Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[barely_legal]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
So who on the board indulges in facials? I have never had a professional facial, but I am considering one because this summer my skin is not displaying its usual flawlessness (I don't know why that is, because I am getting younger every day).

Anyway, I was always reluctant to go because I scar easily and I read this interview with Heather Locklear years ago where she said she doesn't do facials because she doesn't want scars (I'm guessing overzealous use of the comedone extractor or blackhead tool would be the culprit).

And I also read somewhere that your skin doesn't look good immediately, but looks really good in a week or so. I've got a special occasion in a few weeks and would like to glow.

Is any of this true? Please, debunk, recommend, spill.

I get facials fairly regularly. I love them, but I often ask that they skip the extraction because I have similar concerns about possible scarring. Plus, it hurts like a bitch. If you go to a good place, they shouldn't blink an eye when you ask them to skip the extraction.

I'm not sure whether my skin is actually in better shape after the facials, but it feels smoother and cleaner and I do get that glow-y look, but it really only lasts for a couple of days.

The scalp/face/neck massage is heavenly. If I could train my SO to rub my scalp the way that Olga does, I could save a lot of spa $$$

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
So who on the board indulges in facials? I have never had a professional facial, but I am considering one because this summer my skin is not displaying its usual flawlessness (I don't know why that is, because I am getting younger every day).

Anyway, I was always reluctant to go because I scar easily and I read this interview with Heather Locklear years ago where she said she doesn't do facials because she doesn't want scars (I'm guessing overzealous use of the comedone extractor or blackhead tool would be the culprit).

And I also read somewhere that your skin doesn't look good immediately, but looks really good in a week or so. I've got a special occasion in a few weeks and would like to glow.

Is any of this true? Please, debunk, recommend, spill.

Hopefully someone better versed in the varieties of facials will weigh in but I have to say that, in my experience, they've never made much difference either way. When I had one at a European style place a few years back and mentioned wanting something done about clogged pores on my nose, I got a blank look. Then they came out with Biore strips which work like a charm. Last winter when my skin got insanely dry, a friend gave me a referral to someone at Saks and some samples. My skin looks much better with the new (more expensive, of course!) moisturizer.

Long-winded way to say you might need to change up something in your products.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by evenodds
From today's paper:

"The New Card Shark"

Do we need spoiler space for the World Series of Poker? I was watching the first round on ESPN2 last night. Is it a rerun or is it the first broadcast?


edited to remove possible spoiler information. e/o

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
So who on the board indulges in facials? I have never had a professional facial, but I am considering one because this summer my skin is not displaying its usual flawlessness (I don't know why that is, because I am getting younger every day).

Is any of this true? Please, debunk, recommend, spill.

If you want a gentle facial, go to an ayurvedic practitioner (if there is one near where you live). You will feel very relaxed and your skin will glow - no chance of scarring.

I would also recommend a Dr. Hauschka facial - they are usually 90 min to 2 hours long and your skin will look fantastic - when I get one, strangers come up to me and comment on my skin.

I am also a veteran of photo facials (like laser resurfacing), microdermabrasion, dermaplaning, glycolic facials and run of the mill european facials if you want to PM me. I've never been scarred although some have been better than others.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Do we need spoiler space for the World Series of Poker? I was watching the first round on ESPN2 last night. Is it a rerun or is it the first broadcast?

It happened in May.

Has it not been broadcast?

I saw references to it a couple of months ago, so maybe this is a different tournament.

Edited to add, I revised my initial post and provided a warning, just in case.

[SlaveNoMore]

Did you just call me Coltrane?
Do we need spoiler space for the World Series of Poker? I was watching the first round on ESPN2 last night. Is it a rerun or is it the first broadcast?

It's a re-re-re-re-re-re-re-rerun. Hell, I watched part of it in an EWR bar waiting for my plane.

My question is why the fuck is Mr. Kotter [as is, welcome back] doing the color commentary?

not7y(I got a Note, er, Pair)S

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
It's a re-re-re-re-re-re-re-rerun. Hell, I watched part of it in an EWR bar waiting for my plane.

My question is why the fuck is Mr. Kotter [as is, welcome back] doing the color commentary?

not7y(I got a Note, er, Pair)S

Fair enough. Hasn't Gabe been doing these all along?


And it's Mr. KottAIRRR...

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
When asked about becoming an attorney I make sure to tell prospective students not to do it for any of the following reasons:
[List of good reasons with which I agree.]

My stock answer when someone asks me about my job as a transactional attorney (because no one seems to understand that you can be a lawyer and never go to court) is as follows:

Remember when you went away that one summer to the beach/country/lake house and you were there for like a month? There was so much to do that first week, but after you did it all, you and your brothers/sisters/cousins/friends started to get bored, especially when it rained. You ended up taking out the board games. Parcheesi, Sorry, Life, Payday and of course, Monopoly. Monopoly wasn't a bad game, lots to do -- buy this, sell that, avoid jail, etc. But, everyone argued over whether you could have 5 houses or if you had to buy a hotel after a certain number of houses and how much you had to sell back certain properties for and what happened if you actually rolled doubles when you were in jail, but the dice weren't exactly level, etc. You remember that one annoying kid who controlled the Monopoly box top and couldn't wait to refer to the rules to let everyone know what they could or couldn't do? That's me. I'm the annoying kid with the real life equivalent of the Monopoly box top.

Thurgreed(i wish i was the real life equivalent of the race car)Marshall

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
My stock answer when someone asks me about my job as a transactional attorney (because no one seems to understand that you can be a lawyer and never go to court) is as follows:

Remember when you went away that one summer to the beach/country/lake house and you were there for like a month? There was so much to do that first week, but after you did it all, you and your brothers/sisters/cousins/friends started to get bored, especially when it rained. You ended up taking out the board games. Parcheesi, Sorry, Life, Payday and of course, Monopoly. Monopoly wasn't a bad game, lots to do -- buy this, sell that, avoid jail, etc. But, everyone argued over whether you could have 5 houses or if you had to buy a hotel after a certain number of houses and how much you had to sell back certain properties for and what happened if you actually rolled doubles when you were in jail, but the dice weren't exactly level, etc. You remember that one annoying kid who controlled the Monopoly box top and couldn't wait to refer to the rules to let everyone know what they could or couldn't do? That's me. I'm the annoying kid with the real life equivalent of the Monopoly box top.

Thurgreed(i wish i was the real life equivalent of the race car)Marshall

TM, that is priceless. I just sent it to my SO, who is also transactional and is STILL that kid who controls and cites the rules to any game. He also reads manuals for fun.

n(I don't think he is annoying tho)cs

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
You remember that one annoying kid who controlled the Monopoly box top and couldn't wait to refer to the rules to let everyone know what they could or couldn't do? That's me. I'm the annoying kid with the real life equivalent of the Monopoly box top.

I recognize you: you're the kid who took all the joy out of Monopoly by refusing to do the free parking money pile in the middle of the board because it wasn't "actually in the rules."

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
My stock answer when someone asks me about my job as a transactional attorney (because no one seems to understand that you can be a lawyer and never go to court) is as follows:

stock answer

I don't think I want to see your tangential answer...

[Sparklehorse]

Article about online poker from NYTimes online front page

Who is the NY Times editor here? Confess!

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I recognize you: you're the kid who took all the joy out of Monopoly by refusing to do the free parking money pile in the middle of the board because it wasn't "actually in the rules."

Why did Monopoly take place in Atlantic City? (I'm sure I could google for this but I'm lazy).

And St. Charles Place rocks. Owning it (and eventually the other purple properties) is the first step to successful Monopoly empire building.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
It's a re-re-re-re-re-re-re-rerun. Hell, I watched part of it in an EWR bar waiting for my plane.

My question is why the fuck is Mr. Kotter [as is, welcome back] doing the color commentary?

not7y(I got a Note, er, Pair)S

Poor Gabe hasn't held up well humor wise. I much prefer the commentary from that Van Patten person (or whatever his name is) on WPT. The final referenced in the article isn't the same one I watched last weekend, and I'm not sure how chronologically it fits in, but I saw the World Series final that involved the threat of a shaved head of some famous Poker Dude. When was that really played? Anyone? Poker nerds?

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
It's a re-re-re-re-re-re-re-rerun. Hell, I watched part of it in an EWR bar waiting for my plane.

My question is why the fuck is Mr. Kotter [as is, welcome back] doing the color commentary?

not7y(I got a Note, er, Pair)S

Maybe he has a connection to poker and is a player, kind of like Omar Sharif with Bridge (apparently one of the top players in the world) or the Laurence brother (Mitchell?) with pool (married former female world champion).

Either that or Jack Binion's too cheap to get some real talent... For those who've never been to the Horseshoe in Vegas, it's pretty old school, in a dumpy 70's era, wood paneling, seriously in need of remodeling kind of way...