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<\/a>Looking into the blow-dry salon from the Garden Room. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n
Alice said of the opening fete, “What great service from the moment we walked in.”<\/p>\n
The champagne was flowing all night, and for those of us non-imbibers, they also served various waters embellished with cucumber\/fruit, and herbal tea, which Alice went nuts for. She said it had \u201cessence of violets,\u201d and was \u201cvery delicious, with no sugar needed.\u201d She deemed it \u201ccalming and soothing,\u201d which is perfect for this spa!<\/p>\n
Alice and I were the very first ones of the evening (I almost wrote “ladies of…,” but I realized that that doesn’t sound right,) to get our hair done in the beautiful, plush, exclusive, three-stylist salon.\u00a0 But this was no usual hair-done-at-events treatment; we each got shampooed<\/em> and began the styling from scratch. After Michelle Powell did the least messy shampoo ever<\/em> on me, she blew mine straight and sleek, while Rebecca\u00a0Augustus styled Alice’s long locks into soft cascading waves.\u00a0 And the whole time, we admired the design of the wonderful area.<\/p>\n The Garden Room. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n When we were now gorgeous (because, for both of us, it’s all about the hair,) we joined the rest of the party in the Garden Room, which is basically the bridge from the lobby and waiting area to the actual spa.\u00a0 This is where the main action was.\u00a0 (And where a table of healthful snacks was replenished all night, to keep us going.)<\/p>\n While we all sat around in various interesting seats, the spa techs came around and offered us a mini-treatment from a menu of four, all-interesting ones.\u00a0 The choices were: massages on neck and scalp, hand and arm, leg and foot, or anti-aging for the hands, (which always needs it the most, ladies!)<\/p>\n Charles, working on Alice’s hands. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n Because he was so pleasant, we wanted to share Charles Macaranas, so I went first and chose to have him work on my poor, tired, aching legs and feet. It was heaven. That is one strong guy, let me tell you! I bet he gives the best overall massages.<\/p>\n Then it was Alice’s turn.\u00a0 She cooks a lot, so her hands are never as pampered as mine, so she went with the Anti-Aging for Hands treatment. She said, “Wow, this was such a different and relaxing experience.\u00a0 He exfoliated my hands, then treated them with an anti-aging formula cream, and put them in aromatherapy mitts, with hot stones in there, too.\u00a0 I received thick, cotton gloves to continue the treatment.\u00a0 It was all so wonderful; I definitely highly recommend it!”<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>