Comments on: Skip the Massage; Get the Facial http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/02/15/skip-the-massage-get-the-facial/ Web site and blog for Maria Langer, freelance writer, commercial helicopter pilot, and serious amateur photographer. Thu, 24 May 2012 15:27:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: tv brackets http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/02/15/skip-the-massage-get-the-facial/#comment-1632 tv brackets Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:25:04 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/02/15/skip-the-massage-get-the-facial/#comment-1632 You lucky lady! Though I love both facials and massages, if I have to choose its the massage every time! I would marry my massage provider if it meant getting one all the time. You lucky lady! Though I love both facials and massages, if I have to choose its the massage every time! I would marry my massage provider if it meant getting one all the time.

]]> By: Maria Langer http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/02/15/skip-the-massage-get-the-facial/#comment-1631 Maria Langer Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:27:10 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/02/15/skip-the-massage-get-the-facial/#comment-1631 Ten Thousand Waves sounds like just what I need. Hmmm...my husband has been nagging me to go to Santa Fe with him. This sounds very doable. Thanks for the tip! Ten Thousand Waves sounds like just what I need. Hmmm…my husband has been nagging me to go to Santa Fe with him. This sounds very doable. Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: esther schindler http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/02/15/skip-the-massage-get-the-facial/#comment-1630 esther schindler Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:56:11 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/02/15/skip-the-massage-get-the-facial/#comment-1630 I've had both massages and facials... and I like both of them. As with so many other things, the success (particularly of getting one to relax into the experience) can depend on the "service provider," both in general and on that particular day. We used to have a regular masseuse (she'd come over to the bitranch, set up in our bedroom, so one of us could get a massage while the other worked or cooked a tasty lunch or whatever). Some days it'd be great... other times, if she was distracted or tired, it was only okay. I've had fewer facials than I have massages, and the facials have all been in a "special" environment. They've also cost about twice what the masseuse does (or did; it's been a few years). I absolutely agree that it's a wonderful, pampering experience! But hey: I'll take both. :-) For your _next_ getwaway or celebration, I recommend a trip to Santa Fe and a day-long stop at Ten Thousand Waves. They have hot tubs, massages, facials, and a wonderful outdoors/indoors zen ambiance. You'd love it. I’ve had both massages and facials… and I like both of them. As with so many other things, the success (particularly of getting one to relax into the experience) can depend on the “service provider,” both in general and on that particular day. We used to have a regular masseuse (she’d come over to the bitranch, set up in our bedroom, so one of us could get a massage while the other worked or cooked a tasty lunch or whatever). Some days it’d be great… other times, if she was distracted or tired, it was only okay.

I’ve had fewer facials than I have massages, and the facials have all been in a “special” environment. They’ve also cost about twice what the masseuse does (or did; it’s been a few years). I absolutely agree that it’s a wonderful, pampering experience!

But hey: I’ll take both. :-)

For your _next_ getwaway or celebration, I recommend a trip to Santa Fe and a day-long stop at Ten Thousand Waves. They have hot tubs, massages, facials, and a wonderful outdoors/indoors zen ambiance. You’d love it.

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