welcome to the top coat!

A couple months ago, my favorite nail place had a little price bump which, in reality, wasn't very much money. I have a job and it pays me more than enough to afford getting my nails done wherever I please [well. unless I'm getting my nails done in space by dolphin manicurists with lisa frank rainbow lasers shooting out of their wee little eyes. I don't think anyone has enough money for that.]

following this bump, I found myself in new canaan, ct. it's a darling place and I'd like to say that I brought a little LA flavor. I'd strongly advise anyone who finds themself in the area, or might want to find themselves there next year, to look into buying tickets to go see the philip johnson glass house. I say 'next year' because tickets are sold out through May of 2008 or something equally ridiculous but it's well worth it. I promise. anyway. about new canaan. my friend jduff and I went to a nail place called "Hollywood Nails". this place had some shitty looking grecian columns and a pretty epic "hollywood" sign up along the wall. really, it was major fug but that's not the point. my point is that I got a $10 manicure with a back rub and it was exactly what I wanted out of a manicure. not too fussy, clean, efficient and reasonable. really, it was more cheap than reasonable but they did an excellent job, and in LA, they would have charged me much more than $10 for what I got in new canaan.

so, to end this, between paying even more for my standard manicure and then getting a completely comparable manicure in amazing new canaan [two towns over from greenwich, ct!] for half the price, I realized that it was time to try out other places. screw the ugly grecian columns. I don't care. I don't need the lisa frank rainbows. I just want a reasonably priced manicure with good service, clean tools and a lump free paint job. the end.

[I take back what I said about the lisa frank rainbows. I do need them.]