On Saturday night, Brother and Joy offered to take me along for a foot massage in San Gabriel.  For a 25-minute drive and $15 plus tip, I got a full-body, fully-clothed massage and it was awesome.

At first, when I walked in I said to Joy, “this is kinda weird”.  She chuckled and said, “don’t worry”.  They have an open room filled with over-sized barca loungers that are super squishy and flatten out all the way.  There were probably 15 of them all next to each other and it was packed!  AND it was 9 pm!  Surprisingly, it was really quiet inside too!

When it was my turn, I sat down and got to dunk my feet in a hot bucket of water.  The lady flattened out my chair and I got a face and scalp massage first and then she stretched out my arms.  My feet and legs were next and she used some crazy accupressure on the bottom of my feet and my legs got moisterized and massaged at the same time.  This would have been great after a run!  Then I had to flip over onto my stomach and I got a comfy blanket.  She massaged my neck and back and found some crazy knots in my shoulders.

It’s amazing how strong she was since I was fully dressed AND had a blanket over me and I was still wincing at certain moments.  They also do the whacking type of massage on your back all the way down to the top of your butt.  At the end, I got a “Whap Whap!” on my butt and she said, “All done!” At first, I was confused and told my brother.  He had just finished too and said, “Yeah, I got that too.”  Haha.

I’d go back again.  And no, they don’t give “Happy Endings”.