Do I tip the manicurist, and if so, how much?

Yes! I always tip %20 for pretty much anything. The math is relatively easy & I don't have to keep different percentages in my head. Of course that doesn't work for tipping baggage handlers ($2 a bag, right?) or housekeeping at a hotel...shit, i'm realizing that I bet we didn't leave a housekeeping tip when I was in NC with my brother & nieces. I was too crazed getting the nieces together.

oh so jealous of cheap & good NY nail places.

Har.

Mostly I'm just happy that we can stop the phone tag and dueling voicemails. I can has informations and job description, pls?

oh so jealous of cheap & good NY nail places.

Yeah, it's the one thing that's cheap about living here.

Also, I always forget to tip at hotels, and only feel bad about it when it's way too late! That's a weird custom, I think -- most other people I'm tipping, I'm looking at them when they're providing the service.

I am normally pro-cilantro, but my burrito maker went a little heavy on it today.

Twenty percent it is! It's going to be $17 to take off the old acrylics and manicure the actual nails underneath, so another $4 should cover the tip.

Love the plush toys.

YAY Shrift. Good luck!

I wish I had a burrito. And a space heater.

So, y'all know how Sars of TWOP and Tomato Nation fame said that if her readers raised whatever amount of money for donorschoose, she'd dress up in a tomato costume and dance around in Rock Center? Yeah, today's the day.

I was going to post this!

I feel bad regarding the strike for buffistas who will be laid off (though, maybe it will be ultimately beneficial) but I am kind of excited to find out what the networks and studios do! Is it going to be crazy game shows all the time?

I am kind of excited to find out what the networks and studios do! Is it going to be crazy game shows all the time?

Three words: Monkeys. Roller-skates. Helmet-mounted-wireless-video-cameras.

Here's a very abbreviated list of what shows will be affected.