Sports Teams on Toes: The NY Football GIANTS

Superbowl is comin', lethal Tom Brady & the Pats are looming on the horizon! But here in NY, we just scream it, loud, n' proud (n' probably drunk)! "LET'S GO, BIG BLUE!" ..with toes that agree!  ...UPDATE: 2/06/12- CONGRATS to the newly-crowned champs, the NY FOOTBALL GIANTS! Great job, G-Men! But we know it was the magic of these awesome toes that truly helped out the cause! "All in!!" ;)

Congrats to the CHAMPS!

Tales of the Ticklish, TOO! :)

"The Roadmap to Laughter"

     Still ticklish? Sure you are! :) ...And since that great blogpost, some 2+ months ago, on the silly fun & hilarity of tickling ticklish feet, I was vigorously reminded that I left some classic tickle stories out! Well, it wasn't on purpose, but more that I was just running out of writing space. But some of my dear friends thought it would be fun to share their cute & funny stories, so now we go ahead and write a "ticklish" sequel! Hah, rev up the laugh machine, because here we go..
     First up is my beautiful friend, Beth..my great pal, who is one of the most physically active people I know. She is phenomenal looking, one of the best personalities you could ever know, loves working out, kicks ass at it, and puts an incredible amount of hard work in as an elite runner...and, as luck would have it, has craaaaaazy ticklish feet! I, of course, did not know this fantastic fact, until one great night out with our gang of friends, throwing back some (many) drinks at our local sports grill. We were gathered around our little area of the bar, talking & laughing, some of us were standing, some of us were sitting on stools. I was seated, and Beth was sitting next to me, on a bar stool also. And so, at one point, she swung her legs up and plopped her feet  down in my lap. Now, to me, putting your feet in my lap always means that you are craving a foot massage, because I'm not just some couch ottoman (footrest, for you vocabulary-challenged).. Not so abnormal, right? I looooooooove giving (and getting) foot massages, but I usually give far, FAR more than I ever receive. It's just how it is. I totally don't mind this fact at all, because I am a "giver", and, when you boil it down to basics, I just love making all the females that I care about feel reeeeeeeeally good & HAPPY. And I am not bragging whatsoever when I say that I am outstanding at the foot massage...once even told that my foot massages were "better than any you could ever pay for"! Hah! Yes, indeed! So, this story here took place during the summer, and Beth had easy-off gold-colored sandals on. With her feet now on my lap, I slipped the sandals off, and began the process of working all the stress out of her body thru the bottoms of her bare feet. I could see that it was working, feel the tension leaving her slowly, and I kept up the foot massage as we all kept shooting the sh#t, talking about whatever the conversation topic was at the time. Of course, like I stated in the 1st "Tales of the Ticklish" blog, some of the best & funniest feet-tickle moments always stem from a foot massage, and here was no different! No, after a few minutes of therapeutic massage, I absolutely couldn't resist gently running the tips of my fingers across the bottoms of Beth's feet, just to see what would happen. To see if it would get a laugh, or not get a laugh. Perfect reaction! A flinch, a gasp, a big smile, a great giggle, and, of course, a reason to keep tickling! Beth has a fantastic laugh, and it's very contagious, which of course, made ME start laughing too!...(and now this is where the funny part comes in).. Her spectacular laughing musta' attracted the attention of the males sitting around us, the ones not with us in our group of 5 or 6 friends, because Mark the bouncer walked over with a big grin on his face, and said, sternly but very much jokingly, "Bro, you gotta stop that! These guys are getting waaaay too turned on watching her!" Haha! I was done with the quick tickle experiment anyway, and gave Beth a chance to catch her breath from laughing & squirming, but finished the foot massage like any pro would.. ...And I got a real kick out of an unexpected bare feet tickle moment, that basically came outta nowhere, and provided me with another fantastic, fun story to share on here!

Inversion table while barefoot = easy, sneaky tickle opportunity! :) ..Read on..

     Now, I am gonna deviate a little bit from the next tickle tale, because this latest occurrence is much, MUCH funnier than what I was gonna originally write! ..Have you ever been on an inversion table? Ever SEEN what an inversion table looks like? It's those table-looking contraptions that you lay on, and then hang upside down, to supposedly relieve pressure on your spine & relax your back, negating gravity's effects for a few minutes. We got one for my mother, for Christmas, and I put it together recently, and hopped on to give it a test run, because I'm a monstrous beast, so if it can hold me, it can hold anyone. You get locked in at your ankles, and when I was testing it out, I was barefoot (I think you're supposed to wear sneakers or shoes with this thing, but I just hate wearing shoes, so it is what it is!). I couldn't help but notice my trapped bare feet, bottoms sticking straight-up when I was perpendicular upside down, helplessly exposed (see pic below-that's me!), and thought, "Ohhhhh man, this is probably the best feet tickle-trap ever!"..Except for that pesky, "blood rushing to your head", thing while you're spastically laughing from being tickled! LOL! ..Well, my niece had a bunch of her friends over last Friday night (a loud gaggle of 12 yr. olds), and I was doing something in the other room, when I heard hysterical laughing, with one of the girls yelling, "QUIT IT!!" while she was laughing! Sure enough, Justin (one the boys that was over hanging out with them) was tickling the bottoms of Zoe's bare feet while she was trapped! I thought to myself, "Yep, that kid is definitely a future feet tickler too, if he's already starting at 12!" LMAO!! ..And when I showed my female friend (who loooooooooooves tickling people) this inversion table, she flat out said, "I can't wait until you're upside down in that with your feet sticking out! Oh yes, I forsee an eventual youtube comedy moment coming down the pike! Hopefully sooner than later :)

The view from down under! ..And yeah, bottoms-of-feet would definitely be irresistible in this!

Fish Love Feet? Who Knew?! ...Jen's Guest Column, on Fish Pedicures!

In the fish world, dinner is served!

      My friend Jen Z. is a righteously cool & amazing person with an insatiable thrill for adventure & travel, and truly lives life to the absolute fullest. Many people claim to "live life to the fullest", but my great pal talks that talk, and then truly walks that walk..with gigantic, Godzilla-sized steps! You can read about her worldwide exploits & experiences at www.adventuretravelgal.com (the AdventureTravelGal picture on the left side of this page will also take you there if you click on it), a truly mind-blowing and awe-inspiring collection of her tales, and recommendations, from all the places she's visited & explored! Now, what would all of that have to do with a fun blog on bare feet, toes, & crazy pedicures, you ask? Wellllllll, it just so happens that, while Jen was in traveling/exploring in Cambodia, she visited a spa that offered fish pedicures! Where the fish in the tank chow down on the dead skin on your feet, while you soak! I am gonna let Jen tell the tale in her own words, from the Cambodia section of her blog, in "Special Trips":  
     "...One of the more obscure activities available in this country was the Fish Spa!  In the evening outside on the streets of Siam Reap you are able to pay a few bucks, haul your butt up on a 2×4 resting over a human sized fish tank filled with small or medium sized fish (depending on your nibble preference!) and get a Fish Pedicure!  Once you grab your cocktail and put your well-traveled kicks in the water the fish flock to your feet, and the areas screaming for much needed attention in particular, and start to chew away the dead and dry skin.  Hmmm, not something I would do all the time, I still kinda prefer the actual salon.  However, when my little guys came out of the water they were smooth as if 10 cosmeticians had been exfoliating for 3 hours!  Impressive!" 
      I had read in multiple places, that the fish pedicure experience tickles a LOT, and had seen two different TV news reports where the reporters trying it out both started cracking up laughing when the fish started snacking. But I am definitely curious as to whether or not a "fish pedi" tickles as much as an Asian girl with a pumice scrubby-stone and evil (funny) intentions! LOL! I  guess the only way to truly find out is to find a place here that offers it, and just jump in, give it a try! However, I asked Jen to rate the ticklishness, on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being not ticklish at all, 10 being crazy, laughing ticklish). She continues: 
     "...It was a cross between tickly and weird. I mean they were nibbling the dead skin off so it was peculiar...plus the way you are sitting over the tank, I felt like I was waiting to be dunked or something. And then you're in the middle of a busy Asian thoroughfare, with thai food smells wafting past you in the air. An odd combination. But a 7 on ticklishness, I think! I was giggling like a kid, kinda embarrassed. If you like your toes sucked or nibbled, then you would like this!" ...Now THAT, my friends, is hilarious! Thanks, Jen! .. Remember that website: www.adventuretravelgal.com.. Check it out, subscribe to her blog, and prepare to be mesmerized & have a strong desire to actually get out there and explore! And, on the day I find a place close by that offers this unique experience, I'm ALL in! ...And, yes, I WILL post a video! ;)

LOOK AT THE SIGN IN THE BACKGROUND! "NO PIRANHA!" ..Gee, thanks for clearing that up!!


  

"Nom Nom Nom..."

Talking Sports Teams! ...ON TOES!

     Earlier, a blog dealt with my penchant for putting my favorite rock bands on my toes, showing mad love for the bands that influenced my life, and continue to do so to this very day. Since I'm the guy with the best toes ever, having my pedi girl put bands on my toes is something probably only I would do, but not totally unexpected if you know me! But of course, this crazy habit would also extend to sports teams as well! Growing up in NY, I'm a lifelong NY Yankees fan, and also a lifelong Denver Broncos fan (That might seem off, living in NY, but it's because we drank Orange Crush soda as kids, and their defense was known as The Orange Crush. It just made sense when you were 11 or 12 yrs. old!), so I would readily jump at the chance to showcase those two teams on my ten lil' winners here! The Jets & Steelers toes came about last year, during the 2010 NFL playoffs, as the Jets & Steelers met in the AFC Conference game to decide who would face the Packers in the Super Bowl (and we all know what happened after that, as GB won their first Super Bowl since the Favre years). I know equal amounts of Jets fans & Steeler fans as close friends, so I didn't wanna appear as taking sides. And thus, as you can see, the right foot went to the Jets, and left foot to the Steelers. The Broncos weren't in the playoffs last year, so my toes were basically available for rent! BUT, as this blog is being written in Jan. of 2012, the Broncos just knocked the Steelers out of the playoffs! Awesome! And now that gives me a reason to get some Broncos toes again...and get Tim Tebow's #15 prominently displayed on 'em! :)