Today I got a pedicure from a bunch of fish! I went to Sea Paradise, a big aquarium in Yokohama.  One part of the rest areas has a cafe with a spot where you can get a pedicure from Dr. Fish!  For 1000 yen (about 10 dollars) you get tiny fish to nibble the dead skin off your feet for 10 minutes.   I had seen this type of pedicure on TV and at a beauty and spa show.  I was pretty excited to try it.  The fish are about 3 to 4 cm long and not very big.  My ...

I love my cakes, cookies, chocolates and ice-creams.  I love to eat them while drinking a nice, rich coffee with milk.  If it's a chilly day, I want a hot coffee (or latte or misto) and if it's hot, I want an ice coffee (or latte or blah, blah,blah).   This makes me very happy and it makes me feel really content. I especially love this when I can have these treats while reading a book on my balcony bundled up if it's chilly and wearing loose, ugly clothes when hot. Now enter th...

I had a sub job teaching in kindergarten today. It was at a private school and the kids are pretty smart. It was pretty fun. They are so cute and the little ones don't tire me out as much as they used to. The big tiring factor was my feet. Since I'm a sub I try to dress a bit between casual and formal work wear. Usually I wear a nice pull over, some nice pants and work shoes. Another school I sub at has a dress code of no rubber soled shoes. Today's place is more casual and I regret ...

My feet have been killing me for about a year, but the last few weeks have been pretty bad. I can't stand for more than 5 minutes on my hardwood floor in bare feet or socked feet. I can still go jogging and my feet are just tired. Nothing abnormal. But bare feet or any shoe that doesn't have an airsole? Forget it. High heels are the worst. Not that this is a surprise but the issue is that the bones in my feet and heels hurt. Hubby is nice enough to give me lots of foot massa...

The FDA posted a warning about a possible but unproven (in human studies) about a link between people who use Protopic and skin cancer or lymphoma. People who use protopic generally suffer from eczema, more specifically, atopic dematitis (REALLY dry itchy skin that forms scales, and plaques and generally gets the heck scratched out of it causing scabbing or rash). They recommend using Protopic only as a last resort and not for long term use. Ok. Great. (read heavy sarcasm here) M...