Inexpensive Services

One of the really nice things about living here is that some things are very inexpensive – including some personal services – such as haircuts, massages, etc. For example, yesterday, Scott got a haircut, a 10 minute head and neck massage, and 20 minute shoulder massage for equivalent of $8 total. Annie regularly gets a foot or Chinese body massage and it’s similarly inexpensive.

The only issue with massages is there are a number of places around town that don’t necessarily appear to be on the “up and up” if you know what we mean. Many of the ads in the paper (there is a full page of massage advertisements) seem to confirm our suspicions. A few of the more questionable names of these establishments, pulled out of Saturday’s paper, include:

“Pink Fling”
“Sweet Evita”
“Cloud 9”
“A Go Go”
“Happy Angel”
“Eye Candy”
And the ever-so subtle “Paradise 69”