, polishing isn't part of the fishes job description. They have no hands, how would they hold the bottle?

These ladies in Virginia seem to be enjoying the nibbling fish. And at something like $30 for the 15 minute experience, it's not so out of reach, like the $1000 brownie.

So, would you try it? Tell me what you think. You can read more about it here.

Adventures in Spray Tanning

I'm back from being spray tanned! Here's how it went down.

I showed up, sans make-up, lotion, deodorant, etc. wearing loose clothes. The woman doing the spraying took me back to the room, told me to wear whatever I wanted (I went with an old pair of bikini bottoms), put my hair up in the shower cap that she gave me and that she'd be right back.

A few minutes later she returned, had me stand on a towl in the middle of the floor, flipped on the machine and started spraying me. I think I screamed a little. It was SO much colder than I thought it would be! After a thorough spraying in various postions to get a nice even cover, she had me take a deep breath, close my eyes and mouth with my lips kind of rolled in and she sprayed my face. She repeated that, did a few touch ups, then handed me a hair dryer to blow dry myself until I was as dry as I was comfortable with. (The tanning solution contains sugar and aloe, so there's a perpetual stickiness that doesn't go away until you shower.)

I dried off, gingerly put my clothes back on, then it was Lara's turn. She handled the cold much better than I did. Apparently, I'm a wuss.

So, here I sit in my sarong (worn as a strapless dress) and little else. I have to wait a minimum of 8 hours before I shower, but I'm probably going to wait until tomorrow morning. There's a bronzer in the spray, so you see immediate results, but supposedly I'll continue getting darker all day.

So far, so good. Would I do it again? As of this moment, yes.